visual networking index
Can the Tactile/Haptic Internet Take AR/VR to New Heights?
Touch — one of the 5 senses that humans are blessed to possess. And it’s the most important, in my opinion. Touch gives us a deeper understanding of the beings/things we are feeling, which cannot be fully experienced by sight, smell, hearing or taste. As children, we learn of the world through…
Could Blockchain Technology Become the Mainstream Platform for Digital Transactions?
As my colleagues and I engage in our analysis for the Cisco Visual Networking Index, we are always on the look out for new or emerging technologies that have the potential to change network demands or user behaviors. Networks are truly organic infrastructures and many variables can have an impact on…
Global digitization – connecting homes, health, cities and what not!!
Strategize, Digitize, Analyze The latest Cisco VNI Complete Forecast update forecasts that for the first time in its 12-year history, there will be more M2M connections than end-user devices such as smartphones, laptops, TV sets, etc. By 2021, there will be 13.7 billion machine-to-machine (M2M) conn…
2017 VNI Complete Forecast Blog: Analyze, Strategize, Digitize
Three Internet Trends that Warrant Global Service Provider Attention (and Action) Today, consumers and business users depend on global IP networks more than ever. While it can be easy to take connectivity for granted when networks are working well, it can be a minor inconvenience or a major hardship…
The Latest Mobile Makeover: Why and How Unlimited Data Plans Have Re-emerged
Globally, mobile data usage and traffic are on the rise. As a result, mobile network operators (MNOs) are adjusting their offers and billing structures to accommodate user behaviors. More than a quarter of plans tracked in the third quarter of 2016 had allowances of 10 Gigabytes and above according…
XL Axiata Transforms Mobility in Indonesia
With Continuous Network Improvements In 2016, XL Lays Foundation for Stronger 2017 XL Axiata is one of the largest cellular operators in Indonesia for consumer and machine-to-machine (M2M) services. Their subscriber base now totals more than 45M subscribers just having added more than 1M customers i…
Multimedia Millennials: Cable operators offer more apps and streaming services to young consumers
According to Pew Research, one-in-seven Americans are television “cord cutters”, Millennials’ (18 – 34 year olds) are leading the way in bypassing traditional TV viewing with video streaming services, leading to a generation of cord cutters and cord nevers. According to new research from The D…
The Zettabyte Era Officially Begins (How Much is That?)
For more than a decade, Cisco has tracked and projected global Internet traffic growth and associated networking trends through the Visual Networking Index (VNI). From day one, the Zettabyte has been a benchmark that our analysts have targeted as a major networking milestone. When will global Intern…
Mobile Video in the Palm Of Your Hand
Off To Amsterdam and IBC with Infinite Video For Mobile Operators What’s Driving the Interest in Mobile Video? According to the 2016 Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index, mobile is the #1 consumer device and Video is driving the next wave of Mobility. At IBC this year we will discuss our Infinite…