SP360: Service Provider
Imagining 5G: The Future Network of ”Things”. The Evolving Landscape of IoT and Wearables
The 2017 Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecasts, for the first time, 5G connections and traffic. We estimate, there will be about 25 million global 5G-capable devices and connections by 2021 (representing 0.2 percent of total mobile devices and connections). Those 5G devices and connec…
Legacy HFC – Viable and Valuable as ever
Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit In recent blogs, we focused on fiber deep architectures and changes in topology. The implication one might draw is that this “network of the future” is the one and only thing operators should pursue moving forward and that…
Cisco: Serious About Media. Seriously Crushing IT.
A little about me: I’m a Scorpio, a New Yorker, and am opening a new plant-based Mexican restaurant in China Town with my husband this month. Oh, and in August I will have celebrated my 11th anniversary with Cisco. In the past decade, I have had the privilege of working with some of the most incred…
Learnings from Operators SDN and NFV Transformation Study
Service providers are transforming their business using NFV based services and SDN enabled networks. But the pace of transformation has been slow. To find out why, Cisco recently conducted a study to understand the progress and challenges that SPs are facing as they go through SDN and NFV transforma…
Using Segment Routing to Unlock the Full Potential of the RPHY Converged Interconnect Network
As the cable industry prepares to transition towards distributed access architectures utilizing the CableLabs Remote PHY standard, it’s starting to see the many benefits that RPHY can bring. One of those key benefits is around simplifying the network, which is the focus of this blog. Today there is…
Introducing Pipeline: A Model-Driven Telemetry Collection Service
The Other Half of the Story With model-driven telemetry (MDT), routers can stream out large amounts of operational data in a highly efficient, easily consumable way. But getting data off the box is only half the story. You have to have something on the other end to collect and transform the raw data…
Ethernet VPN – What’s the big deal about it?
Co-authored with Ali Sajassi, Distinguished Engineer, Engineering. Ethernet VPN (EVPN) may be considered by some as the new kid on the block in VPN protocols. It is dubbed as next-generation all-in-one VPN technology that provides a wide of range of services such as E-LAN, E-Line, E-TREE, L3VPN, DC…
The Latest Mobile Makeover: Why and How Unlimited Data Plans Have Re-emerged
Globally, mobile data usage and traffic are on the rise. As a result, mobile network operators (MNOs) are adjusting their offers and billing structures to accommodate user behaviors. More than a quarter of plans tracked in the third quarter of 2016 had allowances of 10 Gigabytes and above according…
Cisco NSO Shines in First ETSI NFV Interoperability Plugtest
Interoperability standards have posed an elusive challenge for the NFV industry. Cisco recently participated in ETSI’s first Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Interoperability Plugtest, held in Madrid, Spain, between January 23 and February 3, 2017 with great success, further validating Cisco N…
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