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Cisco Carrier Routing System Selected by T-Com to Power Growth of IPTV Services
The 500th Cisco CRS-1 Routing System Will Be Deployed in One of Europe's Largest IP/MPLS Networks
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
HONG KONG -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 4, 2006 -- ITU Telecom World -- Cisco (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today
announced that T-Com, the broadband and fixed network business area of
Deutsche Telekom A.G., has certified and deployed the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier
Routing System as the core terabit routing system in its multi-vendor
Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) network. The
CRS-1 system is being used to provide the capacity and future scalability
to handle the growth in traffic from T-Com's expanding high-speed broadband
customer base and innovative services, such as the "T-Home" IPTV and
video-on-demand service. The production network certification was carried
out at one of T-Com's major points-of presence (PoPs) following extensive
tests for performance, in-service upgradability and scalability. The Cisco
CRS-1 system represents the 500th system to be shipped to customers since
its launch in May 2004.
The Cisco CRS-1 system is configured with a 40 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) IP
over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (IPoDWDM) interface, an
industry-leading solution that seamlessly integrates element, control and
management between the IP layer and the optical DWDM layer, helping T-Com
to cost-efficiently increase throughput of its existing fiber
infrastructures to manage traffic growth from video and IPTV services.
Tony Bates, senior vice president, Service Provider Routing Technology
Group, Cisco, said: "More than 60 customers worldwide have chosen to deploy
the CRS-1 system, and today's announcement places it at the core of one of
Europe's largest IP/MPLS networks. T-Com has taken a leading role in
shaping and driving innovation in the broadband services market in Germany,
and this achievement is a great testament to the close collaboration
between the T-Com and Cisco teams."
T-Com operates one of the largest multi-vendor IP/MPLS networks in Europe.
This IP/MPLS network follows the Cisco IP NGN architecture and now
incorporates the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System in the core, Cisco
12000 Series routers at the provider edge, Cisco 10008 Series routers as
Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) platforms and Cisco Catalyst® 6509
Series switches. Deutsche Telekom's "T-Home" service is delivered through
Cisco set-top boxes from the KiSS series called the X 300T Media Receiver,
which is the first in the world to support Microsoft TV software. (For more
information, please refer to the previous release "Deutsche Telekom's
T-Online to Offer High-Definition IPTV Service over Cisco IP
Next-Generation Network"
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_042806.html.)
The Cisco CRS-1 system was fully deployed in the network after an extensive
testing and certification process conducted by T-Com in close cooperation
with Cisco Advanced Services team. A series of functions were tested and in
particular, the capabilities of the CRS-1 to support in-service software
upgrades and the ability to increase capacity of the platform with
additional line-card chassis to a multi-chassis configuration without
interruption to network operation were validated by T-Com in their test
facilities.
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