5G

The rollout of 5G brings with it more possibilities: new services, more speed, more opportunities to scale, and accelerating growth. However, it also brings more complexity overlaid to today’s already-complicated networks. With growth, the level of operations becomes increasingly difficult with new…

The race to 5G is intensifying as exemplified by a number of public announcements made by leading mobile operators. However, deeper conversations with service providers yield a very simple but important question. How will we make the investments in 5G upgrades profitable?  The bet is that 5G technol…

5G is poised to change the entire playing field for mobile service providers. The technology enables service providers to move away from competing on price to truly differentiating their services. In Asia Pacific, the Cisco VNI predicts that 5G will account for 1.4% of total mobile data traffic by 2…

All eyes are on Lisbon, Portugal starting today, and not just because Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting.  This week’s LightReading 2020 Vision Executive Summit brings together some of the industry’s greatest minds to tackle telecom’s toughest problems. This is certainly relevant as we look ah…

2018 Complete VNI Forecast Update – What’s Trending? This week, we released our annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, which covers global, regional, and country-level projections and trends associated with fixed and mobile networks. The full report includes information and an…

Asking a rancher how many head of cattle he has, is like asking someone how much money they make – it’s simply not a polite question to ask!  Of course, asking them how they use technology to manage their heard(s) and/or optimize their farms and you may be surprised by the answers you receive!…

The pace of change is accelerating, with multiple trends converging to stress service providers’ network and IT infrastructure as we move towards 2019. The average service provider infrastructure must carry a heavier workload in the next few years. Globally, each customer is expected to be carrying…

New Digital Horizons. Connect. Create. Innovate. #CiscoIMC2018: This week I’m excited to be a part of India Mobile Congress, one of the world’s biggest, most prestigious shows on all things mobile and beyond. India Mobile Congress 2018 promises to be the gathering place for top-of-mind topics such a…

Here’s something we can all celebrate this week – Washington policymakers are taking the first step to increase Wi-Fi’s capacity as we move toward a hyper-connected era. Today, Wi-Fi represents nearly $2 trillion in global economic value and will continue growing as it enables 5G, IoT, and AI-powere…