In June, I described how Cisco was closing the small cell loop with the rapid integration of both the Ubiquisys and Intucell teams into the Cisco family.
Today I'm pleased to make three announcements that demonstrate the concrete results of all these bright minds coming together:
Cisco's small cell strategy is driven by the specific business problems experienced by our Enterprise and Service Provider customers and we are working very closely with them to develop solutions that address these needs. We are grateful for customers such as Telefonica and Telstra for the close collaboration:
"Telefonica has an advanced small cell strategy, and we value our partnership with Cisco that allows us to execute on this strategy", said Carlos Loyola, Marketing Director, Telefonica Empresas. "Cisco's direction with multimode small cells will give us the flexibility we need to deploy the right technology in each of our target markets, and their focus on SON throughout the network architecture allows us to confidently build a Het-Net that dynamically reacts to real conditions so that our customers experience seamless mobility."
"SON is becoming a valuable tool for operators like us to optimize the Radio Network," said Mike Wright, Executive Director, Networks, Telstra Operations. "We have tested Cisco's Mass Event Handling SON module (MEH) during the prestigious Melbourne Cup horse racing carnival where more than 330,000 people attended creating a very high network load. We were impressed with the ability of Cisco's SON to seamlessly interwork with our OSS making numerous dynamic adjustments to balance traffic across the coverage area to optimise the user experience. We look forward to expanding our activities with Cisco in the near future".
As evidenced by our latest Mobile VNI report, mobile networks are in rapid transition. Cisco uniquely has the technology, and the relationships, to act as a bridge to bring service providers and enterprises together to evolve their mobile voice, data, and application strategies. Licensed and unlicensed small cells, operating as an efficient and secure HetNet, are foundational to this strategy.