5G
Unlocking the Economic Advantages of Wi-Fi Through 6 GHz Band Access Has Broad Support
Today, Cisco joined 34 other technology companies in a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai expressing our support for the allocation of unlicensed spectrum, specifically by opening the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi use. Along with Apple, Boingo, Broadcom, Facebook, Google, HPE…
How 5G/Wi-Fi 6 will transform multi-access networks in industrial IoT
The excitement around 5G and Wi-Fi 6 is dominating the news, with 5G networks estimated to be 10 times faster than 4G. While national rollouts are still in infancy, leading service providers say they expect to see more national rollouts in 2020 and shortly thereafter. U.S. service providers are cur…
5G Shopping? A Match Made in Retail Heaven
Co-Authored with Ron Kjelden, Global Director of Financial Services & Retail at Cisco Imagine this: you walk into a fancy, big-box electronics retailer, excited to buy your next major purchase. You are approached by a salesperson who doesn’t know what you want and therefore isn’t sure how…
Cisco Leads with 5G at Mobile World Congress 2019 Los Angeles
Cisco – 5G and IoT sponsor of the main event for Mobility in America The momentum for Cisco in 5G continues to grow as this week we continue to make the strong case the indeed, Cisco is the most important 5G technology vendor. Cisco executives and subject matter experts shared their knowledge and e…
How 5G Can Make Smart Cities Even Smarter
Co-Authored with TJ Costello, Global Director of Smart Cities & Transportation at Cisco Cities are growing at an unprecedented rate. In fact, according to data from the United Nations, 68% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050.1 While some people think that a more populous city m…
Two Things You Need to Get Right in a 5G Strategy
Many believe 5G will be a catalyst to change economies, countries, and life as we know it. Physical industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, and transportation will digitize and transform unlike anything ever before. Some say it will bring about our next industrial revolution. It’s…
Open vRAN at MWC Los Angeles 2019
It seems that you can’t write about mobile without talking about 5G, and for good reason – what a year it has been! Launches around the globe have accelerated at a pace that is even faster than prior generations. While some deployments are larger scale, like we see in South Korea, many of thes…
Slicing and Exposing: The 5G Network for Enterprise Use Cases
The time for 5G is clearly now as we see from the market launches from multiple Service Providers worldwide. Enhanced speed and low latency are being marketed first. While both consumers and businesses are expected to benefit from these, it is commonly agreed that the true potential of 5G is around…
How 5G Will Accelerate Industrial IoT
2019 is shaping up to be a remarkable time in the 5G technology global roll-out. With its higher data rate, ultra-reliable and lower latency connectivity, and massive scale of machine-to-machine communication, 5G carries enormous potential. With 5G and cellular, consumers will enjoy UHD 4K/8K video…