Cisco ASR 5000 Series at the Heart of Fourth-Generation Network

Cisco currently announced that leading Czech telecommunications operator T-Mobile has decided on the Cisco ASR 5000 Series to manage its mobile data traffic from the new LTE network, as well as existing 2G and 3G networks. The ASR 5000 routing platform might help enable T-Mobile to optimise video transmissions and gives customers a broader selection of multimedia services. The solution will likely be implemented this year.

With one unified podium providing oversight and management coming from all network traffic, the operator are able to not only enhance community speed and connectivity, but in addition offer innovative services in which enrich the end-user experience and, in turn, enable T-Mobile to increase monetize its network.

The Cisco ASR 5000 Series is purpose-built for that complexities of the cell network. It is a strong multimedia services platform that brings a new level of network and customer intelligence that may be critical for delivering real-time, tailored mobile services. By combining multiple functions right into a single carrier-class platform like the Cisco ASR 5000 String, T-Mobile can reduce signaling cost to do business, distribute session management, and take full advantage of the network's control along with user plane capabilities. As network demand grows, the Cisco Next-Generation System architecture and ASR 5000 can help enable T-Mobile to flourish network capacity. Cisco Systems plans to sell Cisco ASR5000 wordwide.

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Directory (VNI) Global Mobile Information Traffic Forecast for 2012 to 2017, the volume of mobile data traffic increases 13 times during the following five years and will reach an overall annual volume of 134 exabytes within 2017. This growth are going to be caused by, amongst some other factors, the expected rapid increase in the quantity of mobile connected devices, of which there needs to be more than 10 billion by 2017. According for the same study, by 2017, 66 percent coming from all mobile traffic will end up being video. All this contributes to an increased demand for mobile operators to offer fast internet connections.