SP360: Service Provider

This is a story with two protagonists: Low latency “ABR” encoding (where “ABR” stands for “Adaptive Bit Rate”) and the hot ticket that is “Video Aware Networking.” And believe it or not, it will keep you at the edge of your seat. (Stick with me here.) It goes like this. Act 1: As broadcasters, “trad…

September sees two significant events in the Service Provider world – the launch of the new iPhone, and the annual IBC gathering in Amsterdam. It was only a few years ago that these events wouldn’t really have been linked, yet now the mobile and video industries are closer than ever, with the lines…

It’s the last holiday weekend of the summer as I write this, on a perfect afternoon, filled with no prior engagements, or camp pickups/drop-offs. Excellent conditions for blogging. As I consider how to characterize the “state of the state,” as it relates to the technology partner “ecosystem” of the…

Authored by Tracy Geist, Head of Global Partner Strategy – Service Provider Video  It’s been 9 months since I joined Cisco to lead efforts around partner strategy for video.  Having spent more than 25 years in the world of digital television, pay-tv, and the evolution of video distribution and…

IBC is here again. And so just before all the noise begins, perhaps it’s a good time to take a step back and look at where the pay video industry, and service providers in particular, are going. So let’s get one thing clear; video is still the king of entertainment. Yes, the industry is changing, it…

Cisco and Intel vRAN with MEC Proof of Concept The mobile wireless industry is undergoing tremendous transformation with 5G. This enables companies to not only create new content, but also devise innovative means of delivering that content. Some of these new realities require changing the way we env…

Who would have bet on a SRv6 interoperability demonstration at SIGCOMM 2017 conference this summer? Very few of us actually… For those who are not familiar with the SIGCOMM 2017 conference, this is a highly respected conference where key networking innovations and orientations are being discussed ev…

Cisco is pleased to announce that the Cisco Milan Innovation Center (MIC) located in Vimercate, Italy has joined the GSMA Open IoT Lab initiative. The MIC is one of Cisco’s centers of innovation and technical expertise for Cisco’s mobility network solutions for Service Providers. These solutions inc…

The market for Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks, particularly NB-IoT and CAT-M1, is heating up. More and more Mobile Network Operators are engaged in trials or have already launched commercial services. Manufacturers are adding NB-IoT and CAT-M1 support to their sensors, modules, and devices. To…