SP360: Service Provider
Mobile VNI Forecast 2017-2022: 5G emerges and is here to stay!!
The latest Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) 2017–2022 update forecasts that in the next four years we will see an emergence of 5G from field trials and limited deployment to a broader and more compelling cellular network technology of the future. We have seen a relatively consistent cycle…
MWC Series: Etisalat UAE and Cisco announced the first Self-Driving Internet Peering Network for Middle East and Africa
We at Cisco have successfully achieved a key milestone with Etisalat UAE which is to deploy the first segment routing technology in the region over its international network with closed-loop automation. Together, we are introducing automation and software-defined networking (SDN) to the service prov…
Enabling Rakuten Cloud Platform with Cisco NFVI and Orchestration Solutions
By this time, many of you might have followed the exciting news of the launch of commercial friendly user trial by Rakuten Mobile Network Inc. (referred as just “Rakuten” in this blog post) – the newest and the 4th mobile network operator in Japan. Rakuten Inc., the parent company, is well known in…
MWC Series: Ultra Packet Core with CUPS to Deliver 5G Broadband Services for STC
In Saudi Arabia, the strong growth in mobile users, smartphones, mobile video consumption and IoT connections are projected to significantly increase mobile data traffic over the next five years. At a global level, Cisco forecasts that 5G will account for 1.5 percent of total mobile data traffic by…
MWC Series: STC Adopts Big Data and SDN Analytics Solution to Ramp Up Security
As malware becomes increasing malicious, and cyberattacks proliferate on a global scale, protection against cybersecurity threats is now vital for service providers. According to the Cisco 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark Study, 87% of companies in EMEAR admitted they had suffered a cyberattack…
MWC Series: New Cybersecurity and Network Management Services for the Digital Transformation of Italian Companies
A year ago, at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, we shared that we were partnering up with TIM to accelerate the digitization of Italian companies with TIM Safe Web. This year at Mobile World Congress 2019, we shared that we are extending that value with new managed network services and mobil…
MWC Series: Testing 5G services for Manufacturing and Smart Cities Applications with TIM
We are very pleased with our partnership with TIM. As mentioned in my other blog covering TIM Safeweb, we are working with TIM to further digitization of businesses and public- sector organizations in Italy. We are now expanding further on this goal with the beginning of the first 5G applications an…
Reinventing Mobile World Congress
With Mobile World Congress 2019 just a few days away – Cisco Service Provider Marketing is excited to share all the great happenings ahead! What can you expect? Cisco will lead the way across 5G by showcasing innovations for Service Provider and Enterprise customers across 5G, Automation, and Networ…
Connected Car – All That Data – Cost and Impact on the Network
In the previous blog, we looked at the Connected vehicle of tomorrow, at the services that are coming and their data volumes. In this final post, we’re going to take a look at the cost of data and how the financial model will affect manufacturer’s thinking. It will also consider what the impact of c…