5G

It’s now been over 6 months since Cisco announced that it had joined the Open Air Interface (OAI) software alliance, with the aim of accelerating open, multi-vendor, RAN splits and the first week of November marks a milestone in that co-operation. If you recall, back in February, Cisco open-sourced…

It’s always exciting preparing for an event like IBC. As we’re taking new products and solutions to the market there has to be a balance between informing those who are starting to look at a new vertical or opportunity, compared to those who have already launched new services. By going out to the wi…

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…

See us at Mobile World Congress – Americas in San Francisco, Sept. 12-14 We recently published a blog discussing the ability to implement 5G in a way that made good financial sense.  The point is that 5G is very much about enabling new services and that can only be done with the right network founda…

Service Providers today are at a critical inflection point as they work to transform their networks, and indeed, their businesses. ACG Research took an in-depth look at the industry trends driving this digital transformation and the steps necessary to ensure success. Some of ACG’s key findings…

Securing today’s digital content has become more challenging, as there are more endpoints and wide area networks (WAN) to protect than ever before. There will be 27.1 billion networked devices/connections by 2021, up from 17.1 billion in 2016 globally (according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking…

Over 28,000 people from around the world flocked to Las Vegas last month to attend Cisco’s annual showcase of new technologies, Cisco Live.  For the second year in a row, Ericsson participated in the event as a Diamond Sponsor, with a large booth and multiple keynote presentations. For the fir…

The Communications Services Provider (CSP) industry is at a very exciting time as we transition towards a 5G world. 5G has the potential to be a greater step forward than any of the previous generations of mobile wireless generations. A major focus of 5G are use cases of business and IoT. Indeed, wh…