Comments on: Healthy Competition Makes Us Stronger

By: ciscomaniac

ciscomaniac — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:07:43 +0000

the best way for cisco to compete against huawei is to partner with emerging markets governments and offer to demonstrate their technology.huawei and zte are known for lobbying third world govts behind the scenes including offering loans to win bids. huawei is relying on demand for data due to popularity of internet to sell LTE equipment to emerging markets to cater for last mile access since no cabling exists like in US or EU or Japan.cisco should deploy metro wifi and smart antenna technology to serve cities and suburbs and hence reduce demand for huawei 3G/LTE equipment.

cisco should leverage its superiority in data networks and integration with internet to propose a better solution and also partner with other vendors who compete with huawei.the enemy of your enemy is your friend

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By: Kader

Kader — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:12:31 +0000

The only winner of fair competition is the customer.

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:24:41 +0000

It’s true that you need to keep your friends close and the competition closer, but sometimes it’s best to forget who’s running next to you and just do it your own way.

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By: Christina herden

Christina herden — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:14:39 +0000

Thanks Keith for the shout-out. Dimension Data continues to maintain our focus on partnering better together with Cisco as we strive to accelerate our joint ambitions.

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By: Usman

Usman — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:13:14 +0000

Huawei is a very close competitor but i agree its the innovation which matters. I like your strategy of maintaining good relations with your competitors as it helps to bring customer satisfaction

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