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Before the Next Business Crisis, Consider Collaboration and IoT for Service Providers

We’ve all been on WebEx calls, video calls, and IM chats. Maybe we have been sophisticated enough to have more than one of these communications methods turned on at once using WebEx or Jabber. However, what happens when the call ends?  What happens to the files that were shared, the chats that were exchanged?  They seem to […]

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Cisco Recognized as Leader in the Policy Management Scorecard for the Second Year

Cisco is proud to announce that IHS has recognized Cisco as a Leader for the second year in a row in the July 22, 2016 Policy Management Vendor Scorecard. With the recognition, IHS continues to validate Cisco’s leadership position and momentum in the Policy market place.  The analyst scored each of the vendors, listing Cisco […]

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Cisco and Apple Team to Deliver Better Collaboration for Service Providers

Have you heard the news from the most recent Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference? The tech world is buzzing about new features in iOS 10, Apple’s mobile operating system. Some of those features include capabilities with the Cisco partnership to power a true mobile enterprise. According to Apple, “With new features in iOS 10, combined with the […]

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Smarter Network, Smarter Devices: A Holistic Approach to Policy Control Network Policy on the Device

Policy Control is most commonly associated with PCRF, the 3GPP-defined standard for implementing policy and charging rules. It is the enforcement of these rules at the various network gateways that enable mobile operators to control and monetize their services. Network-based policies create the foundation for delivering a better user experience (and thus a successful business) […]

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Winning the Battle for Mobile Video Viewers

There is a battle for mobile video viewers going on now. In North America alone, one operator offers their subscribers free streaming video without charging against their data plan. At another service provider, they enable companies to sponsor the data plans for subscribers to encourage a strong advertising model. And yet another service provider is […]