LTE

March 10, 2020

NETWORKING

How 5G is transforming the Wireless WAN

Remember when, not long ago, cellular wireless technology was primarily used for backup connectivity? With the introduction of 4G and SD-WAN, enterprises were able to augment their primary WAN connection with wireless using an active/active configuration. Faster 4G speeds meant that wireless could b…

February 24, 2020

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

For your industrial IoT deployment: A four-step guide to selecting a wireless technology

Most everyone agrees that wireless technology is a key pillar of the Internet of Things. Exactly which wireless technology is a different story. Opinions may vary from enterprises, to service providers or vendors, but one size does not fit all. The best wireless technology is the one that addresses…

November 19, 2019

NETWORKING

Stay Connected in Digital Spaces with OpenRoaming

Our mobile devices are like a second brain, remembering, reminding, and informing us throughout our daily tasks. It would be great for productivity if your “other mind” could stay continuously connected from the time you got up at home or hotel on Wi-Fi, travelled to work on cellular, and instantly…

Can manufacturing go wireless in a 5G/Wi-Fi 6 world?

With the recent availability of Wi-Fi 6 solutions, the launch of 5G pilot projects and new shared license spectrum policies, many are wondering: Can manufacturing go further down the wireless path? The short answer is yes. The long answer is that there are numerous nuances and complications related…

November 5, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

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…

July 24, 2019

NETWORKING

The ISR Family Expands SD-WAN Security and LTE Support

By now you most likely already know the benefits of implementing a software-defined WAN (SD-WAN). It’s no wonder 95% of enterprises surveyed by IDC expect to use SD-WAN within 24 months1. Did you know, however, that SD-WAN could help lower your WAN costs by 38% over 5 years? Recent IDC customer inte…

February 21, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Open vRAN Wave is Building

The Open vRAN movement started with some smaller waves and the anticipation of a larger wave to form. It was driven by a belief that the fundamental way that mobile networks have been built for decades needed to evolve and improve. Legacy architectures, that were useful in the past, have outlived th…

December 11, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Vodafone-Netherlands Ziggo takes RAN Automation to the Next Level of Excellence

Vodafone-Netherlands (Ziggo) announced that they are taking their RAN automation to the next level and are building the required capabilities toward automation in the 5G Era with the commercial implementation of Cisco SONFlex. How Vodafone-Netherlands Ziggo uses SONFlex Vodafone-Netherlands has leve…

October 25, 2018

NETWORKING

Disrupt or Be Disrupted

Digital technologies have forever altered the services that customers demand and the ways in which organizations operate. Customers are clamoring for more personalized, on-demand experiences, and organizations must adapt or risk disruption to their core business models. The branch is the epicenter o…