At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Cisco introduced Mobility IQ, a mobility Software as a Service (SaaS) analytics solution for service providers.
The service, according to Cisco, unlocks the power of visual network knowledge and drives unparalleled business outcomes for service providers. It provides insights and bird’s-eye view across Wi-Fi, 3G, and LTE network activity — in real-time.
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Further, Cisco has expanded partnership with Telstra to deliver business customers a unified, on-demand suite of cloud and managed network services. The partnership will focus on delivering virtualized managed network and cloud services based on an open architecture.
Cisco has also announced the commercial availability of Universal Small Cell (USC) 8000 Series for large enterprise and venues. The solution is the result of a strategic collaboration between Cisco and SpiderCloud Wireless, and will be offered to Cisco’s enterprise customers and channel partners. Vodafone will be the first service provider to deliver the mobile service to its enterprise customers.
Cisco announced XL Axiata as the first service provider in Asia Pacific and Japan to implement Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC). The solution is expected to deliver the network elasticity and service agility needed to support the rapid growth and ever-changing demands of today’s market.
Equinix, a global interconnection and data center company, has selected Cisco Tail-f Network Control System (NCS) as part of the foundational technology powering the Equinix Cloud Exchange. This technology enables the automated network and service provisioning for cloud providers and their enterprise customers that Cloud Exchange has become known for.
Cisco is showcasing a number of products at MWC 2015 including Cisco Evolved Services Platform; Cisco Universal Wi-Fi; Cisco Internet of Everything; Cisco Connected Life; Cisco Intercloud; Cisco Network Services Orchestrator by Tail-f; Cisco Telco Cloud Manager; Cisco Policy Suite; Cisco Voice over Wi-Fi; Cisco SP Analytics; Cisco 5G; and Cisco Collaboration Cloud
Kelly Ahuja, senior vice president, Service Provider Business, Products, and Solutions, Cisco, said, Cisco is seeing tremendous momentum at Mobile World Congress as it is able to partner with global service providers to transform their architectures and businesses – and ultimately their end customers’ experiences – to capture exciting new opportunities.
Rajani Baburajan
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