News@Cisco: Cable Broadband & Network Access News

Cisco to Showcase 'Connected Life' at SUPERCOMM 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 21, 2009 - At SUPERCOMM 2009 in Chicago, Cisco will highlight a variety of announcements that showcase the continued momentum of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and its technology innovation which help enable service providers to deliver an increasing array of innovative 'Connected Life' experiences to their customers. The ...

Atria Networks Expands Service Capabilities With Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network Infrastructure

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:00:00 PST

TORONTO, Ont., September 10, 2009 – Cisco announced that Atria Networks, owner and operator of one of Ontario's largest fibre-optic networks, has completed a network upgrade based on the Cisco® ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform and dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) technology. Deployed by one of Canada's fastest-growing integrators, FlexITy Solutions, ...

ASTER Relies on Cisco Expertise and Content Delivery System for Launch of Digital Video-on-Demand Service in Poland

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

WARSAW / IBC AMSTERDAM - September 3, 2009 – The extensive video-delivery expertise available from Cisco has powered the launch of a new video-on-demand service for Polish telecommunication operator ASTER. The ASTER VoD service is capable of providing both high-definition and standard-definition programming for customers in Warsaw, Kraków and Zielona Góra. The Cisco® ...

Liberty Sports Group Launches Regional Sports Networks on Cisco MPEG-4 High-Definition Video Platform

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 3, 2009 – Cisco announced today that Liberty Sports Group is the latest video content provider to select the Cisco® MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and transcoding high-definition (HD) platform for efficient, high-quality distribution of programming. Taking these steps to optimize its networks, Liberty Sports Group is well-positioned to scale and ...

Cisco DOCSIS 3.0 Technologies Help Cox Deliver Ultimate High-Speed Broadband

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 29, 2009 - Cisco today announced it has teamed with Cox Communications to deploy the Cox DOCSIS® 3.0-based "Ultimate Internet" service, with up to 50 megabits per second downstream, to its customers in Rhode Island. DOCSIS 3.0 service offers Cox residential customers faster online access for music and movie downloads, file transfers, video streaming, ...

Seacom Goes Live

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:00:00 PST

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – July 23, 2009 – SEACOM today announced that its 1,28 Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000 kilometres, submarine fibre optic cable system linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe has been completed and commissioned. Backhauls linking Johannesburg, Nairobi and Kampala with the coastal landing stations have been established ...

du Upgrades Network to Offer High Speed Internet Connectivity to Businesses and Consumers

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2009 – Cisco today announced that du, the UAE's integrated telecom service provider, has deployed the Cisco® CRS-1 Carrier Routing System to meet the demand for high-end broadband services from its business customers in the UAE, as well as to support the exponential growth of multimedia and Internet services amongst end users. The deployment will ...

Cisco Advances the Connected Life at Home at ANGA Cable 2009: Helping Service Providers Become Experience Providers

Tue, 12 May 2009 23:00:00 PST

May 13, 2009 At ANGA Cable 2009, Cisco is showcasing a range of medianet technologies that will transform consumer video experiences for the Connected Life at Home. Cisco is demonstrating new technologies and solutions that help enable Internet Protocol (IP) networks to become the intelligent platform for a new generation of video and rich-media applications and services. This new ...

FOX Selects Cisco Digital Stream Processing to Complete Transition to Digital Broadcasting and Support Network Affiliates

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. April 22, 2009 - Cisco announced today that the Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is updating its national broadcast affiliate network by deploying the Cisco® Digital Content Manager (DCM) at its main Los Angeles location (FNC - LA) and at approximately 200 FOX affiliate stations across the United States. The Cisco ROSA® Network Management and Element Manager (EM) ...

Altitude Sports & Entertainment Converts Regional Sports Network Program Distribution Platform to Cisco High- Definition Video System

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif, April 15, 2009 - Altitude Sports & Entertainment, the Denver based regional sports network, has selected the Cisco® MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and transcoding high-definition (HD) platform to enhance its regional sports programming delivery capability. Altitude Sports & Entertainment, the official television network of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado ...

