Dubrovnik, Croatia, South East Europe 20-22 May, 2013

Cisco Evolved Packet Core

Gennady Sirota
Vice President Mobile Internet Technology Group
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What Do All These Things Have In Common?

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Key Takeaways / Summary

Global Mobile Data Traffic By 2017, mobile data traffic will reach 11.2 EBs/month (134 EBs annually). In 2012, mobile data traffic grew 70% (YoY). Global Mobile Traffic Offload In 2012, 33% of mobile traffic was offloaded; by 2017, 46% will be offloaded. Global Mobile Cloud In 2012, cloud was 74% of mobile data traffic; will be 84% by 2017. Global Mobile Video By 2017, over 66% of the worlds mobile data traffic will be video.

Global Mobile Network Speeds Mobile connection speeds doubled in 2012; will increase 7-fold by 2017. By 2017, 4G will account for 10% of connections, but 45% of mobile traffic.
Global Mobile Devices/Connections By 2017, there will be more than one mobile connection (10.3B) for every member of the worlds population (7.6B).
Source: Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 20122017

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How Far Have We Come?

operators in

subs WW by CY16 Y/E

countries are investing

commercially deployed NWs in units sold in the 1st weekend

countries

Source: GSA, Informa telecoms & media, Enga

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Average Monthly Data Consumption The Impact of LTE

1200-1300
MB/month

2-3x

450-550
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MB/month

Sources: Internal, Validas

Cisco Confidential

Average Mobile UserTraffic per Month

2012 2017

Global Mobile Data Traffic Growth: 4G

10 Exabytes per Month 8 6 4 2
45%
10% 76% 14% 4% 2-2.5G 3-3.5G 4G 51%

201 MB Traffic/month 1 Hour of Video 2 Hours of Audio 1 Video call 1 App Download

2.0 GB Traffic/month 10 Hour of Video 15 Hours of Audio 5 Video call 15 App Download

0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

4G Will Be 10% of Connections and 45% of Traffic in 2017

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Source: Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 20122017

The MOBILE Internet Not fixed in Time or Space

MOBILE Your Way

My Device, Apps and Services

MOBILE Experiences Any-screen Content

Mobile Web to overtake desktop usage by 2015 5+ Billion Subs by 2015

1,400 Apps added to Android per Day

95% of employers allow some BYOD

Mobile Data up 18x by 2016 Video to be 70% of traffic by 2016

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Mobility Your Way

Data Cap Reached

BYOD

90%

Lifestyle Devices
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App Freedom

Internet of Everything
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Apps for All

Lifestyle Devices
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App Freedom

Internet of Everything
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70% Growth in Signaling from the 2011 Unpredictable Signaling Becomes Norm 50% Growth in Concurrent Subscriber Sessions

3M Subscribers

Voice Signaling

Data Signaling

Roaming Signaling

Keep alive Signaling

1M Subscribers

Phone Call

Browser

Phone in Motion

Multiple Apps

100s of signals in minutes by one user

Lifestyle Devices
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App Freedom

Unpredictable Signaling

Internet of Things
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Old Normal

New Normal

User Access Services Traffic

People

People and Things Heterogeneous Experiences Unpredictable Elastic

Homogeneous
Voice and Data

Predictable
Static

Architecture

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Multi-dimensional Elasticity

3G

Bearer

Sessions

4G Small Cell Services

Signaling

Transactions Throughput

Lifestyle Devices
3G to 4G & WiFI

App Freedom
Unpredictable Signaling

Internet of Everything
Machine to Machine to Human

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One Network, Any G, Any Screen

WiFi, Femto

Powerful Performance
ASR 5000/5500 Series

Highly Intelligent

2.5G 3G

Reliable Worlds #1 for 3G & 4G Service Providers

4G

Flexible

Single Platform for all Control and Bearer Plane Functions

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Intelligent Performance for Mobile Packet Core

ASR 5000/5500
Competitive platforms optimized for bandwidth
Optimized for Throughput, Transactions, and Density

Bandwidth

Competitive platforms optimized only for transactions

Transaction Processing Superior Performance = Throughput + Transactions + Density

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Virtualized Software Architecture

SCM

Software Functions StarOS

Inline Services HA

GGSN
SeGW PDSN

SGSN

SGW MME PGW

ASN GW

Hardware Platforms
Cisco ASR 5000

Performance and Scalability Cisco ASR 5500

Software functions work across multimedia core platforms.

