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management, technical office and local
directive project management office (PMO)
work, network acceptance testing, network
documentation and home connection.
“This acquisition will significantly strength-
en our expertise in the telecommunications
network engineering services, boosting our
growth in a strategic sector for the country,”
said Roberto Pagella, who leads Accenture
Operations in Italy. “The synergies with Fi-
bermind will allow us to create a center of
excellence in engineering services where
technology and data enhance and ampli-
fy human skills and knowledge.” Together,
Accenture and Fibermind will offer clients
network engineering capabilities, deep in-
dustry knowledge, and technology assets
powered by automation, robotics, data and
AI.

AT&T and Cisco Introduce a Simpler Way to Deploy
5G Fixed Wireless Access for Businesses

Cisco and AT&T announced a new digital
buying experience that makes it faster
and easier for businesses everywhere
to take advantage of 5G Fixed Wireless
Access (FWA). For businesses looking to
quickly extend connectivity across diverse
campus and branch office environments,
Cisco’s newest line of cellular gateways,
the Meraki MG52 and MG52E, are the first
true-5G, Standalone (SA) capable, discreet
FWA devices to offer cloud-managed eSIM
technology powered by Cisco IoT Control
Center. Available this summer, the new
devices are paired exclusively with an Flexibility to deploy in difficult-to-reach Troiano, Senior Vice President, Product
integrated wireless WAN service experience locations and Pricing, AT&T Business. “This offer
and zero-touch, instant-on provisioning Ability to deploy branch sites within is yet another way we are demonstrating
from AT&T, customers can simply plug minutes with instant-on, built-in AT&T 5G our commitment to simplifying business
the device into power and provision connectivity With a complimentary 30-day challenges and enhancing the end user
AT&T's 5G connectivity through the Cisco introductory period, businesses can reduce experience.” “As businesses continue to
Meraki dashboard. The new Cisco cloud- deployment times for branch connectivity digitize their operations and connect more
managed FWA devices can scale robust, through self-service purchasing of AT&T people, places, and things to the network,
always-on, highly secure 5G connected data plans directly from the Cisco Meraki digital resiliency will continue to rise in
experiences nationwide* making it simpler dashboard. Instant-on data from AT&T importance,” said Jonathan Davidson,
for businesses to take advantage of: will also allow for immediate provisioning Executive Vice President and General
Increased operational efficiency with of full-stack Cisco networks to accelerate Manager, Cisco Networking. “AT&T and
scalable and flexible management “day zero” operations. "Together with Cisco share a vision to help businesses
Minimized downtime and disruptions with Cisco, we are making it faster and easier simplify operations so they can spend
seamless, resilient network performance than ever for companies to reimagine less time worrying about connectivity and
Greater return on investment with long- their networks and conduct business security and focus on delivering unified
lasting, durably designed FWA devices with next-level connectivity,” said Mike experiences their customers can rely on.”

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