Cisco and Partners to Start 5G Trial in Rural Areas of the UK

Cisco and it’s partners aim to create a UK government funded complete end-to-end rural 5G testbed system for trials of new wireless and networking technologies, spectrum sharing, new applications and services with a focus on testing and demonstrating approaches for ensuring that 5G connectivity is accessible and affordable in hard-to-reach rural areas. 

Zain KSA to Invest $1.2 Billion in Network Infrastructure

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has signed network expansion and upgrade agreements worth US $1.2 billion with five technology companies: Huawei, Nokia, NEC, Cisco, and Alcatel Lucent. The agreements aim to enhance Zain KSA’s customer experience and to improve and expand Zain’s network capacity, coverage and speed.

DOCOMO Verifies NFV Feasibility with Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and NEC

NTT DOCOMO announced that it has completed proof-of-concept (PoC) trials verifying the feasibility of network functions virtualization (NFV) while working separately with Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and NEC. The company has been collaborating with the three vendors on this feasibility verification since November 2013.

du selects Cisco to build mobile broadband network

UAE telecommunications service provider du is deploying a nationwide mobile broadband network and has selected Cisco’s mobile Internet solution to deliver high-speed 4G LTE mobile data services to its customers. du will use the Cisco ASR 5000 Series as its mobile Internet evolved packet core (EPC) platform to provide greater network performance and intelligence.