For more discussion on everything mobile, visit the Service Provider Mobility Community at www.cisco.com/go/mobilitycommunity.

1. How Verizon Wireless is Bringing the New Normal to Life
Posted by krosenth Jun 21, 2012
If you've been following Cisco's Mobility story lately you've no doubt heard the expression "The New
Normal" used quite frequently. But what is the New Normal? Simply put, the New Normal refers to
how mobile technologies have, in a very short time, changed the way we all live, work, play, and learn.
No one knows this better than Verizon Wireless. You could even make the case that Verizon Wireless,
as the worldwide leader in deploying 4G LTE, has been largely responsible for this new mobile lifestyle.
But not content with simply providing ubiquitous access to the mobile broadband network, Verizon
Wireless is working to develop and deploy a complete LTE ecosystem, from the application to the device
to the network. Toward this goal, Verizon Wireless has built a state-of-the-art complex in Waltham, MA
to encourage and showcase the types of advanced mobile devices and applications that will bring the
New Normal to life.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center a few weeks ago and was blown
away by the technologies on display there. Some, like the Smart Meter, I had seen before, but many
more were ground-breaking and thought-provoking applications like Mobile Medicine, Augmented
Reality Retail, and Connected Manufacturing that hold the potential to completely revolutionize entire
sectors of the economy.
Gagan Puranik, associate director of the VZW LTE Innovation Center, was kind enough to give us a tour
of the Center and a few minutes of his time. Watch this video with Mr. Puranik and see how Verizon
Wireless is delivering the New Normal today.
https://communities.cisco.com/community/solutions/sp/mobility?view=blog

2. For more discussion on everything mobile, visit the Service Provider Mobility Community at
www.cisco.com/go/mobilitycommunity.