Cisco

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Cisco, also known as Cisco Systems, is a publicly owned American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in the United States. Founded in 1984, the company specializes in telecoms network infrastructure, employs approximately 86,200 individuals, and reported $63.3B in revenue as of 2026. It develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1984

Headcount

86,200

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Telecoms network infrastructure

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

On September 10, 2025, Cisco announced a strategic collaboration with Tata Communications to reshape how businesses connect, manage, and scale their connected devices globally. Later, on an unspecified date, Cisco demonstrated the extended use of the 6GHz band for its Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 access points with Federated Wireless' system, highlighting Wi-Fi 6E's readiness for large enterprise deployments and paving the way for Wi-Fi 7. Also, Cisco joined the Inter-American Association of Telecommunications Companies (ASIET) as a member. Finally, Cisco signed cooperation memoranda with the Armenian Ministry of High Technologies, the Tumo center for creative technologies, and the Foundation of Technological Education to develop IT-focused education in Armenia using the Cisco Networking Academy.

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Cisco offers 22 products in the telecoms tech, pro AV and enterprise tech industries. Cisco's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, data centre infrastructure, enterprise security, enterprise and telecoms software, digital signage and professional display and conferencing systems and UC.

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Cisco's revenues were $63.3B in 2026. Caretta Research has split Cisco's revenue into 21 different product categories, the largest of which is iP switches and routers, which represents 31% of Cisco's revenue.

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Aug

26th

2026

06:33

Partnerships and Alliances, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Partnerships

Cisco adds Supermicro rack-scale systems to Secure AI Factory line-up

Cisco has unveiled a commercial alliance with Supermicro that sees the latter's rack-scale systems packaged with Secure AI Factory with Nvidia products. Starting in October, Cisco's AI infrastructure range will be available with Supermicro liquid and air-cooled rack systems.

Telecompaper

Aug

20th

2026

01:13

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships

Cisco and Hanley Group partner to bring digital skills training to northern Cape schools

South Africa's Northern Cape Department of Education has partnered with the Hanley Group and Cisco Networking Academy to roll out networking, cybersecurity, AI, and digital skills courses across 235 schools in the province. Scheduled to begin in February 2027, the programme aims to prepare students for a job market driven by automation and connected technologies.

Telecompaper

Jun

23rd

2026

03:47

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Cisco buys WideField Security to equip Splunk with SOC-grade agentic AI observability

Cisco is acquiring California-based WideField Security to bolster agentic AI-targeted security operations centre (SOC) workloads in its big data observability suite Splunk. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cisco said WideField's core technology would dovetail with Splunk to inject in-depth context into monitoring of AI agent activity, including signals from the Cisco Identity Intelligence tool.

Telecompaper

Jun

17th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Cisco Reveals AI Clogging Networks, Could Slow Ad Serving

Digital ad serving relies on a network. AI agents now will do all the work for advertisers and consumers on the same network that serves ads and allows consumers to research and make purchases. Cisco and Foundry Research released a report this week with data that represents a call to action amid the rising infrastructure and data challenges of AI-driven media buying.

MediaPost

Jun

9th

2026

09:47

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Cisco sees rising role for operators in AI's inferencing era

Amid the training of AI models, much of the infrastructure focus has centered on processing-rich and power-hungry data centers. As more of AI shifts to inferencing and autonomous AI agents that require less power and less latency, a window of opportunity is opening for the network access players, including cable operators and telcos, Cisco execs said at last week's Cisco Live event in Las Vegas.

Light Reading

Jun

6th

2026

01:00

New Offerings, B2B Tag

How Aussie indie games and screen are levelling up with IP : Asia, Australia & Oceanic : Screen Aus : International Broadcast News

How Aussie indie games and screen are levelling up with IP 11 June 2026 Ari Harrison, Pro Jank Footy Head of Games Joey Egger and Ari Harrison of Umbrella share the opportunities and creative strategies for screen and games collaboration.

4RFV International Broadcast News

Jun

3rd

2026

07:30

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Cisco: AI driving a 'network supercycle'

The shift toward AI and barrage of new, traffic-generating agentic AI systems, that will soon need a much higher and more integrated layer of security mechanisms, will require significant changes at data centers, on service provider networks and throughout other parts of the telecom ecosystem, a pair of top Cisco execs said Tuesday at the company's annual Cisco Live event in Las Vegas.

Light Reading

Jun

2nd

2026

02:00

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Telecom has a capacity glut – so stop moaning about AI traffic

The hackneyed description of telecom networks as "dumb pipes," or even just "pipes," is disliked by some analysts. It does not accurately reflect the processing of zeroes and ones and other technicalities involved, while the oil and gas industries have few parallels with telecom, they say.

Light Reading

May

26th

2026

11:28

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

AI emerging as top driver of Internet traffic growth – study

Consumer-driven AI traffic currently represents a small portion of overall Internet traffic today, but the accelerating adoption of AI, including agentic AI, will make AI the dominant driver in the decade to come, Cisco predicts in a new study.

Light Reading

May

21st

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Cisco Splunk research investigates corporate downtime's financial and hidden costs

New research from Cisco's Splunk division puts the annual cost burden of unplanned downtime at Global 2000 companies at approximately USD 600 billion. The aggregate figure represents an increase of around 50 percent since the last edition of this research in 2024.

Telecompaper

May

19th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Cisco and USGA Announce Multiyear Partnership Extension

Cisco and the USGA have announced a multiyear extension of their partnership, which began in 2018. Cisco serves as the Official Technology Partner of the USGA, supporting year-round operations and championships including the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open Presented by Ally.

4RFV International Broadcast News

May

16th

2026

19:01

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Layoffs, B2B Tag

The week in telecom: US operators mount rural satellite challenge, Cisco cashes in on AI boom

Some big moves in the US mobile market last week, as SpaceX secured the FCC's approval for acquiring a large chuck of mobile spectrum, and the three mobile operators agreed a rural coverage alliance. Cisco meanwhile is the latest to report soaring results thanks to AI investment at the same time as cutting jobs, and Telenor and Nokia have each brought in new blood to revive their mobile businesses.

Telecompaper

Cisco's customers primarily consist of telecoms and spectator Sports companies. Examples of Cisco's customers include Real Madrid C.F., Ford Motor Company and PLDT. Cisco has partners like Real Madrid C.F.. Examples of Cisco's suppliers include Intercom, Ross Video and Conviva.

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