Cisco ServiceMesh Delivers Industry’s First End-to-End Outdoor Wireless Solution for Municipal Wi-Fi Networks

Cisco ServiceMesh Delivers Industry’s First End-to-End Outdoor Wireless Solution for Municipal Wi-Fi Networks

Cisco® today announced Cisco ServiceMesh, the industry’s first integrated, end-to-end outdoor wireless solution designed for service providers who are deploying citywide municipal Wi-Fi networks. Building on the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, the Cisco ServiceMesh design is a fully integrated outdoor wireless solution that enables service providers to quickly deploy a variety of value-added, revenue-generating services via a single network infrastructure. By using ServiceMesh, service providers of all types and sizes can bring “The Connected Life” to subscribers by providing the content that they want at home, at work or on the move.

Cisco’s new ServiceMesh is a comprehensive wireless broadband system that combines Aironet® 1500 Series Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Points (APs), Wireless Services Modules (WiSM) and Cisco Wireless Control System software (WCS) with the Cisco Intelligent Services Gateway (ISG), the Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE), and the Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS-1). This combination makes possible multiple applications, including those for police, fire and emergency services, as well as those for city operations, such as remote access to city applications, automated meter reading, and permits verification and compliance.

“Cities everywhere are recognizing the numerous benefits of municipal Wi-Fi that go beyond simple Internet access,” said Roberta Wiggins, research fellow with the Yankee Group. “These metro wireless networks can streamline city operations, attract new businesses and citizens to a city, and enable cost-effective applications that improve productivity and reduce costs. The catch is finding an integrated solution that is easy to deploy and manage, utilizes a flexible, open standards-based architecture and enables multiple services and revenue streams to be deployed on a single architecture. Cisco’s ServiceMesh is designed to give service providers end-to-end support in meeting the various needs of municipalities – and their users.”

According to the Wireless Internet Institute (W2i), more than 1,000 local governments around the globe plan to deploy metro-scale wireless networks. Service providers can address this opportunity by helping municipalities deploy wireless broadband networks based on mesh technology, but they need manageable, easy-to-deploy, outdoor wireless mesh solutions that can speed their time to market, while keeping operational costs to a minimum.

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