mobility

October 22, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Mobile Making It Happen at The Internet Of Things World Forum

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So during last week’s IoT World Forum in Chicago more than the 1,500 Internet of Things (IoT) industry experts came together for the second annual conference. The IoT is opening up a world of real opportunities for service provider growth while rapidly transforming our communities, our cities, and our daily lives. Still as discussed during […]

October 20, 2014

NETWORKING

It Is Never Too Early To Build A Mobility Strategy

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It’s only October, but the holiday season is already kicking into high gear. If the retail stores are any indication, it’s time to start planning for the holidays, regardless of which one you celebrate. Much like holiday planning, it’s never too early to start building your organization’s mobility strategy. It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking […]

October 15, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Succeeded in Network Functions Virtualization System Trial

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I’ve had the opportunity this year to meet with mobile operator leaders from around the globe. Whether they are large or small, focused on consumer services or businesses, or engaged in video or mobility, their ambitions are much in line with our strategy: to help them monetize and optimize their networks, while accelerating their ability […]

October 9, 2014

NETWORKING

802.11ac Bandwidth Planning

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Ever since the much anticipated 802.11ac standard was ratified and supported by Enterprise class access points (AP), I've asked myself the question that...

October 8, 2014

NETWORKING

Unlock Location-based Engagement with the CMX SDK

3 min read

Location-based applications have endless use cases—simply tapping into the users’ whereabouts can provide useful information such as movies playing, surrounding restaurants, friends’ favorite spots, etc. Still untapped, however, is the many potential uses of a location-based service, because while the apps may get the user to a location and allow them the opportunity to “check-in,” […]

Launching Passpoint Connectivity Deep in the Heart of Texas

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This is a customer perspective guest blog contributed by Dr. Derek Peterson, Boingo Wireless Chief Technology Officer. In early 2014, Boingo made the bold move of launching Passpoint-enabled Wi-Fi at 26 airports throughout the U.S. and Brazil, bringing seamless, secure and instant Wi-Fi access to travelers with Passpoint-ready devices. In partnership with Cisco, the Boingo […]

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 […]