COUNTRY FOCUS : SWITZERLAND
Switzerland is a top contender for fuelling digital innovation across Europe ’ s technology sector and with some of the most high-profile companies operating there , it is no wonder . We hear how the country ’ s leading telco is making moves to further strengthen Switzerland ’ s digital capabilities by working with some of the world ’ s biggest technology providers .
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The Limmat river , Zürich city , Switzerland
Swisscom and Cisco have announced an agreement which will further strengthen their strategic relationship on critical network infrastructure . Cisco was selected as the preferred supplier to transform Swisscom ' s IP network architecture over the next five years to enable the Internet for the future .
For Swisscom – as the largest telecoms company in Switzerland and one of the country ’ s leading IT service providers – its IP network landscape is a crucial element of its transport network that builds the backbone of data traffic in Switzerland and carries every bit and byte .
It ensures connectivity for Switzerland ' s economy and all digital services used by consumers ( e . g ., Internet , television and voice services ).
With capacity requirements increasing by 25 % each year , it is crucial that Swisscom ' s transport network expands at the same rate and can provide the base infrastructure for the gradual digitalisation of Switzerland .
As a legacy of the past , Swisscom ' s current networking landscape is complex and heterogenous and the service provider currently operates more than 10 IP networks . As part of Swisscom ' s ‘ Network Vision 2030 +’, Cisco has been chosen as the preferred supplier to simplify this complex conglomerate and consolidate the different networks into one .
The goal of the transformation project is to increase efficiency and reliability and reduce complexity and operating costs . Advanced automation and analytics will be leveraged to further increase the network
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