Cisco ASR 5000 Series Multimedia Core Platforms

Platform decision is based on performance, not function. All multimedia core platforms support EPC, 3G, etc. Product line is optimized for maximum performance & capital efficiency

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Scalability

Four Dimensions of Scale Elastic non-bladed, distributed Architecture

No HW or SW Single point of failure Redundancy Stateful Session Recovery and ICSR No End user session impact due to failures Resiliency Designed for world-class, mission critical app. One Network, Any G, Any Screen Single platform for all control and Bearer plane services Service Abstraction Single logical entity regardless of Flexibility number of instances

Road to Virtualization
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Linux-based OS provides virtualized mobile gateway services GW services implemented as virtualized Application level tasks
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Common Core Independent of Access Technologies

ECS P2P Stateful Content Firewall Filtering Detection

2.5G, 3G

2G SGSN 2G/3G/4G SGSN MME/ SGSN

GGSN

PCEF

Data Center

Unified RAN
4G

3G SGSN GGSN/ PGW/SGW MME Small Cell Gateway (WiFi, Femto) PGW PCEF

IP Core

Internet

SGW

WiFi, Femto
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Integrated DPI and PCEF Intelligence Integration of enables SGSN Seamless User Exp Flexibility The Only to High provide lowers TCO (40% OpEx), & In-line MME services Reduces directly Control through Femto Gateway Performance Seamless Evolution Integrated simplifies the network, Messages/Cost on to the platform 30% and Secure WiFi Access 2G/3G/4G LTE/4G SGSN and ensures accuracy
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Scalability Signaling Management

Operational Differentiators

Industry leading SAU/Transaction processing capacity in lowest footprint in the industry Integrated 2G/3G and S4-SGSN 2G/3G Link Management perf. Improvements Network Overload Protection Attach Rate Throttling, Deactivation-throttling, Prohibit Reattach Timer Overload and Congestion Management

Extensive Operator Policy - Network Sharing Features In-built debugging/tracing tools Event Logging Enhancements GTP Interface Delay Monitoring

Reliability/ Flexibility
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SGSN Pooling Gb/Iu Flex architecture support NPU Fast path and Direct Tunnel support Deployment flexibility - services sized according to resource usage for multi-access combos
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Field proven performance in real world call models

Scalability

High Transaction processing manages unpredictable app behavior causing network overload

Integration Flexibility Enterprise Feature Set Service Creation

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Field proven interworking with majority of billing/policy systems Custom Dictionaries to enable easy integration Extensive IP Address Management Support (Ipv4, V6, v4v6 DHCP, Radius ..)

Corporate Access Methods IPSec, L2TP, VLAN, MPLS VRF/APN Scalability Improvements Mobile Router/Network Mobility (NeMO) Feature set

Policy and Analytics Integration M2M Feature set Application Detection and Control
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Common Misconception Warning!

MME MUST be Provided by Radio Provider
Single Vendor EPC is a Myth 21 MME wins Deployed over 50 ASR5Ks worldwide Around 5M+ live subscribers and

significantly growing
Combo SGSN+MME is desired deployment

option

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Scalability

Industry leading superior performance in a single chassis - 8M PDNs/24M bearers

Up to 32K attached eNBs per MME chassis

Signaling Management Network Optimization Reliability/ Flexibility

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Intelligent/Heuristics Paging Attach Rate Throttling / Diameter Throttling Congestion Control Mechanisms TAI List Management

Inter-access combo and signaling optimizations Extensive Operator Policy - Network Sharing Features Configurable Cause Code Mapping

Scalable CSFB and SrVCC feature offering MSC/VLR Pooling SCTP Enhancements MME Pooling Load balancing/ re-balancing features
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Scalability

