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Jim O'Leary

Sr. Manager Mobile Solutions Marketing

Jim brings more than 20 years of marketing, technical, and management experience from across the communications industry to his role with Cisco Systems, Inc. As a 12+ year veteran at Cisco he is currently a Senior Manager in Service Provider Marketing at Cisco focused on Mobile Solutions, he has held other positions in market development, service creation, and solutions marketing in the areas of video and mobile. Jim has been a member of the Society Of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and on the Professional Development Committee for several years.

Prior to Cisco Jim held various engineering, sales, marketing, and business development positions with BTNA, AT&T, and Sprint.

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September 1, 2015

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ACG Research says “Cisco Continues Market Share Leadership in Mobility”

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So the Summer of 2015 is quickly coming to a close here in New England, which means Fall is coming, and the leaves will soon begin to change color with the cooler temperatures. But according to ACC Research the Mobile Infrastructure is getting hot again, and starting to grow, which is great news. According to ACG […]

Cisco Helps Spark New Zealand Serve Up The Voice Of The Future

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  Remember when voice was the original mobile network use-case? It was a much simpler time, with more network control, greater profit, and fewer competitors. Fast forward to today and like the rest of the Service Provider industry, mobile voice communications are changing, and changing very rapidly. Mobile networks must provide a cost-effective, rich user […]

ACG Research says “Cisco Continues to grow Market Share Leadership in Mobility” – #1 in Mobile IP Infrastructure, …

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So here we are in the middle of Spring 2015 and the temperature is beginning to rise, yes finally here in New England the temperature is beginning to rise after such a harsh winter. What is also on the rise according to ACG Research is the Cisco IP Infrastructure Market-Share. ACG published today their 1st […]

Cisco – Aspider-NGI, Cisco and Telindus Win 2015 Coveted Global Telecom Business Innovations Award

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So we were back in London this week to attend the annual Global Telecoms Business Summit and Innovations Awards, and what a great industry event it was. Lots of customer interactions, industry networking, exchange of best practices, and of course the Innovation Awards. The Global Telecom Business Summit and Innovation Awards is an annual event […]

Cisco – XL Axiata Win 2015 Coveted Global Telecom Business Innovations Award

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What a great time to be in London this week, the weather was great with blue skies and warm weather. But the main reason this week to be in London was to attend the annual Global Telecoms Business Summit and Innovations Awards, and what a great industry event it was. During the event there were […]

Good Things Come in Threes: At Least in Mobile Packet Core

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Gartner Research Magic Quadrant shines it’s Magic on Cisco So there is an old adage “bad news always comes in threes”. Well we just received our third very positive analyst report for the Cisco Mobile Packet Core for Q4 2014 and if this is bad luck then we are looking for more of it. Over […]

Cisco Continues Mobile Core Momentum: Leads in Packet Core Market Share according to Infonetics Research Data.

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So Spring is finally here in the New England Area, the snow is finally gone after a record breaking snow fall totals, and the flowers are starting to sprout. Last week, we announced that ACG Research again confirmed that Cisco continues to be the leading provider of Mobile Packet Core and Mobile IP Infrastructure over […]

ACG Research says “Cisco Continues to grow Market Share Leadership in Mobility” – #1 in Mobile IP Infrastructure, …

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Coming back from a world wind Mobile World Congress with a record breaking number of customer meetings, Cisco received some great news from ACG Research, Cisco continues to be the #1 provider of the Mobile IP Infrastructure Market Share with over 39%. In 2014 the average smartphone data usage grew 45 percent. The average amount […]

Increasing Mobile Network Efficiency with Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi)

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Have you ever walked into the office or perhaps an area in your home with your mobile phone and tried to make a call, only to have poor LTE/4G/3G signal...

November 11, 2014

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Making Room in Internet of Things (IoT) for the Mobile Operator:

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So over the past year, there has been lots of press about the Internet of Things (IoT) and there has been information on the Connected Car and Telematics, Connected Transportation, Connected City, Connected Everything… But just how do we connect all of these devices? Magic? Why do we care? Well according to Goldman Sachs there […]

October 22, 2014

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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 […]

Join Us at The Internet Of Things World Forum Panel With AT&T, Sprint, and Vodafone

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Mobile Making It Happen The Internet of Things (IoT) is opening up a world of real opportunities and rapidly transforming our communities, our cities and our daily lives. The second annual Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in Chicago, October 14–16, 2014 marks a defining moment in the growth of the IoT. While today most […]

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 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. […]

Cisco & Telecom New Zealand Test Cisco EPC with LTE-A Category 6

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To think that the number of connected devices will grow to possibly 10 billion by 2018 with some forecasts as high as 40 billion connected devices by 2020, that is mindboggling. That means that there will be about 10 connected devices for every man, woman and child on the planet. While most of the connected […]

NTT Docomo Virtualizing the Mobile Packet Core with Cisco

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Did you know in Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof because youngsters use them even in the shower? Did you know that Japan consists of over 6,800 islands? Did you know Japan suffers 1,500 earthquakes every year. In Japan Mobile data traffic grew 92% in 2012 and 66% from 3Q 2012 to 3Q 2013, […]

Cisco Joins China Mobile at Mobile Asia Expo (MAE)

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Mobile is a fast-changing industry! Every year there are new devices, new technologies, and trends. China is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world with: 1.2 billion mobile connections and growing. The number of 3G mobile telephone users reached 386 million in November 2013, a growth of 154 million over the same […]

Cisco Carrier-Grade Virtualization for Mobile Operators

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Wow how time flies, three months ago there was snow and cold weather in Boston but at the same time it was quite hot at the 2014 MWC. Hot from all of the discussions on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Orchestration were on everyone’s minds, as both mobile operators and vendors try to answer the […]