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Apple’s Vote of Confidence for Voice and Text over Wi-Fi

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I recently had the pleasure to read an excellent article by one of our industry’s leading analysts, Mr. Gabriel Brown of Heavy Reading titled “Analyzing Apple & VoLTE”. In this article, he makes the observation, that Apple – which is well known for keeping a strong focus towards their customer’s enjoying a high quality of […]

Freemium Business Models for Mobile

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In this continuing series of blogs about Mobile Data Monetization*, let’s look at the Service Provider Freemium business model, which involves offering a basic service for free (indefinitely, or for a trial period) to incent some other subscriber behavior that the operator can monetize. Let’s look at the typical reasons that operators have in offering […]

September 24, 2014

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We Won! LTE Asia Awards Update

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So great news! A couple hours ago, the LTE Asia Organizers tweeted: Congrats to our ‪#LTEAsia award winners: Best LTE Core Network Product ‪@Cisco Our Cisco ASR 5000 Series has been chosen the winner of the LTE Asia Best Core Product in the 1st Annual LTE Asia Event. Our ASR5000 Series is the market’s

September 23, 2014

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LTE-U By Any Other Name is Licensed-Assisted

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I recently read the rather interesting announcement from NTT DoCoMo where they demonstrated LTE running over the unlicensed 5GHz band.  They report a 60% increase in spectral efficiency over IEEE...

September 19, 2014

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Off to the LTE Asia Awards: Singapore or Bust

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Think about what is going on in the APJC Mobile Market for a minute: In Korea, mobile data traffic on 2G, 3G, and 4G networks increased approximately 70% between 3Q 2012 and 3Q 2013. In China, mobile data traffic of China’s top 3 mobile operators grew 90% in 2012 and 72% from mid-2012 to mid-2013. […]

September 9, 2014

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Multi-Device Data Plans: A Distinction without a Difference?

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In this continuing series about Mobile Services Monetization, let’s look at so-called Multi-Device Data Plans. Spurred by the adoption of the Apple iPad and Android tablets, many operators have introduced mobile data plans that encourage users to connect these devices to 3G and LTE networks, rather then relying solely on Wi-Fi. These Multi-Device Data plans […]

Moving Public Safety Forward: Invest in the Future, Not the Past.

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Moving Public Safety Forward:  Invest in the Future, Not the Past. Use Existing Radio System and Smartphones, with an Etherstack and Cisco Solution If you’ve got an analog radio system, upgrading to P25 just got much easier and much less expensive. Some agencies have received an end-of-life and end-of-support notice from their radio network manufacturer. […]

How Internet of Things Is Transforming Public Safety

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How Internet of Things Is Transforming Public Safety Use Case 1: BYOD for Police Officers The Internet of Things refers to connecting currently unconnected people and things, and it’s transforming public safety. This blog explains how police officers can securely use commercial smartphones and tablets in the field. Future blogs will describe other ways to […]

Good News Keep Coming on the Mobility Front

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Recently I shared with you an ACG Research report which shows Cisco leading in Mobile IP Infrastructure and gaining market share. Now step with me into the future for a moment and picture this. 2018 – nearly 21 billion globally networked devices and connections are live, 7.3 billion M2M are online, four billion global Internet […]