Mobile World Congress

February 26, 2014

NETWORKING

Cisco CMX & Monetization @ MWC 2014

Mobile World Congress 2014 continues this week in Barcelona with record attendances. Many SP’s are exploring new ways to monetize their network investments, in an earlier posting some of these models were explored. Again this week these topics were again very much to the forefront with Service…

February 25, 2014

NETWORKING

CMX, Analytics and Intelligence @ MWC 2014

Mobile World Congress 2014 is underway at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. As well as providing the WiFi network to the event, which has over 1200 access points covering the 2.6m sq feet  conference venues, Cisco had a number of exciting demos within the booth area in Hall 3. Cisco’s theme…

January 15, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Agile Networks Deliver More Revenue for Mobile Providers

We have big plans for our presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Look for new mobility products and services, demonstrations, and ample opportunities to discuss your business needs with Cisco executives, engineers and mobility experts. Innovation for virtualization, orchestration, automation…

March 14, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Mobile World Congress 2013: Coping with Exploding Data Demand

A dominant theme for the mobile networking industry at this year’s Mobile World Congress was how to cope with exploding demand for mobile data. Part of the answer is new technology but part is better spectrum policy. Network operators today are facing a stiff challenge to expand infrastructure to ke…

Move Over SDN – NFV Taking the Spotlight

Energetic debates of what SDN is and the expanding scope of what it can do for our customers continue to race along in a chaotic frenzy. In addition, the overall SDN market is somewhat fragmented in terms of both vendor positioning and marketing.  Collectively, the conversation really comes down to…

MWC 2013: IoE and the Evolving Mobile Architecture

I had the great privilege of participating on a panel at Mobile World Congress 2013 along with our customers, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone, and my peers from Ericsson and Huawei. We discussed the evolution of the Network Architecture for mobile service providers. From the infrastructure to the user…

February 26, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Service Providers Are Sitting on a Gold Mine of Data

The so-called “data deluge” shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Facebook, for example, has more than 2.5 billion pieces of content and ingests more than 500 terabytes of new content daily.  Mobile devices are driving this growth of data.  The global proliferation of devices estimated to reach 10…

February 25, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

For Mobile Carriers, Five Key Trends Promise Pain and Prospects

Mobile carriers face no shortage of pain points as new data streams create unprecedented and staggering amounts of information. But it is important to remember that pain points often arrive in tandem with new opportunities. From my perspective, observing the driving forces shaping the mobile industr…

January 17, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Join Cisco at Mobile World Congress 2013

Last week, CES kicked off an exciting 2013 for the industry and Cisco.  With just a select few of our innovations modeled in our video and SP/ mobile demos our customers, partners and press expressed great interest in our approach to helping carriers monetize these connected experiences.  During the…