Register today for this free ThinkSmallCell webinar on September 4, Thursday, featuring Cisco’s Alan McNab and our partner iBwave who will talk about how we’re working together to streamline Enterprise Small Cell deployments for Mobile Operators. At this webinar, we will be discussing: How the incremental cost of adding cellular service to an Enterprise Wi-Fi deployment can be as low as 20%; When and why the RF design can be assigned to field technicians and personnel with basic IT background; What the main concerns and bottlenecks that constrain this approach are. We’ll discuss real-world perspectives from the field, where we are actively trialing and deploying products in countries worldwide, and answer the challenging questions about the feasibility of this approach. Participants will also have the opportunity to put their own questions to the panel and participate in audience polls. Presenters: David Chambers, Senior Analyst at ThinkSmallCell, has been focused on the Small Cell market and watched it evolve over the past 7 years. Alan McNab, Global Small Cell Go-To-Market for Cisco. He brings knowledge from extensive field experience from deployment for both Wi-Fi and Small Cells. Benoit Fleury, VP Products and Innovation iBwave, is responsible for evolving iBwave’s current products as well as expanding the company’s overall product portfolio. When? Thursday, September 4, 2014, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Register now. Tweet us @CiscoSPMobility if you have any questions or comments. Resources: Cisco SP Wi-Fi Cisco Small Cells ... View more

The week of August 11, Comcast Business will host three hour-long tweet chats for partners and entrepreneurs/start-ups as part of Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs (I4E) Tech Week. Each of the chats will be hosted and moderated by @comcastbusiness To follow and participate click on the http://tweetchat.com/room/I4Echat and use the #I4EChat handle Date/time Topic Monday, Aug.11 1pm EDT/10am PDT Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Growth Wednesday, Aug. 13 1pm EDT/10am PDT Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Innovation Friday, Aug. 15 1pm EDT/10am PDT Future Friday – It’s the end of the week, but the future is just beginning. How tech will influence business in the future. How a Tweet Chat Works Who:  All those interested in the topics that also have a Twitter ID.   What: A tweet chat is an online conversation held at a prearranged time which follows a specific hashtag. In this case, we will be using #I4EChat for each of our Twitter chats. Chatroom link: http://tweetchat.com/room/I4Echat When:  Monday, August 11, Wednesday, August 13 and Friday, August 15 at 1pm EDT/10am PDT. Where:  The chat can be followed on Twitter using the hashtag #I4EChat . Why: The goal of the discussion is to help entrepreneurs/start-ups and managers understand the technology options available to them and how to leverage these options to improve business via an engaging informative discussion. We will cover a different theme each day we are holding an I4E chat: Monday : Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Growth Wednesday : Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Innovation Friday : Future Friday – It’s the end of the week, but the future is just beginning. How tech will influence business in the future. Below are some questions you might see during the tweet chat. Monday: Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Growth 1pm EDT/10am PDT What business functions should an entrepreneur consider automating through tech? Cloud vs. on premise technology – how should an entrepreneur decide which to deploy? What role does mobility play in helping entrepreneurs achieve business growth? Wednesday: Tech and Biz Strategies to Drive Innovation 1pm EDT/10am PDT How do you innovate? What industries do you believe are innovating right now and why? What types of programs & resources exist – vendor or government led – to help entrepreneurs innovate? Friday: Future Friday – It’s the end of the week, but the future is just beginning. How tech will influence business in the future. 1pm EDT/10am PDT What “future” technology do you have your eye on today? (4K, 3D printing, robotics, etc.) Which technology that we rely on today (email, PPT, etc.) will be obsolete in 5-10 years? How will the “Internet of Things” (IoT) influence start-ups and small business? Cisco will be participating during the tweet chat with @CiscoSP360. Tweet us! We’ll look forward to seeing you there! ... View more

