Together, Cisco and Telenor Group will expand their joint innovation across cybersecurity, cloud and the digital workplace, and will explore Open Virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions for 5G. The collaboration will be governed by a committee chaired by Ruza Sabanovic, Chief Technology Officer in Telenor Group and Jonathan Davidson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Business, Cisco, with the aim of ensuring structured deliveries for the shared goals. In early 2018, Cisco and Telenor Group initiated the strategic partnership to support digital transformation, and have since collaborated on enhancing connected experiences for Telenor customers with improved data analysis, IoT, Smart City, and security solutions.