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supplemented by carrier aggregation, can Nokia has been a strategic partner of technology, the spectrum advantages of
give full play to the advantages of spectrum CMCC, the world’s largest mobile operator, these bands can be used to greatly improve
synergy, greatly reducing the cost of for over 20 years. CMCC is building out the network performance and deliver a
network construction while improving its network with the convergence of the superior customer experience," it claimed.
network coverage and user experience. 700MHz and 2.6GHz band. "With CA

Cisco Expands Enterprise-Grade Switching Ca-
pabilities into Industrial Networks to Modernize

and Secure Critical Infrastructure

Cisco has announced an expansion of enterprise-grade network infrastructure the Cisco IOS-XE Operating System and
the Cisco Catalyst 9000 portfolio, based features, IT/OT resources are increasingly managed by Cisco DNA Center. It provides
on the powerful Unified Access Data strained, putting deployments at risk. A security through the Cisco Identity
Plane (UADP) ASIC silicon, to bring more new solution is needed to connect and Services Engine, enabling customers to
enterprise-grade switching capabilities secure the growing number of industrial leverage their IT knowledge and existing
to the industrial edge for industries devices. To bridge this gap, the new investments to modernize and secure
operating in harsh environments and Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet 9300 their industrial and outdoor networks.
supporting critical infrastructure like switch integrates enterprise capabilities New features include:
utilities, oil and gas, roadways, and rail. with industrial protocols in a form factor • Unrivaled performance at scale:
Operational connectivity in industrial built for rugged, industrial spaces – a Enhanced network scalability and
spaces is growing exponentially as truly unified solution for IT/OT to ensure reliability with features such as the
organizations seek to improve efficiencies, business success. “Our customers ability to stack up to 8 switches
employee safety, business agility, and are taking on massive challenges like and manage them as one, zero
support hybrid work. As the operational transitioning to cleaner power sources packet loss failure recovery, and
world evolves, IT expertise is required and enhancing electric grid reliability, and high precision time synchronization.
to scale and secure the network as the critical nature of these environments • Unprecedented visibility to assets
operational technology (OT) systems are demands a network infrastructure with and applications: Improve efficiencies
brought onto the corporate networks. enterprise-grade security, visibility and by identifying connected endpoints
Unified solutions level the IT/OT playing field automation for scale,” said Vikas Butaney, for asset inventory, automatically
According to Gartner, “Most CIOs have VP/GM of Cisco IoT. “We’re empowering enforcing QoS policies via application
responsibility for OT systems decisions: our customers to modernize their large- traffic recognition, and proactively
Eighty-two percent report their CIO scale industrial environments and detecting and resolving issues
responsibility for OT systems has increased build an agile network, while protecting with network health monitoring.
in the last three years, and 89% say it will their assets from cyber threats.” • Enterprise-to-edge, industry-leading
increase in the next three years.” IT and The Next Generation of cyber security: Assess and strengthen
OT are collaborating more than ever and Industrial Switching Architecture the security posture of connected
need common tools to scale and secure Based on our high-performing UADP industrial assets and enable zero-trust
the network. Automation, segmentation, ASIC silicon, the Catalyst IE9300 delivers security with the embedded Cisco
and capabilities to proactively identify the highest density feature switch on Cyber Vision sensor and SD-Access
and resolve issues become paramount the market. It provides enterprise-grade fabric edge capability. Catalyst IE9300
for success. These capabilities are widely switching in a ruggedized form factor is the first switch to enable zero-trust
deployed in the enterprise, though are not with advanced visibility, security and edge security in operational environments.
as pervasive in industrial networks. Without compute. The Catalyst IE9300 is based on

Comviva to Offer Next-Generation BlueMarble
Solution on IBM Cloud for Telecommunications

Comviva, the global leader in mobility IBM Cloud for Telecommunications. The 5G and Edge era. Comviva’s BlueMarble,
solutions, today announced a collaboration integrated solution shall power digital which is now ready to run on IBM Cloud
with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to deliver its next transformation for Communication for Telecommunications, enables CSPs
generation BlueMarble solution on the Service Providers (CSPs) globally in the to modernize their business platforms

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