News@Cisco: Wireline Carriers News

New Cisco IPoDWDM Enhancements Transport Service Provider Networks to 'Zettabyte Era'

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 15, 2008 - Cisco today announced new enhancements to its innovative Internet Protocol over dense wavelength-division multiplexing (IPoDWDM) technology, which helps enable service providers deliver a wide array of services to their businesses and consumers. Cisco pioneered the technology on its Cisco® Carrier Routing System (CRS-1), the core platform for the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, as a means to minimize the additional capital and ...

Sprint, Cisco and Ciena Fuel Next-Generation Services with 40-Gbps Circuits on the Global Sprint Tier 1 IP Network

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PST

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.; SAN JOSE, Calif.; LINTHICUM, Md. - July 15, 2008 - Sprint (NYSE: S), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) announced today that they are implementing 40-gigabits-per-second (Gbps) network capabilities on the Global Sprint Tier 1 IP Network using a technology called Internet Protocol over dense wavelength-division multiplexing, or IPoDWDM for short. The implementation supports the needs of Sprint customers who are looking to adopt next-generation services, grow ...

China Telecom Americas Expands Global Footprint with Cisco IP NGN

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2008 - Cisco today announced that China Telecom Americas is greatly expanding its network based on the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture. Because it builds its services with Cisco equipment and technologies, China Telecom Americas has become a Cisco Powered Program member with service designations in Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based IP virtual private network (VPN) and Carrier Ethernet. From basic dedicated ...

Video Growth Offers Challenges, Opportunities for Stewards of the Internet

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:00:00 PST

June 17, 2008 by Charles Waltner The world is binging on digital video and someone has to pay the tab. That's the big issue facing the companies that run the Internet. While bandwidth demands—driven in large part by the ascent of online video and other digitized content—surges, the companies that own the Internet's pipes are hard-pressed to find the best ways to capitalize on this phenomenal growth. In short, they are having to ...

Cisco Powers Sloane Park's New Countrywide Backbone Network

Mon, 26 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 26, 2008 - Cisco today announced that Sloane Park Property Trust, a Czech operator that provides telecommunications and data transit services on a wholesale basis, has built a next-generation transport network (NGTN) based on Cisco's routing and optical networking technologies. The NGTN, spanning more than 1,500 kilometers (about 930 miles), helps provide Sloane Park with greater network capacity and the ability to support secure advanced services integrating ...

Romtelecom Builds Romania's Future Broadband Infrastructure over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

BUCHAREST, Romania - May 20, 2008. Cisco today announced that Romtelecom has implemented a new Cisco® Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN), based on the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System. This implementation is part of Romtelecom's strategy to expand broadband services in Romania and to enhance its service capability with technology that offers the highest levels of quality and diversity. By creating this converged multiservice network using Cisco technology, Romtelecom is ...

Ovum Projects $66 Billion Market for Four IP-Based Managed Services by 2012

Mon, 19 May 2008 16:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - May 19, 2008 - Cisco today announced the latest results of a multi-year market study of the global adoption of managed IT and communication services. The study, performed by Ovum and commissioned by Cisco as part of its on-going commitment to enabling service providers, confirmed that businesses are increasingly looking to managed service providers for managed metro Ethernet, managed Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), managed IP voice and managed ...

Social Media Release: Win $10,000 in the Cisco EDGE QUEST Tournament of Aces, Featuring the Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR)

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

Highlights / Key Facts: Cisco invites you to play, challenge a friend, and score high enough to compete in the Cisco® EDGE QUEST Tournament of Aces. It's a winner-take-all format where the highest scorer receives US$10,000 and a Cisco Aggregation Services (ASR) 1002 Router, valued up to US$35,000. Cisco EDGE QUEST is an online game introducing the new Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers. Players a.k.a. "agents" maneuver a router ...

Bell and Cisco to Deliver Enhanced Managed Services to Canadian Business, Create a Network of Knowledge Centres

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:00:00 PST

TORONTO, February 19, 2008 - Bell Canada and Cisco Systems Canada Co. today announced they are partnering to accelerate a number of strategic initiatives designed to develop and deliver a range of IP-based Managed Services to Canadian businesses, including unified communications, voice, wireless, IP contact centre and security. The two companies have forged the initiatives in response to a growing trend by businesses to embrace managed services and the productivity benefits of ...

