With mobile internet at a turning point, as IP-enabled smartphones and other mobile devices gain rapid acceptance, service providers have been actively investing in this market. Global mobile data traffic is expected to more than double every year through 2013, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index.
Starent's mobile network infrastructure solutions play a vital role in enabling service providers to scale their mobile infrastructure and maximize their return on investment through differentiated experiences. These solutions provide multimedia intelligence, core network functions, and services to manage access from any 2.5G, 3G, or 4G radio network to a mobile operator's core network package. Starent Networks' standalone technology has been deployed on CDMA2000 (1X, EV-DO), UMTS/HSPA, and WiMAX.
With the completion of the transaction, Starent Networks becomes part of Cisco's new Mobile Internet Technology Group within the Service Provider Group (SPG). In addition, Ashraf Dahod, former president and CEO of Starent Networks, becomes senior vice president and general manager of this new group, reporting to Pankaj Patel, senior vice president and general manager of the SPG.