Cisco has been proactively partnering with our customers for the past months. Here are some recent highlights. Check them out: 1. Cisco & Telecom New Zealand Test Cisco EPC with LTE-A Category 6 Excerpt - "So recently Telecom New Zealand performed a series of networking tests with Cisco leveraging LTE-A or LTE-Advanced. As a key LTE-A technology, carrier aggregation allows for full utilization of operators’ spectrum resources, empowering them to provide faster mobile broadband experiences including video conferencing, high-definition content transmission, high-speed video downloads, social networking and more." 2. NTT Docomo Virtualized the Mobile Packet Core with Cisco Excerpt - "NTT Docomo has been testing the Cisco Evolved Services Platform (ESP). The Cisco ESP is a comprehensive virtualization and orchestration software platform that creates, automates and provisions services in real time, across compute, storage and network functions, to deliver desired business outcomes for applications running across multiple domains and facilitates the shift to new business models. It allows NTT Docomo to deliver prepackaged services from a flexible pool of resources that can be reused and personalized for each customer, automatically and on demand." 3. Cisco Joins China Mobile at Mobile Asia Expo (MAE) Excerpt - "Cisco is joining China Mobile at Mobile Asia Expo (MAE) in their “Network Function Virtualization Demonstration” located in the China Mobile MAE Booth June 11 -13 in Shanghai, China delivering the Cisco Quantum™ Virtualized Packet Core (Quantum vPC), with our v-MME, v-SGW, and v-PGW." Pictured above: MWC China Mobile & Cisco Virtualization Demo Team 4. Telecom Italia Creates SDN Network Testbed with Five Universities Excerpt - "Telecom Italia can automate configuration changes based on real-time network conditions. Applications tell a network controller when they need network resources. Then the controller tells the network infrastructure equipment. This reduces the need for human intervention. It’s a step towards automation and a step towards application-centric infrastructure." 5. Fibrenoire's Jean-François Lévesque Shares Tips with Cisco on How to Thrive in the Fast-Paced Service Provider World Excerpt - "Since its founding in 2007, Fibrenoire, based in Montreal, Quebec, has grown from a startup to one of Canada’s largest metro-fiber-to-the-business service providers. As further testament to their success Fibernoire was the first Canadian service provider to earn MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Services certification leveraging Cisco’s Carrier Ethernet Systems." ... View more

Today, Cisco released the updated VNI Global IP Traffic and Service Adoption Forecasts, 2013 – 2018 (see media release). The key drivers of global IP traffic growth (network users, devices/connections, broadband speeds, and video consumption) continue to show increases that will create a greater global demand for IP network resources: By 2018, there will be nearly four billion global Internet users (about 52% of the world’s population), up from 2.5 billion in 2013 By 2018, there will be 21 billion networked devices and connections globally, up from 12 billion in 2013 Globally, the average fixed broadband connection speed will increase 2.6-fold, from 16 Mbps in 2013 to 42 Mbps by 2018 Globally, IP video will represent 79% of all traffic by 2018, up from 66% in 2013 To learn more about the Forecast, please check out any of the resources below: Interactive Infographic Announcement Blog VNI Web Page VNI Service Adoption Web Page Webcast Recording @CiscoVNI Twitter handle ... View more

Cisco is Gold sponsor at Network Virtualization and SDN World, one of the most important European events dedicated to SDN and NfV technologies. With the evolving trends in Cloud and Mobility, SDN and NfV, DevOps and Open Source, the Service Provider's business is changing as we move towards more automated, virtualized and open architectures. Our top executives and subject matter experts will be onsite delivering talks and insights around specific market trends and the use cases that service provider customers are adopting to transform their architectures and businesses for the future. Cisco speaking engagements during the event: Morning Keynote Session - Wednesday, May 28, 11:15 - 11:35 Helping Networks to Become More Open, Programmable and Application-Aware Ian Hood, Senior Manager – SP Architecture Track B: Traffic, Transport and Virtualization at the Edge - Wednesday, May 28, 15:00 - 15:30 Panel Discussion: Developing and Orchestrating Transport SDN Filippo Galimberti, SDN/NfV Business Development Manager, EMEAR SP Architectures If you would like to schedule a meeting or discussion with our experts and executives onsite please reach out to your Cisco account manager today. We look forward to seeing you at London! ... View more

