Telecom Lead Asia: Cisco on Tuesday said its new products — based on 802.11ac wireless networking standard — boost enterprise Wi-Fi speeds.
Cisco claims that Wi-Fi speeds can achieve data transfer speeds of up to one gigabit per second — to download significant amounts of Web content and run streaming video simultaneously.
The new products will enable businesses to support devices connected to their wireless networks and performance of applications, such as HD streaming video, Web conferencing, and data backup and transfers.
Operating in the 5GHz range, 802.11ac allows customers to provide end users with greater speeds and access to more bandwidth-intensive applications.
Cisco has shared a couple of case studies.
The Methodist Hospital System and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have already adopted Cisco’s 802.11ac products.
After deploying Cisco’s 802.11n products and with plans to further upgrade their networks to .11ac, these customers can now provide the capacity required to support the growing influx of personal devices from employees, doctors, students, faculty and staff.
Chris Spain, vice president of product marketing, Wireless Networking Group, Cisco, said: “We are continuing our leadership in the market with this rollout of 802.11ac offerings and are positioned to change the landscape for enterprise-class network infrastructure.”