Field proven performance in all dimensions of scalability

Collocated S/PGW Optimizations

Signaling Management Service Creation Reliability/ Flexibility

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Paging Improvements for IMSR Congestion Control Mechanisms Gn Throttling Overcharging Protection

Integrated WiFi architecture Policy and Analytics VoLTE IMS integration Gx-Gy Enhanced Failure Handling SGW Operator Policy and Virtual APN Features Support for NextGen Enterprise offering (End-to-End v6)
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ASR 5000 Intelligence, Efficiency and Integration

AAA and PCRF

Internet

Distribution Center
Data Center/ Cloud Intelligence (DPI) Policy Assignment Cisco ASR 5000 GGSN/HA/PGW Mobile Video Gateway

All Flows

2% of Flows
Video flows are redirected by ASR 5000 to optimization cloud others to the Internet

Video Optimization Content Adaption Engine (CAE)

2% of flows make up majority of bits Optimizes 50% to 75% Centralized Cloud architecture provides scale speed of deployment and low TCO
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ASR 5000 Intelligence, Efficiency and Integration

AAA and PCRF

Internet

Distribution Center

Video pacing: Reduce unwatched video downloads Deep Packet Inspection (DPI): Data Center/ Detect video traffic Cloud

All Flows
Intelligence (DPI) Policy Assignment Cisco ASR 5000 GGSN/HA/PGW Mobile Video Gateway

Video traffic steering: Steer only video traffic into video solution to reduce load Video

2% of Flows

Optimization Content Adaption Engine (CAE)

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ASR 5000/5500 Intelligence, Efficiency and Integration

Internet

AAA and PCRF

Centralized real-time on-demend transcoding
Formats supported: Technology Distribution Center supports: Flash, MP4, RTMP, Quicktime, Silverlight, HTML5, more

All Flows

Data Center/ Cloud

Delivers optimal versions of video Intelligence (DPI) profile, user based on device Policy Assignemnt policy, and network conditions
TPO 2% of Cisco ASR 5000 transcoding Centralized offline andGGSN/HA/PGW transrating / External Cache Mobile Video Gateway (Future)

Flows

Video Optimization Content Adaption Engine (CAE)

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Video / Data

Video Pacing

25%

Reduction of up to 25% in video traffic

Video Pacing

Video Tsunami

App OS

App OS

Data Center
Mobile Backhaul
UE

IP Core

(e)NB

Internet

Superior user experience Superior mobile bandwidth utilization Solutions for both data and video In-line capabilities reduce OpEx 25+% over external solutions
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Common Core Across Access Technologies

BTS GERAN SGSN

ASR 5x00 series

3G

NodeB

UTRAN

HSGW eHRPD eHRPD Access

Non-3GPP
S1-MME

Evolved Packet Core

4G
MME SGW PGW

eNodeB

E-UTRAN

eWAG/Femto GW/TTG/SaMOG
WiFi / Femto / Untrusted

WiFi/Femto/ Other

Not a dedicated LTE Radio core Most operators target a common core
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Enhanced Charging

Peer to Peer

Content Filtering

Mobile Firewall & NAT MN:MN Internet:MN

Traffic Optimization

SPI + DPI Billing

Signatures

URL Rating

Video

AAA, PCRF, OCS

Local

Pulled

RADIUS or DIAMETER (Gx, Gy)

Pushed

Charging Pass/Drop
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Enrich Header QoS Marking

Set Next Hop/NAT Rate Control

Reporting

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Integrated Intelligence
Traditional Multi-chassis Solution
Load Balancers

Monetize

Legacy Mobile Gateway

Deep Packet Inspection, Enhanced Charging

NAT

P2P Detection

Optimize
IP Network

Cisco ASR 5000 Solution

Intelligent In-Line Services
Enhanced Charging Content Filtering Intelligent Traffic Control Video Detection and Optimization

Header Enrichment Subscriber Firewall/NAT Mobility Unified Reporting Deep Packet Inspection P2P Detection

Secure

Increase Network Intelligence and Service Velocity, Reduce CAPEX and OPEX
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Massive signaling increase