We all know that IT and business leaders are starting to accept, and in some cases embrace, the “bring your own device” (BYOD) movement in the enterprise and what the implications are for service providers. As we collaborate using our own devices at work, how is this affecting your security in the network? Join Cisco experts on August 2, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. PT in an open discussion where we’ll take your questions and address your security concerns regarding BYOD and mobility. Co-moderators: @CiscoCollab @CiscoSPMobility Panel participants: Vinay Bansal, Information Security Architect, WebEx Security (@vinaykbansal) Ken Chen, Product Manager, Jabber Security Maywun Wong, Marketing Manager, Mobility Solutions for Service Provider (@maywun) Peter Xiao, Director of Software Development, WebEx Security (@xiao_peter) Date/Time: August 2, 2012, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT Hashtag: #CiscoChat Submit your questions in advance to @CiscoCollab or @CiscoSPMobility or submit by commenting below. What is a TweetChat? TweetChats are scheduled gatherings of Twitter users to discuss a given topic, using a #hashtag to keep track of the conversation. How Do I Participate? There are many ways to participate in a TweetChat. You can log in to www.tweetchat.com using your Twitter credentials, you can use your favorite Twitter client (i.e. TweetDeck, HootSuite, etc.) or you can even just use Twitter Search to follow the chat hashtag. During the event, you can follow the discussion, contribute questions, and submit your own comments by using the same hashtag. ... View more

Topic: Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2011-2016 Date / Time: February 24, 9am-10am PST (12-1pm EST) Join Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) analysts in the #CiscoSPChat TweetChat as they share their findings and answer your mobile questions. How fast is global mobile data traffic growing? Which regions will grow most quickly and generate the most mobile data traffic? What’s the effect of various device/connection types (smartphones, tablets, laptops, and M2M)? Will mobile cloud applications be a significant factor in mobile data traffic growth? How is 4G adoption changing the mobile landscape?      The session will be hosted by @CiscoS PMobi lity and @CiscoVNI. Questions / Comments? Please email us at csco_sp@external.cisco.com Feel free to send us questions before the event if you're unable to attend. What is a TweetChat? TweetChats are online conversations held at a pre-arranged  date/time between a group of Twitter users. Chats are uniquely  identified by pre-defined  Twitter hashtag (such as #ciscospchat ) to identify the discussion thread. By including this hashtag in each tweet, the conversation can be monitored separate from the larger Twitter conversations. How Do I Participate? On the day of the event, login to http://tweetchat.com/ and follow the #ciscospchat hashtag. To join the chat, visit http://tweetchat.com/room/ciscospchat. Alternatively, you can use your favorite Twitter client (such as TweetGrid, TweetDeck) or Twitter Search to follow the chat hashtag #ciscospchat.  During the event, you can follow the discussion, contribute questions, and submit your own comments by using the same hashtag. Join our Cisco VNI analysts for the #CiscoSPChat on February 24, 9am PST/12pm EST! ... View more

Yesterday, Cisco announced its expanded ASR 9000 System that will deliver the promise of Next-Generation Internet strategy.  Cisco introduced three new platforms to bring the following benefits to mobile networks for service providers: superior necompeting platforms, lower operating costs (up to 74 percent less than competitive solutions), simplified IPv6 migrations, and easier and less costly service management. "The first two platforms will allow service providers to deploy all types of services (voice, video, or data) to all types of customers (consumer, mobile or business) on a single, converged Carrier Ethernet-based IP network, and both are optimized for low power consumption and extended temperatures: The Cisco ASR 901 is a compact, cell-site Ethernet access router specifically designed to clock, aggregate, and backhaul any-G RAN traffic, and can prioritize and process voice, data, and signaling traffic as part of the Cisco Unified RAN solution for reliable transport across any available mobile network. The Cisco ASR 903 is a fully-featured Carrier Ethernet aggregation platform designed for the cost-effective delivery of converged services.  With full redundancy and high service scale, this compact (3RU) router is optimized for small aggregation and remote POP applications and provides a rich and scalable set of Layer 2 and 3 VPN services. And the third platform, the Cisco ASR 9001, is a smaller version of our industry-leading Cisco ASR 9000 edge router, specifically designed for low-capacity deployments. These new platforms complement the rest of the Cisco ASR 9000 family to deliver a single, simplified system for high-speed business, residential and mobile connectivity.  And as with the rest of the ASR 9000 System, they all support Cisco’s nV Technology for simplified network architectures..." Read more or watch the video below. Read what others are saying about the new ASR 9000 System. ... View more

