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Cisco Leads with 5G at Mobile World Congress 2019 Los Angeles
Cisco – 5G and IoT sponsor of the main event for Mobility in America The momentum for Cisco in 5G continues to grow as this week we continue to make the strong case the indeed, Cisco is the most important 5G technology vendor. Cisco executives and subject matter experts shared their knowledge and e…
Cisco Trusted Platforms
Service Provider networks serve as critical infrastructure, and the security and trustworthiness of the network infrastructure is essential, as explained in both Sumeet’s blog and the Trusted Infrastructure video from Mobile World Congress. Providers of digital infrastructure must be able to verify…
The First Steps in Transforming to 5G
5G dominated the headlines coming out of Mobile World Congress 2019 with many announcements of new handsets and network components. To hear what Cisco announced at Mobile World Congress, read Jonathan Davidson’s blog. 5G is the newest mobile standard that offers a significant increase in mobile bro…
Rakuten Cloud Platform is a Blueprint for the Future
Things that seem obvious today were not always that way. At some point, someone with a bit of courage and a flash of insight makes a bold move—like sticking a digital camera on the back of a phone. The rest of the world responds with a collective “of course!” and the world is changed, never to look…
Driving the Wi-Fi 6 conversation at Mobile World Congress 2019
At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show last week in Barcelona, it was interesting to see the device makers roll out mobile handsets with the latest wireless technologies: 5G and Wi-Fi 6. I’d like to focus on Wi-Fi 6 for the moment. This upgrade will provide faster speeds and more efficiency to wire…
Scoring A Hat Trick in Barcelona
Last week, I attended Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Coincidently, the conference lined up with the Copa del Rey tournament game between Real Madrid and Barcelona. I have been a soccer (futbol) fan all my life: playing, coaching, and watching. After spending several days absorbing all tha…
MWC19 Hot Topics: Cisco Customer Experience Recap
MWC19: When the world’s leading Service Providers get together with the Cisco Customer Experience team, the paths to making future technologies a reality materialize. 5G The hottest topic by far, (following folding phones, of course), was 5G. Our CEO Chuck Robbins was joined on the main stage with R…
Helping Service Providers Keep Up with the Pace of Innovation
Disruptive innovation was top of mind at Mobile World Congress last week. Service providers are constantly exploring new ways to bring compelling service offers to their customers quickly. One of the challenges, however, is that many of these new services exist in their own technology and operationa…
MWC Series: Readying Fastweb’s Network for the 5G Era
This year at Mobile World Congress 2019, we shared the news of our partnership with Fastweb on a network modernization project that will enhance the capabilities and performances of Fastweb fiber-based network. This project will put the Italy-based operator in the right position to meet the growing…