Cisco has chosen the France-based virtual network operator Transatel, owned by the Japanese company NTT, to offer enterprises in 180 countries seamless 4G and 5G connectivity through its own eSIM technology. The integration into Cisco products targets diverse sectors, ranging from financial services to manufacturing, enhancing the firm’s infrastructure solutions.
By embedding its eSIM solution, Cisco aims to revolutionize operations for various enterprises, allowing for secure mobile branches that incorporate on-demand SD-WAN, fast scaling for 5G carriers, and edge computing for IoT solutions. Although the announcement omitted details on roaming extensions in private networks, Cisco and NTT Data confirmed a collaboration on private 4G and 5G deployments, enhancing each other’s core network offerings.
Key sectors reaping the benefits of edge networks include manufacturing and hospitality. NTT Data supports public roaming extensions for private 4G/5G through Transatel, offering services alongside Nokia and Celona solutions. The initiative extends Cisco’s reach beyond regular enterprise locations. This groundbreaking approach provides remote activations, provisioning, and airtime configurations effortlessly.
The collaboration addresses Omdia’s predictions of a rising demand for fixed wireless access connectivity, with a market poised to hit $39 billion by 2029. In terms of remote or temporary venues like pop-up stores, the solution simplifies managing multiple carriers, ensuring secure, centralized management.
For dispersed locations, including manufacturing and temporary venues, this integration means easier, secure network establishment. The need for scalable branch services, Andrew Brown from Omdia noted, emphasizes lowering setup costs and maintaining secure services as crucial goals. Brown further highlighted that the collaboration will effortlessly streamline customer setup at scale.
IDC’s Alejandro Cadenas expressed that advancements like these democratize access to scalable connectivity, enabling organizations to harness new opportunities confidently. Cisco’s senior VP, Masum Mir, enthused about providing quicker, secure organization connections. NTT DATA’s Shahid Ahmed shared that the partnership simplifies digital transformations, resolving network management complexities.