Service Electric Broadband Cable to Deliver Advanced Broadband Services with Next-Generation Medianet Technologies

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

WASHINGTON - The Cable Show 2009 - April 1, 2009 - Cisco today announced that Service Electric Broadband Cable, which serves the Mahanoy City, Pa., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Sparta, N.J., markets, is evolving its network into a medianet. A medianet is a network optimized for rich-media. Medianets are end-point aware, media aware and network aware to ensure an optimal quality of the total ...

Cisco Next-Generation Network Technology to Deliver Broadband Access in Remote Regions of Peru

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

LIMA, Peru, March 26, 2009 - Cisco today announced that Rural Telecom has selected a Cisco® Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) to provide broadband connectivity and communications to the most remote and rural towns in Peru. The project's goal is to promote rural-urban integration and rural development through the use of information and communications technology. The ...

Play in Cisco EDGE QUEST 2 Tournament Featuring Cisco ASR 9000 Router

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 2009 - Cisco® today announced that you can now play in its tournament for EDGE QUEST 2, an online game featuring the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR), with ...

Kyivstar Expands Its Service Capability with Cisco Technology

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

KIEV, Ukraine, October 22, 2008 - Cisco today announced that leading Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has completed an upgrade of its optical network based on Cisco's dense wavelength-division multiplexing solution. DWDM is a method of transmitting multiple signals over one fiber-optic line, thus increasing a network's bandwidth. The implementation enhances Kyivstar's service capability with a ...

Cisco IP Video Technology to Enable Groundbreaking NBC Coverage of Beijing Olympic Games

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - August 6, 2008 - Cisco announced today it has been selected to provide Internet Protocol (IP) video network infrastructure and video-encoding solutions to NBC during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Aug. 8-24. Cisco's IP video infrastructure will enable NBC personnel in New York and Los Angeles to edit video as it is captured in Beijing and deliver it ...

FairPoint Selects Cisco To Support Northern New England Broadband Initiative

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 PST

CHARLOTTE, NC - July 28, 2008 - FairPoint Communications, a leading provider of communication services to communities across the country, today announced it has selected Cisco as one of the primary solution providers for the company's proposed New England Internet Protocol (IP) and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) broadband initiative. The implementation of the IP/MPLS network is a major ...

Comcast & Cisco Announce Successful Live Network Demonstration of the World's First 100GE Router Interface

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:30:00 PST

Philadelphia, PA (SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2008) [June 26, 2008] Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSK, CMCSA), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced it has successfully completed a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) technology test over its existing backbone infrastructure between Philadelphia and McLean, VA using the industry's ...

J:COM Selects Cisco to Enable Delivery of Ultra-High Speed Broadband

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

PHILADELPHIA - SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO - June 26, 2008 - Cisco announced today that Japan's Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM) has started receiving shipments of the Cisco® DPC3000 DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonded Cable Modem for use in its J:COM NET Ultra 160M Course broadband service, which offers download speeds of up to 160 Mbps. The Cisco DPC3000 was one of the first modems to be awarded ...

Cisco Showcases Innovative "Connected Life - Deliver More" Solutions at SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, CA, June 23, 2008 - Cisco announced today it will display scalable, end-to-end network technologies at SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO, June 24-27 in Philadelphia to help leading service providers become "experience providers" as they capitalize on the delivery of the next-generation of digital media. Some of the Cisco® products, platforms, applications and expertise that will help to ...

NetCologne and Cisco Showcase the Future of Broadband Entertainment at ANGA Cable 2008

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 PST

COLOGNE, Germany, May 27, 2008 - Cisco and regional telecommunications operator NetCologne are joining forces to bring broadband speeds up to 200 megabits per second (Mbps)* with live streaming of high-definition Internet Protocol (IP) video to the ANGA Cable trade fair. The ultra-high-speed service is delivered over NetCologne's hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network using Euro-DOCSIS® 3.0 ...