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February 23, 2017

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Cisco Announces Important Steps toward Adoption of Information-Centric Networking

By Giovanna Carofiglio, Distinguished Engineer Today we announce three important milestones in the path of deployment of Information-Centric Networking technology in 5G mobile networks. Let’s start by explaining the concepts behind Information-Centric Networking (ICN). It is an approach to evolve th…

October 15, 2014

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Intelligent Transportation Systems Require Intelligent Mobile Networks

At the ITS World Congress last month in Detroit, we saw a wide range of intelligent transportation solutions and concepts. The most popular solutions on display –presented by several Auto Manufacturers, ITS suppliers, and Cisco along with partner Cohda Wireless – were simulated and live Vehicle-to-V…

Freemium Business Models for Mobile

In this continuing series of blogs about Mobile Data Monetization*, let’s look at the Service Provider Freemium business model, which involves offering a basic service for free (indefinitely, or for a trial period) to incent some other subscriber behavior that the operator can monetize. Let’s look a…

Make Room in the Family Car for the Family Mobile Data Plan

In another twist on monetizing the “Connected Car”, AT&T recently announced that its “Mobile Share Value” data plan – which lets customers purchase a monthly allotment of 4G/LTE mobile data that can be shared among smartphones and tablets used by family members – now allows cars to be added to t…