News@Cisco: Broadband & Network Access Customer News

Cable Operators Can Deliver and Extend the Connected Life via Complete Cisco Cable ServiceMesh Solution

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 18, 2007 - Cisco® today announced it is launching the Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution, the industry's first integrated, end-to-end wireless architecture designed for cable operators who want to extend indoor Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) to outdoor mesh networks in municipalities, tourism centers, small businesses and universities in North America. This new architecture offers the foundation layer for broadband mobility. Building on the Cisco Internet ...

Casema Selects Scientific Atlanta DVB/PVR Set-Top to Expand Digital Footprint in the Netherlands

Tue, 22 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

ANGA Cable, COLOGNE, May 22, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced that Dutch cable operator Casema has selected the Explorer® 8455DVBTM high-definition television (HDTV) Personal Video Recorder (PVR) set-top for the expansion of digital interactive video services in the Netherlands. Deployment of the new set-top the latest phase of an extensive project between the companies that uses Scientific Atlanta® digital headends and their ...

Cisco Adds Internet Streaming to Content Delivery System

Mon, 07 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (The Cable Show '07) - May 7, 2007 - Cisco® today announced a significant enhancement to its Content Delivery System (CDS), adding Internet streaming media capabilities that allow service providers to offer an ever-expanding scope of online content to help meet their customers' expectations of accessing any content, anywhere, anytime and on any device. The enhanced Cisco CDS offers much more than other video-on-demand and streaming systems. The Cisco CDS ...

Get Chooses Cisco IP Next-Generation Network for Interactive Broadband and Web 2.0 Services

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:00:00 PST

OSLO, April 12, 2007 - Cisco® announced today that Get, the Norwegian cable operator, is using Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) technology to upgrade its network to support accelerating broadband traffic growth driven by next-generation entertainment, communications and collaboration services. Get is the second major cable operator in Europe to deploy Cisco EuroDOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel-bonding technology and the upgrade is helping Get to achieve a technological lead in the ...

Videotron Positioned to Deliver Fastest Internet Speeds in Canada

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

MONTREAL and SAN JOSE, California, February 1, 2007 - Videotron announced last December the pilot testing of a new technology aimed at substantially increasing the speed of its Internet service - a first in North America. Thanks to Videotron's partnership with Cisco® and its Wideband solution, Videotron is targeting during this pilot test to offer customers Internet speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is five times faster than its current Extreme Plus high speed Internet service. Today, ...

Numericable First to Deliver Broadband Services across France based on 100Mbps Standard with Cisco IP Next- Generation Network

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST

PARIS, November 30, 2006 - Cisco® announced today that Numericable, the largest cable operator in France, has started a nationwide upgrade of its network based on the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture to bring ultra-high-speed (up to 100+ megabits per second*) broadband services to more than 9 million households in France by the end of 2007. The upgrade will allow Numericable to offer customers a set of converged services, such as advanced video, voice and data ...

Charter Communications Enhances Business and Residential Service Delivery with Cisco IP NGN Architecture

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN JOSE, CA, October 18, 2006 - Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHTR) today announced it is expanding availability of its converged data, voice and video ("triple-play") services with a network based on the Cisco Systems® Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture. "The growth of high-speed data, voice, video-on-demand and Gigabit Ethernet multimedia services make the IP delivery network the most critical technology in Charter's ...

The City of Amsterdam Starts Building Fibre Network Using Cisco Ethernet Fibre to the Home Technology to Deliver Telephony, TV and Internet Services

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM - October 12, 2006 - Today marks the beginning of the building of a city-wide glass fibre network in the City of Amsterdam. The objective of Glasvezelnet Amsterdam is to create an open and future-secure communication infrastructure through an innovative private and public collaboration. The rollout of the network starts in the Zeeburg district of Amsterdam, followed by Oost/Watergraafsmeer and Osdorp. The network is designed to provide a new and advanced communication ...

TV Cabo Boosts Broadband Services with Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST

LISBON, Portugal, July 14, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that TV Cabo, Portugal's largest pay-TV operator, has chosen the Cisco uBR10012 Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) as part of its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) platform. TV Cabo is deploying the Cisco CMTS to upgrade its national network to offer ultra-high-speed broadband, voice over IP (VoIP) and high-definition video. With this network upgrade, TV Cabo is commencing trials of the Cisco Wideband ...

Cable Operators Offering Ever Faster Broadband Access with New Wideband Technology from Cisco, Linksys and Scientific Atlanta

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:00:00 PST

DENVER, SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006, Booth Nos. 1045 and 1681 - June 21, 2006 - In a continuing effort to show cable operators and multiple system operators (MSOs) how to deliver "The Connected Life," Cisco Systems® unveiled a new wideband solution involving channel bonding, low-cost edge quadrature amplitude modulators (QAMs) and cable modems together with the industry-leading Cisco® uBR10012 cable modem termination system (CMTS). The solution was introduced today at the Society of ...

