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Cisco wants more of mobile market
Barcelona — Cisco Systems aims to disrupt the wireless radio access market led by Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia by backing challengers who make more flexible software versions of traditional mobile gear. Known for making networking equipment that moves big volumes of data around the internet, Cisco says it wants a bigger share of the mobile market by backing these alternative providers rather than by making radio access equipment itself. Its radio access network push is part of Cisco’s efforts to prove to mobile network operators that investing in modern infrastructure and automation tools can help them to cope with increased data demands while lowering costs. The Silicon Valley company made the announcement ahead of this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where telecom operators are looking for new ways to deal with exploding customer data demands and pricing pressures. Cisco said it was working with more than 20 network operators to offer next-generation 5G services, which pr...
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