News@Cisco: Metro Area Networking Customer NewsNews@Cisco: Metro Area Networking and Customer News (the 20 most recent stories)Free (Iliad Group) Selects Cisco for First Mass 'Fiber-to- the-Home' Deployment in France- December 13, 2006 PARIS, December 11, 2006 - Cisco&174; announced today that Free (Iliad Group), the leading triple-play over broadband operator in Europe, is to roll out the first and largest optical fiber network in France based on the Cisco Internet Protocol Next Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and using Cisco Ethernet fiber-to-the-home (E-FTTH) technology. According to Free's plan, the first phase of the fiber project will connect more than 2 million people in the city of Paris via the ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_121206.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Metr... Cisco Announces Industry's First Network-Based, Standards- Based Rapid Channel-Change and Video Error Repair Technology to Enhance IPTV Viewing Experi- December 3, 2006 ITU TELECOM WORLD - HONG KONG, China - December 4, 2006 - Cisco&174; today extended the video delivery capabilities of its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture with the introduction of Visual Quality Experience (VQE) technology, designed to improve the quality of wireline IPTV services and subscribers' viewing experiences. VQE enables network-based rapid channel-change and video error repair, two significant challenges in the development and delivery of wireline ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_120306b.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Met... Network Intelligence Innovations Establish Cisco 7600 Series as Leading Carrier Ethernet Service Edge Platform for Any-Play Services over IP Next-Gene- December 3, 2006 ITU TELECOM WORLD - HONG KONG, China - December 4, 2006 - Cisco&174; today announced significant enhancements to the Cisco 7600 Series Router portfolio that establish it as the industry's first comprehensive Carrier Ethernet service edge platform for converged Internet Protocol (IP) video, voice and data offerings with mobility (any-play). This includes support for the Cisco Intelligent Services Gateway (ISG) - announced earlier this year on the Cisco 10000 and 7200 Series platforms - which ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_120306c.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Met... |