Interkabel Delivers New, Ultra-High Speed Digital Services Through Cisco IP NGN Technology

Tue, 30 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

ANGA Cable 2006, COLOGNE, Germany, May 30, 2006 -- Cisco Systems announced today that Flemish cable operator Interkabel has chosen Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) technology to upgrade its cable network to provide interactive broadband services and multimedia applications such as IP television and video surveillance. The improvements will result in a hundred-fold increase in available bandwidth and will also help enable Interkabel to more quickly and efficiently ...

TDC Provides Superior Voice Quality and Landline Security on New Residential Broadband Telephony Service with Cisco IP Next Generation Network

Tue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 PST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 16, 2006 - Cisco Systems® announced today that Denmark's largest communications solutions provider, TDC, is delivering new high-quality broadband telephony services to residential customers with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable access using a voice over broadband solution on its Cisco® IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN). TDC launched its broadband telephony service across Denmark in February 2006, offering flat-rate national landline calls ...

Cablemas Chooses Scientific Atlanta's ROSA Systems for Proactive Cable Network Management Program

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

ATLANTA, Ga., March 29, 2006 - Cablemas, Mexico's second-largest cable operator, has launched the first phase of an extensive network management initiative using ROSATM technology from Scientific Atlanta®, a Cisco® company. The new network management system (NMS) will provide extensive capabilities for Cablemas (TV Cable S.A. de C.V) including: Reduced mean time to repair (MTTR) for critical network components Increased network ...

Cisco's CRS-1 Core Routing Platform Selected by MTS Allstream for Expansion of National Network

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

TORONTO, ONTARIO, February 9, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that MTS Allstream has selected the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System to further enhance its national IP/MPLS backbone network and drive the company's expansion of next generation services. A core component of the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN), the Cisco CRS-1 will enable MTS Allstream to further evolve its network to the next level of converged IP networking capabilities to support its full ...

Hong Kong Broadband Driving World's Fastest Residential Broadband Service with Cisco Powered Network QoS-certified Metro Ethernet Solution

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:30:00 PST

HONG KONG - October 26, 2005 - Cisco Systems® today announced that Hong Kong Broadband (HKBN) has become the first service provider in the world to achieve the Cisco Powered Network Metro Ethernet QoS Certified status. This certification indicates that HKBN has demonstrated, through a third-party assessment, that its Metro Ethernet service meets Cisco best practices and standards for delivering quality of service (QoS). The architecture of HKBN is based on Cisco's IP Next-Generation ...

Belgian Federal Public Service Finance Chooses Cisco Systems for 4,000-Internet Protocol Phone System

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:00:00 PST

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 6, 2005 - Cisco Systems® today announced it has created a converged data and telephone network providing 4,000 civil servants in the Belgian Federal Public Service Finance with a more efficient working environment based on Internet Protocol technology. The project, managed jointly with IBM, represents one of the biggest telephony tenders in Belgium within half a decade. The project focused on combining voice and data networks to help speed the ...

Plala Networks Implements Cisco Systems Service Control Solution

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:00:00 PST

TOKYO, Japan, July 1, 2005 - The world's largest vendor of networking equipment for the Internet, Cisco Systems KK (president: Yasuki Kurosawa; capital: JPY2.22 billion; head office: 2-14-27 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Cisco), announced that Plala Networks Inc. (president: Koji Bando; capital: JPY7.81 billion; head office: 3-1-1 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Plala) adopted the Cisco® SCE 2020 Service Control Engine for the "Net Barrier Basic" filtering service that provides higher ...

China TieTong Again Selects Cisco for Expansion of its CRNET Backbone Network

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:00:00 PST

BEIJING, June 22, 2005-Cisco Systems® today announced today that China TieTong (formerly China Railcom) has begun migration to a Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) for the latest expansion of its CRNET backbone With this, China TieTong continues its culture of innovation with voice, video, and data ("triple play") service offerings that provide enhanced performance, greater simplicity and better value for its customers. The new network, based on Cisco Internet Protocol (IP)/ ...

Nurturing Connected Communities: Give Them Plenty of Broadband

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:00:00 PST

The city of Monterey, Calif., is doing it. So is the province of Turin, Italy, as well as the county of Denton, Texas. In fact, hundreds of other cities, counties, regions, states and countries around the world are doing it, too. They are turning to Cisco Systems to get connected. In the process they are discovering the benefits of public sector broadband networks for reducing costs while improving the services they ...

Cisco to Host Public Sector Press and Industry Analyst Event April 19

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:30:00 PST

WHAT: Cisco Systems is hosting a press and industry analyst event highlighting the important role that networking solutions play in transforming governments to meet the needs of citizens. Attendees will hear first hand from state, local and federal government organizations and educational institutions about their business and technology strategies. Customers will share their challenges, the role technology plays in transforming their business, and how Cisco's ...