Migration to All-IP RAN Transport

The rapid pace of technological change is impacting mobile networks as never before and mobile operators are faced with hard choices as to where to focus resources. The Cisco strategy of maintaining separate RAN and transport networks while migrating to an end-to-end all-IP network is a prudent way for mobile operators to protect existing investments in radio equipment while bolstering their transport networks with capacity, intelligence, and features that allow for scalability and bandwidth-intensive services and applications.