According to the Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI ), 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. Growing mobile data demand caused by the huge growth of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices is continuing to drive the evolution of mobile networks worldwide.  If not properly managed and monetized, this growth in traffic will outpace growth in revenues. Intelligence, scalability, reliability, and service enablement are all key factors in helping mobile operators not only control this huge wave of mobile data, but also launch new, revenue-generating services. 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 surge of mobile data traffic.  The signaling and control plane impact will likely be even larger than the bearer plane therefore significantly affecting policy – which becomes instrumental in making money and therefore becomes mission critical.  This brings us to the question-- Is your policy solution ready to handle this mobile broadband data explosion? That’s why Cisco introduced next  generation Cisco Policy and Charging Control Solution with the insertion of our Cisco Policy and Control Rules Function (PCRF ) that addresses the performance, reliability, and scalability challenges of mobile networks as an enhancement to the Cisco M.O.VE (Monetization, Optimization, Video Experience) strategic framework , To learn more about Policy and Charging Control solutions, listen to the Webcast: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Policy in Mobile Networks." We'd like to hear more of your thoughts and comments regarding mobile networks policy. Please leave your feedback below. ... View more

Transcript for our second CTIA Tweetchat on March 17, 2011. ... View more

Transcript for our first CTIA Tweetchat on March 10, 2011. ... View more

Service Provider TweetChat Topic: Mobile Monetization, Optimization, and Video Experience - What Does It Mean for Operators Date / Time: March 17, 9-9:30 am PDT (12-12:30 pm EDT) To join the chat, visit http://tweetchat.com/room/ciscospchat The session will be hosted by @ciscospmobility managed by the Cisco Service Provider Marketing team. Jon Morgan, Service Provider Marketing, Mobility, @Jamncl4 Brian Walsh, Mobility Marketing Manager, @BRWalsh Kurt Rosenthal, Marketing Manager, @KurtCisco Paul Sergeant, Mobility Marketing Manager, @PaulSAtCisco One winner per tweetchat session will be randomly selected to receive an electronic copy of Mark Grayson and Kevin Shatzkamer's Building the Mobile Internet! View the sweepstakes legal details (PDF) TweetChat Schedule Session #1 transcript. Thursday March 10, 9-9:30 am PST (12-12:30 pm EST) Session #2 .  transcript. Thursday March 17, 9-9:30 am PDT (12-12:30 pm EDT) Questions / Comments? Please email us at csco_sp@external.cisco.com Feel free to send us questions before the event if you're unable to attend. What is a TweetChat? Tweet  chats are online conversations held at a pre-arranged date/time between  a group of Twitter users. Chats are uniquely identified by pre-defined  Twitter hashtag (such as #ciscospchat )  to identify the discussion thread. By including this hashtag in each  tweet, the conversation can be monitored separate from the larger  Twitter conversations. How Do I Participate? On the day of the event, login to http://tweetchat.com and follow the #ciscospchat hashtag. To join the chat, visit http://tweetchat.com/room/ciscospchat Alternatively,  you can use your favorite Twitter client (such as TweetGrid, TweetDeck)  or TwitterSearch to follow the chat hashtag #ciscospchat.   During the event, you can follow the discussion, contribute questions, and submit your own comments by using the same hashtag. Join us on March 17, 9-9:30 am PDT (12-12:30 pm EDT)! ... View more

CTIA TweetChat Series Sweepstakes Official Rules ... View more

Transcript of our Feb 24 tweet chat. ... View more