5GRuralFirst

October 21, 2020

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Deploying World-Class Rural 4G/5G Networks Just Got a Lot Easier

4 min read

Service Providers serving rural regions can now easily bring fast, reliable 4G/5G connectivity to their subscribers with the Cisco Cloud Services Stack for Mobility that provides best-in-class mobile packet-core solutions to expand their mobile footprint quickly and cost-efficiently.

February 21, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Open vRAN Wave is Building

2 min read

The Open vRAN movement started with some smaller waves and the anticipation of a larger wave to form. It was driven by a belief that the fundamental way that mobile networks have been built for decades needed to evolve and improve.

February 4, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Is this the World’s Most Ambitious Rural 5G Trial?! #TheBridgeToPossible

5 min read

Lots has been happening on our 5G RuralFirst co-innovation, Country Digitization Acceleration (CDA) project being run by Cisco UK & Ireland.

September 5, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Leading in 5G: We really are taking 5G to Orkney and more with 5G RuralFirst! (Part 2)

4 min read

Back in December last year, Cisco led a 30 partner consortium to enter a UK government competition, to design, build and run innovative 5G Testbed and Trial programs. We won! Read more here...

December 14, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Leading in 5G: Taking 5G to Orkney and Somerset – Part 1

8 min read

Cisco is leading a consortium entering into the UK Government 5G Competition. This "5G RuralFirst Partnership" is focused on tackling some of the challenges of rural 5G deployment.