NodeB

RNC

SGSN

GGSN
PDN/ Internet

RNC

RNC functions migrated to eNB and EPC

NB signalling aggregation -> MME (e.g. paging fan out, intra LTE HO) NB user plane aggregation -> SGW (e.g. intra LTE HO)

eNodeB

MME

User plan ciphering -> eNB NAS signalling ciphering -> MME

PGW
PDN/ Internet

SGW
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One Size Does Not Fit All

2.5G IP Backbone Internet
Centralized SGSN+GGSN MME+SGW+ PGW+eWAG

2.5G

Distributed MME+SGSN + eWAG

Internet
Centralized SGW+PGW +GGSN

3G

3G

IP Backbone

LTE

LTE
Distributed MME+SGSN+ eWAG

Distributed MME+SGSN eWAG+GGSN +SGW+PGW

Internet Internet
Distributed MME+SGSN eWAG+GGSN +SGW+PGW

Distributed SGW+PGW+ eWAG

Internet

2.5G IP Backbone

2.5G

3G

3G

IP Backbone

Centralized MME

LTE

Distributed MME+SGSN eWAG+GGSN +SGW+PGW

LTE Internet

Distributed SGW+PGW+ eWAG

Internet

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Todays typical deployments Separate SGSN and GGSN Memory CPU

SGSN and GGSN on the same High

Capacity Network Element

Better usage of resources Reduce CAPEX, OPEX, Training,

GGSN

Resources required

SGSN

Spares, OA&M, Charging complexity, Footprint

HW usage optimization More than 30% HW savings for a large Northern European carrier

Combined SGSN and GGSN CPU Resources required Memory

S&G-GSN
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Active ASR5x00

Standby ASR5x00

Session recovery for common services

- Software task recovery time is 2 seconds or less

Carrier grade architecture

-

Redundancy Protocol

Any terminated task will be restarted State will be recovered/verified via consistency audits

NEBS Level 3 certification 99.9999% reliability (6 nines) Stateful inter-chassis redundancy

-

Nodal redundancy due to catastrophic failures

Power outages, fiber cuts, loss of routing table

SW upgrades across major software versions

ASR5x00

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Work Anywhere on Anything

EPC: Policy, DPI, Charging, & Content Increase Filter ARPU Up to 20%

Work

Play

Small Cell Gateway

Build Customer Loyalty Security: ePDG & IPSec

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Elasticity Accelerates New Business Opportunities

Quantum Software Suite
Orchestration Abstraction

Analytics and Policy Suites

SON for Mobile
CRS-3

SON for IP/MPLS

CRS-3 UCS

Elastic Network Infrastructure

IP Core
ASR 5500 ASR 9006 ASR 9006

Prime
CDE-420

Quantum Software Suite

Data Center

Videoscape Unity

ASR 5000

Elastic Packet Core

IP Edge

Elastic Packet Core

ASR 903

ASR 903

ASR 901S Mobile Backhaul

Mobile Backhaul
WLAN Controller

WLAN Controller
ASR 901

Mobile Backhaul ASR 901

ASR 901

X2
3G Module for Aironet
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3G Small Cell

Aironet 1552e SP Wi-Fi

Universal Small Cell

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Small Cells

Elastic Core and Backhaul Elastic

Cloud and Virtualization

POLICY

Network Architecture
Community

Orchestration

ANALYTICS

Program the Network

Network

Harvest and Correlate Data

Network Intelligence Is The Key Driver For Monetization

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275 Operators in More Than 75 Countries 1B Subscribers Across Mobile Packet Cores Cisco mobile packet core powers ~50% of worldwide LTE connections 49+ LTE Wins; 20+ live deployments #1: EPC Market Share
Winner of 2013 Best LTE Core Network Award

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Thank You

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Unique Conditions Affect Each Regions Mobile Data Traffic

