Cisco VNI

To what extent do CDN caches deep inside the ISP or the operator network also improve QoE? Does it suffice to simply deploy the CDN appliance just past the peering point? This blog post describes a project, sponsored by Cisco’s  Research and Open Innovation initiative, and undertaken by Prof. Sanjay…

5G will bring much more than unprecedented speed. The 5G architecture will profoundly transform the way we experience our homes and cities, will make enterprises smart, highly efficient and create value in ways never imagined before. Today, consumer expectations for a faster, smarter, more convenien…

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies have begun to make their leap from nascent technologies to comprehensive solutions that enable and empower many mainstream consumer/enterprise applications, customer experiences and various industry workflows. A revolution that started in…

“Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality.” – Abraham Lincoln As we finalize our presence at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas, it occurred to me it’s our first NAB since we made some major and definitely noticeable changes to our strategy / intentions relating to Media and Entertainm…

Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona showcased some of the newest mobile innovations along with interactive 5G demos and a bevy of product announcements. In the midst of all this progress and promise, there remains an undeniable fact — there are still Internet access disparities between re…

5G Gets Top Billing, But Don’t Forget Wi-Fi This week, we released the latest update to the Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2017 – 2022). The annual study provides global, regional, and country-level projections and trends associated with mobile (cellular) networks as well as a…

Touch — one of the 5 senses that humans are blessed to possess. And it’s the most important, in my opinion. Touch gives us a deeper understanding of the beings/things we are feeling, which cannot be fully experienced by sight, smell, hearing or taste. As children, we learn of the world through…

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…

According to the latest VNI forecast, global service provider networks are getting edgier. By 2022, a third of service provider network capacity will be at the edge or within the metro, growing up from 27 percent in 2017.  While the capacity in core regional networks will be 24 percent (down from 25…