mobility

Vodafone Germany Completes Trial of Intelligent Access Selection

As I was walking in the neighborhood this past weekend, I had a very frustrating experience between my Wi-Fi and cellular network. I was listening to my favorite radio station, streaming it via an app on my phone. As I walked further and further away from my home, the radio stream halted due to a we…

IoT Takes Center Stage at Mobile World Congress 2016

At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona last week, we caught up with Ruba Borno, Cisco’s Vice President of Growth Initiatives and Chief of Staff to CEO, Chuck Robbins.…

February 23, 2016

INNOVATION

Huge Opportunities for Service Providers at the Intersection of Fog and Mobility

I have the privilege of being in Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress. With nearly 100,000 attendees and an impressive conference agenda, it’s a week packed with not only ideas and innovation, but with interactions with leaders, startups, disruptors, and other major players in mobile techno…

February 23, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Seeking real answers from MWC16

The annual gathering that is Mobile World Congress (MWC) is upon us again. As always there will be the usual hype around 3 letter acronyms like NFV, SDN, SON, IoT and of course 5G (ok not a TLA). As I fine tune the Cisco Mobility strategy for my APAC region, I see these as just enablers, to get Serv…

February 18, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Mobile World Congress: It’s Not Just for Mobile Anymore

Here we are, at the verge of what is the 30th Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona. It’s a show I tend to characterize as “the water cooler for telecom,” because everybody is there! Over its impressive and storied history, starting in London in 1987, MWC has consistently served up the “firsts” that u…

February 18, 2016

NETWORKING

CMX Cloud an Equalizer: Insights and Experiences Simplified

If you are a Business to Consumer (B2C) enterprise, you want to know more about the visitors in your venue, how long they stay and what they do in the venue. These insights can help you create more relevant customer engagements, maximize promotional activities, as well as optimize venue operations.…

February 17, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Wireless Connections & Wi-Fi – Mobile Network Evolution

Every time a new generation of mobile network has been introduced – 2G networks transitioning to 3G, and 3G evolving to 4G, there have been concerns about the user adoption and capacity utilization. And each time skeptics have been proven wrong. By 2020, smartphones will represent 48.1% of global mo…

February 16, 2016

HEALTHCARE

Visit Cisco at HIMSS16 in Las Vegas

We are looking forward to participating in the HIMSS16 Annual Conference & Exhibition from March 1-3 in Las Vegas, NV.  If you are planning to attend HIMSS16, be sure to visit the Cisco booth (#2643) to see new solutions for patient engagement, telehealth, security, application integration and m…

February 12, 2016

NETWORKING

School’s In: Flexible Radio Assignment

If you are in IT, you’re being asked to support more wireless devices – both end user and non-user – as well as the ever growing applications they use. These applications, such as video and collaboration, are far more bandwidth intensive and add large amounts of traffic to the network. This high-den…