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With a Cisco 5G software-defined architecture, your network will be defined by applications and services not just access technology.聽</p> </div> <ul class="ctas"><li><div class="lightbox-link" data-lightbox-id="EmergingMobileNetwork1"><a class="cta pri0 icon play" href="javascript:void(0);" role="button" data-config-metrics-item="Watch video (3:41)">Watch video (3:41)</a></div></li><li><a class="cta sec0" href="/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/mobile-internet/reimagining-mobile-network.html" data-config-metrics-item="Read white paper">Read white paper</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div id='EmergingMobileNetwork1' class='dmc-lb video' style='display:none'data-ltbox-type='video' role='dialog' aria-modal='true' aria-hidden='true' aria-labelledby='lb_title' aria-describedby='lb_desc' data-ltbox-title='' data-ltbox-description='' data-ltbox-content='6163415451001' data-ltbox-version = 'v2' data-config-metrics-group='Lightbox' data-config-metrics-title='' data-ltbox-style='normal' data-ltbox-component-id='EmergingMobileNetwork' data-ltbox-player-type-id = 'NJgI8K0ie' data-ltbox-account-id = '1384193102001' data-ltbox-interactivity = 'interactivityenable' data-ltbox-interactivity-override-id = '' > </div> <div class="dm0 dmc-text" data-config-metrics-group="Responsive Text" data-config-metrics-title="  " data-version="DM:components/text/text:V2.2.0"> <p> <br>  </p> </div> <div class="dm0 dm-cmcl dmc-sl var-4 c-middle graphic-C river no-border focal-C compact " data-config-metrics-group="Spotlight" data-config-metrics-title="Evolving the existing mobile network" data-version="DM:components/spotlight/spotlight:V2.5.0"> <div class="med"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/5g-network-architecture/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_8166_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents/spotlight_1818174753.img.jpg/1625240144040.jpg" title="Evolving the existing mobile network" alt="Evolving the existing mobile network" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/5g-network-architecture/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_8166_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents/spotlight_1818174753.img.jpg/1625240144040.jpg" title="Evolving the existing mobile network" alt="Evolving the existing mobile network"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <h2 class="sl-title">Evolving the existing mobile network</h2> <div class="rte-txt"> <p>Transform your existing network into an automated, software-defined 5G network and achieve the same benefits once thought only possible with a new network. 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