Region
# of Mobile Users 2.8B users +5% 342M users +1% 494M users +2% 849M users +5% 316M users +2% 380M users +1% # of Mobile Devices/M2M 5.2B connects +9% 785M connects +6% 940M connects +6% 1.6B connects +7% 841M connects +13% 954M connects +10% # of Users 2GB/Month 593M 2GB users +82% 106M 2GB users +102% 116M 2GB users +105% 150M 2GB users +218% 146M 2GB users +37% 138M 2GB users +46% Avg. Mobile Speed Increase/4G Connections +57% faster +77% 4G +54% faster +124% 4G +62% faster +175% 4G +68% faster +179% 4G +41% faster +53% 4G +36% faster +117% 4G Mobile Data Traffic Growth 5.3 EBs/Mo +76% 845 PBs/Mo +66% 723 PBs/Mo +67% 861 PBs/Mo +77% 2.1 EBs/Mo +56% 1.4 EBs/Mo +50%
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Asia Pacific Central & Eastern Europe Latin America Middle East & Africa North America Western Europe

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Source: Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 20122017

Enabling All-IP flat architecture

Massive increase of Throughput, Signaling and Density Need for an architecture that optimizes the investments, taking into account
Cost of transmission / routing

Location of the Peering points

Scalability of the EPC platforms themselves

Flat IP architecture opens new possibility for network deployment.

- Centralized versus Distributed

True LTE subscriber profile is unknown today, Service mix is also to be confirmed Holistic view must include all technologies (E.g. including WiFi, Femto, etc.)

Re-architecting the network today to prepare LTE is a leap of faith

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Massive signaling increase

NodeB

RNC

SGSN

GGSN
PDN/ Internet

RNC

RNC functions migrated to eNB and EPC

NB signalling aggregation -> MME (e.g. paging fan out, intra LTE HO) NB user plane aggregation -> SGW (e.g. intra LTE HO)

eNodeB

MME

User plan ciphering -> eNB NAS signalling ciphering -> MME

PGW
PDN/ Internet

SGW
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Key Benefit of Integrated, Elastic Architecture

Single pool of CPU resources Drastically simplifies the planning effort. Throughput Vs Signaling flexibility:
During the day (ToD) As users behavior evolves As new applications are launched As terminals behavior evolves During unusual conditions

Cisco EPC as a Control Point to manage signaling storms

CPU gets automatically fully allocated to signaling during signaling storms

ASR 5000 Series typically never goes to overload during signaling storms Surrounding boxes may be impacted

Cisco EPC supports Throttling, thus becoming the control point to manage a signaling storm

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Multiple Options
PCRF

Offload to WiFi, Femto

Content, Cloud

WiFi/ Femto

MEF
Nexus 7000
ASR5k

Mobile Backhaul
(e)NB ASR 1000
7600 ASR9k ASR5k

IP Core
Internet
CRS-1

UE

Network Offload

Network, WiFi, Femto Offload

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Reaching out to New Markets Internet of Things

Telematics Telemetry
Wireless Local Loop Consumer Aftermarket Telematics Consumer OEM telematics Vehicle & container tracking

Automatic Metering Infrastructure

$20B
by 2014

Fixed Wireless Terminals

ATM/POS

Industrial PDAs

* ABI Research

Remote Monitoring & Automation

Security

Telehealth

Remote Information Displays

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Elasticity Accelerates New Business Opportunities

MOBILE CLOUD SERVICES Monetization Unified Data Center

Analytics and Policy

Optimization

Mobile Backhaul

INTELLIGENT NETWORK Elastic Packet Packet Core Core

Self Optimizing Network

IP Virtualized Edge and Infrastructure Core

HETEROGENEOUS CLIENT / ACCESS Universal Small Cell 3G Small Cell Macro Radio Small Cell Macro Radio
LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi (SP WiFi and Femto) 3G & Wi-Fi (2G, LTE) (2G, 3G,3G, LTE)

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Consumers Value Data Services but Data Revenue Growth Does not Reflect that

3000

2500

Data Volume (PB/mo.)

1500

Data Revenue Data Volume

1000

26X

500

100

2X

2010
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2011

2012

2013

2014

2015
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Source: Cisco VNI, Cap Gemini, WCIS