ACG  Research has just announced in their “2nd Quarter 2015 Mobile IP Infrastructure Report” and for the 4th consecutive quarter that Cisco led the mobile industry again for Mobile Packet Core, Mobile IP Infrastructure, and Evolved Packet Core. This is great recognition by a leading analyst in the Mobile and Telephony Industry, is a great acknowledgment of the hard work and superior mobile solutions, and a job well done by the Cisco Team.  ... View more

ACG  Research has just announced in their “2nd Quarter 2015 Mobile IP Infrastructure Report” and for the 4th consecutive quarter that Cisco led the mobile industry again for Mobile Packet Core, Mobile IP Infrastructure, and Evolved Packet Core. This is great recognition by a leading analyst in the Mobile and Telephony Industry, is a great acknowledgment of the hard work and superior mobile solutions, and a job well done by the Cisco Team.    ... View more

Remember when voice was the original mobile network use-case? It was a much simpler time, with more network control, greater profit, and fewer competitors. Fast forward to today and like the rest of the Service Provider industry, mobile voice communications are changing, and changing very rapidly. Mobile networks must provide a cost-effective, rich user experience. According to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), by the close of 2014 there were 360 mobile operators that had commercially launched LTE networks and service in 124 countries. Of those mobile operators only 14 had a commercially launched voice over LTE (VoLTE) service. Voice continues to be the most popular mobile service, but LTE systems are all-IP and do not have any circuit-switched capabilities. This change implies a significant complexity and skilled staff “gap” for operators. Spark New Zealand Voice Goals For Spark New Zealand, voice is a major source of revenue subject to the same industry pressures, including the challenge from over-the-top (OTT) services, such as Skype, WhatsApp, and Facetime. Spark also seeks to add higher value services such as conferencing and desktop integration to meet the increasing requirements from business users. Convergence of Fixed and Mobile Voice Services to achieve their digitization plan was critical to the future Spark Voice Network Vision. Read more: http://blogs.cisco.com/sp/cisco-helps-spark-new-zealand-serve-up-the-voice-of-the-future Read the Spark New Zealand PR: Spark Press Release: http://www.sparknz.co.nz/news/vimsvoltedemo ... View more

Cisco has become a leader in the Mobile Packet Core as validated by Q4 2014 ACG Research, Infonetics, and and now Gartner 2015 LTE Magic Quadrant. Our success comes from listening to our customers, engineering great mobile products, and understanding where the mobile market is going. As mobile Internet traffic continues to sky rocket, large mobile operators partner with Cisco and our Mobile Packet Core, Policy Suite, SON, IP RAN to deliver the solutions needed for growth and profitability. ... View more

By 2015, there will be over 5 billion wireless consumer devices and 400 million mobile-only Internet users with global mobile data traffic growing to over 3.6 exabytes per month. Service providers are under pressure to reduce data delivery costs and simplify network operations, while increasing revenue opportunities. Network evolutions, advanced mobile devices, and unlimited data plans are increasing the costs of managing this tidal wave of mobile data traffic. Cisco expects the signaling and control plane impact to be even larger than the bearer plane therefore significantly affecting policy – which becomes instrumental in making money and therefore becomes mission critical. Is your policy solution ready to handle this mobile broadband tidal wave? Join us to learn more about Cisco’s Policy and Charging Control solution that provides you with the ability to deliver dynamic, scalable, and customized mobile services to customers -- quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively. Plan now to attend! Tuesday June 14, 2011 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (GMT-5) 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT-8) Register Now Speakers: Jim O’LearyService Provider Mobility Marketing, Cisco Lou Menditto Mobile Internet Technology Group, Cisco ... View more