Cisco Delivers Next-Generation Network Technology to Sweden's Largest Broadband Provider
Sweden's Largest Broadband Provider Builds Point-to-Point Fibre Network Based on Cisco IP Next-Generation Network Technology
TeliaSonera Customers to Benefit From up to 100 Mbps Symmetrical Broadband With Potential to Increase to 1 Gbps
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwire) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that
TeliaSonera, Sweden's largest telecommunications provider, is deploying a
point-to-point fibre network based on Cisco® IP Next-Generation Network
(IP NGN). The technology makes it possible to deliver symmetrical
broadband services of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to homes and
businesses.
The Cisco point-to-point fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) solution makes it
possible to deliver new advanced services for consumers and businesses over
a single, highly scalable next-generation platform. Such services include
multiroom IPTV and video on demand (VoD), high-definition video
conferencing and low-latency connectivity for data centres. The new network
can scale to deliver symmetrical bandwidths of up to 1 gigabit per second
(Gbps), providing a pathway for future service innovation.
Ove Alm, chief technology officer for TeliaSonera, said: "Triple play and
TV have been huge successes for us, and we chose a point-to-point fibre
network that meets the rapidly increasing bandwidth demands of our
customers. The Cisco solution not only gives us the ability to meet future
demands, but also provides us with the scope to bring differentiated
services to market quickly, supported by a scalable, cost-efficient,
high-quality network."
Niels Furu, vice president, Nordics, Cisco Europe, commented: "Demand for
video services is booming, and the traffic that crosses service providers'
networks globally is expected to grow fivefold by 2013, with video
accounting for more than 90 percent of the total*. Such rapid growth is
pressuring service providers to upgrade their existing DSL networks to
symmetrical, ultra-high-speed, future-proof fibre access systems that
provide uncontended access to medianets. TeliaSonera's FTTx evolution will
allow it to deliver a variety of sophisticated on-demand services, helping
it increase revenues and reduce operation costs. We look forward to
working closely with TeliaSonera as its business and network grow."
TeliaSonera deployed the Cisco ME 3400 Series and Cisco Catalyst® 4500
Series Carrier Ethernet switches in its fibre network. The Cisco Carrier
Ethernet portfolio also features sophisticated capabilities to support
video services (including video conferencing, IPTV, HDTV and video on
demand) with minimal packet loss, delay and jitter. TeliaSonera already
uses Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing Systems at the core of its IP NGN
(http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2007/prod_042407c.html).
Notes to editors
* Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index, June 2009:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-481360_ns827_Networking_Solutions_White_Paper.html
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