Ericsson and Cisco extend strategic partnership to include new Wi-Fi solutions
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* New Wi-Fi solutions - Evolved Wi-Fi Networks (EWN) - combine industry-
leading wireless technologies from the two companies
* EWN includes pre-integrated and verified solutions based on Ericsson and
Cisco products
* New solutions are complemented with Ericsson's customer support, design and
deployment services as well as Ericsson's managed services
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Cisco are extending their strategic partnership to
include a new Wi-Fi solution offering, named Evolved Wi-Fi Networks (EWN). EWN
combines Ericsson's 3GPP access, core networks and applications with Cisco's Wi-
Fi portfolio, to provide reliable Wi-Fi with the highest performance to
Ericsson's mobile, cable and other industries customers.
The offering will include pre-integrated and verified solutions and will offer a
range of benefits:
* Indoor Small Cells: Combining indoor Ericsson access networks with Cisco®
WLAN enables deployment in venues of both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity.
* Operator Wi-Fi: Allowing operators who have outdoor Ericsson access networks
to use Cisco WLAN to offer access to their subscribers.
* Traffic Steering: Integrating Cisco WLAN with either Ericsson macro or
indoor access networks via Ericsson's unique Real Time Traffic Steering
feature enables operators to steer users between mobile and Wi-Fi access
networks, ensuring the best end-user experience.
* Core Network Integration: Integrating Cisco WLAN into Ericsson packet core
using trusted configurations will allow operators to offer all their core
network services over Wi-Fi for multimode devices. Ericsson's highly
successful Wi-Fi Calling capabilities already deliver seamless voice
mobility over Cisco WLAN.
Rima Qureshi, Head of Region North America with responsibility for the strategic
partnership with Cisco, Ericsson, says: "Our strategic partnership brings
together the capabilities of two leading players in networking, mobility and
cloud, creating the best end-to-end solutions and opportunities for our
customers. By adding Wi-Fi solutions into the partnership, we will enable our
customers to offer best-in-class Wi-Fi in their networks, complemented by our
leading 3GPP portfolio and services organization."
"With Wi-Fi traffic predicted to grow to 50 percent of the total IP traffic by
2020, a top priority for service providers is to deliver the best possible
connected experiences to their customers," said Yvette Kanouff, SVP & GM of the
Service Provider Business Unit, Cisco. "Through our extended strategic
partnership with Ericsson, we are committed to providing Wi -Fi solutions of the
highest quality performance and reliability."
The design and deployment of solutions based on the new offering will be handled
by Ericsson's services organization, with full product support from Cisco.
Ericsson's capability to offer worldwide services will allow operators to adopt
new business models and expand into new markets. EWN can be offered as a fully
managed service with the global reach of more than 180 countries. This enables
faster rollout times and ease of adaption of the solution.
Ericsson and Cisco - two industry leaders in the development and delivery of
networking, mobility, and cloud - formed a global business and technology
partnership in November 2015 to create the networks of the future. The
partnership offers customers the best of both companies: routing, datacenter,
networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services
capabilities. The next-generation strategic partnership will drive growth,
accelerate innovation, and speed digital transformation demanded by customers
across industries. To date, over 250 active customer engagements have now
started to turn into won deals. More than 60 deals, spread around the world, are
in IP (routing and transport) and services. The companies announced deals with
3 Italy, Vodafone Portugal, Aster Dominican Republic and Cable & Wireless in
Caribbean in 2016.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Ericsson, Cisco celebrate 1 year as partners
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