Cisco Makes Strategic Investment in ip.access

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:00:00 PST

CAMBRIDGE, January 23, 2008 - ip.access (www.ipaccess.com), the award-winning market leader in femtocell and picocell technologies, today announced that Cisco® has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Already cash-positive with its existing 2G picocell business, ip.access has secured funding from an impressive array of industry supporters for its breakthrough Oyster 3GTM

T-Com Montenegro Launches IPTV Service with Scientific Atlanta Headend

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, September 7, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced that T-Com Montenegro (Crnogorski Telekom) will launch Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service in late 2007 using an extensive array of Scientific Atlanta® products to create an IPTV headend with an expected delivery capacity of up to 60 channels of standard-definition (SD) digital programming. The versatile new headend will help enable T-Com Montenegro, one of the T family companies ...

AT&T Labs Certifies Cisco Unified Communications for Compatibility with AT&T's Internet Protocol Toll-Free Service

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN ANTONIO - August 7, 2007 - AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that Cisco® Unified Contact Center has been certified by AT&T Labs for compatibility and interoperability with AT&T's recently announced Internet Protocol (IP) Toll-Free service. As a result, the industry-leading Cisco Unified Contact Center can now be used with AT&T's IP Toll-Free service, which allows business customers to efficiently manage and intelligently route calls by using some of the most powerful features in the ...

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 ...

Cisco Expands Global Leadership in Optical Multiservice Transport

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 21, 2007 - Cisco® today announced it has made significant hardware and software upgrades to its Cisco ONS optical networking portfolio that give service providers and enterprises more flexibility in delivering new services as well as a greater ability to scale their networks. Available today on the industry-leading Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP), the latest hardware and software features will help users generate new revenue ...

Cisco and Sitronics Form Regional Alliance to Address Telecommunications Market in Russia, CIS and other key Emerging Markets

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:00:00 PST

London, UK, and Moscow, RUSSIA, November 27, 2006 - Cisco® and Sitronics JSC, the leading technology company in Russia & CIS, today announced a regional alliance to address the rapidly expanding telecommunications market in Russia and CIS countries (RCIS) and other emerging markets, such as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); and Middle East and Africa (MEA). Cisco and Sitronics will focus on providing advanced communication solutions in countries that are undergoing major ...

Competitive Carriers Turn to Cisco and MetaSwitch for Network Migration

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

ORLANDO, FL. - Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - As the competitive telecom world gets together this week at the COMPTEL PLUS Fall Convention and Expo, MetaSwitch announced that more than 20 competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) have adopted the company's Secure IP Migration Platform for the Local Exchange (SIMPLE) solution, which integrates IP Next-Generation Networking (IP NGN) technologies from Cisco Systems®. Recent customer wins include BroadStar Communications and Norlight ...

Italtel and Cisco Extend Strategic Relationship to Develop New Converged Solutions in EMEA and Latin America

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:00:00 PST

MILAN, September 13, 2006 - Italtel, one of the leading companies providing solutions, products and services for Next Generation Networks (NGN) and Next Generation Services (NGS), and Cisco Systems announced today the signing of a new agreement to extend their strategic technology and commercial alliance to 2008, with an expanded market coverage beyond Europe, Middle East and Africa to include the Latin America region. Since signing the original strategic alliance agreement in ...

Bell Canada Signs Another Strategic Multi-Year Contract with RBC Financial Group for an Internet Protocol Communications Solution

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:00:00 PST

MONTREAL, (Quebec), June 27, 2006 - Bell Canada, today announced another large scale IP (Internet Protocol) based implementation with RBC Financial Group. In January, 2006 Bell Canada announced that it will work with its partners Cisco Systems® Canada and IBM Canada to implement a fully managed solution for RBC, converting approximately 8,400 of the Bank's phone lines to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) at its head office location. Today, Bell Canada announced that it will convert ...