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2018 Complete VNI Forecast Update – What’s Trending?
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…
Why Wait for 5G? The Challenges of Railway Connectivity – Solved – Today (Part 2)
Recently I blogged about how Cisco are working with ScotRail (the train operator) and Network Rail Telecom (the track operator) in Scotland to deliver a trial of the world’s fastest in-train WiFi, an evolution of work done earlier on “Project SWIFT”. I also described a school of thought that sugges…
Cisco Joins GSMA Open IoT Lab Initiative
Cisco is pleased to announce that the Cisco Milan Innovation Center (MIC) located in Vimercate, Italy has joined the GSMA Open IoT Lab initiative. The MIC is one of Cisco’s centers of innovation and technical expertise for Cisco’s mobility network solutions for Service Providers. These solutions inc…
Service Providers Risk Being Displaced If They Fail to Adapt
With the industry undergoing transformation, service providers (SPs) now have an opportunity to apply the latest innovation – from machine learning to artificial intelligence to advanced analytics — to the way they operate and define the network. Lessons from history has shown that to succeed in any…
At the front of digitization
The disruption of businesses used to take decades, but, today, digitization is changing the business landscape at an unprecedented rate. While this is a global phenomenon, it is, in particular, showcased in Asia Pacific, where, on a recent trip, I was able to meet with customers who are on the cutti…
Digital Transformation Taking Flight in ASEAN Region
We showcased our innovation at CommunicAsia in Singapore a week ago, highlighting the changing digital landscape and sharing insights on how companies should be ready for the future. Our senior executives were on hand to address topics and trends impacting organizations across the region, from strat…
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…
In the Midst of Madness, Digital Reigns Supreme
You know spring season is back when we start hearing all about March Madness – where 68 college basketball teams from Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are competing to win the national championship. With hundreds of games taking place at venues across the nation over…
Will AR and VR Deliver Your “Real Life” Matrix Moments?
“You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” That was 1999 – a seminal scene in the sci-fi motion picture “The Matrix.” Morpheus re…