SANTA CLARA (dpa-AFX) - Cisco (CSCO) announced that it will begin collaborating with Ericsson and Intel to develop and trial the industry's first 5G (fifth generation mobile networks) router. Cisco, Ericsson and Intel are partnering with Verizon within an ecosystem to accelerate the pace of critical 5G innovations.
The companies said the solution will offer Gigabit-per-second speeds by combining Cisco's enterprise networking innovations with Ericsson's advanced 5G mobile networking technology and Intel's next-generation 5G silicon.
The companies expect the next-generation 5G router to enable business and residential customers to achieve significantly faster networking speeds, lower latency, and the ability to handle exponentially more Internet-connected devices. The advancement is intended to help accommodate the expected explosion of the Internet of Everything, and the streaming of high-definition video content.
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