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MCNC Powers Advanced Academic and Economic Development Research and Communications
Good news. MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), is working with us to help MCNC enhance the user experience for those who enjoy their broadband and communications services for advanced academic and economic development organizations. NCREN is a…
Cisco@SCTE Expo 2013: Seven Papers and a Breakfast
It wouldn’t be an SCTE Cable-Tec Expo without a stellar lineup of technical papers and workshops – even better because each one happens twice, to alleviate trade show schedules. This year’s program features seven papers and presentations by my engineering colleagues, and a breakfast. Food first: Ple…
A Practical Path to Gigabit Services Over Cable
By John Mattson, Senior Director of Marketing, Cisco Cable Access Business Unit By now you’ve heard from AT&T, Google Fiber, Verizon, and the mainstream media, about their plans to offer Gigabit services in over14 states that’ll get wired for 1 Gig next year. Will Gigabit become a “New Norm”? An…
Small Cells are Big Things in the Middle East
I recently had the honor to speak at the Small Cells Forum in Dubai. One thing is certain: Wi-Fi and small cells are certainly important throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa. Operators from throughout the region came together to learn how they could deploy small cells to meet their growin…
Verizon and Cisco Showcase New Technologies at Verizon Innovation Center West
More than 99 percent of things in the physical world are still not connected to the Internet. The Internet of Everything (IoE) has the potential to connect the unconnected, thereby opening up unprecedented opportunities. But, it’s not just things that are connected to the Internet. People, such as a…
Small Cells Summit in Dubai: 5 things you should know
By Lisa Garza, Service Provider Mobility Marketing Manger The annual Small Cells event for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) took place this week. It featured regional innovators like Saudi Telecom, Etisalat, Zain and du, in addition to the global small cell pioneers like AT&T and SoftBank. He…
Cisco Makes Waves At America’s Cup As Official Networking Technology Supplier
By Maywun Wong, Service Provider Mobility Marketing Manager Cisco was thrilled to part of one of the most historic comebacks in sports history, the 34th America’s Cup. The Oracle Team USA team, trailing by 1-8 to Team New Zealand at one point, came back with eight consecutive races to win 9-8 in th…
Cisco Quantum SON Suite Wins Best Mobile Product at Leading Lights Award
By Shailesh Shukla, VP & GM, SWAG Global, Cisco Overview The surging demand for data, and the continued growth of Smartphones consumption forces mobile service providers expand their network in order to provide Quality of Experience and Quality of service to their customers. As a result their ne…
Texas Lone Star Network Rolls Out 100G
We talked about Texas Lone Star Network (TLSN) about two years ago when they upgraded their network with Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers. Since then the company, a consortium of 40 Rural Telecommunications Carriers in Texas has expanded quickly, growing from 3000 lit miles of fiber to over 6225 miles…