News@Cisco: Central and South America News

Cisco Recognises Leaders in Innovation at Cisco Networkers 2007

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, March 5, 2007 - Cisco® and IDG honoured seven outstanding networking projects at the annual Cisco Networkers Innovation Awards ceremony held in Cannes, France, on Jan. 31, 2007. Out of more than 60 entries, seven winners were selected as leading examples of organisations that have embraced new and advanced technology. The winners were Siminn, for Best Broadband Internet Protocol ...

Terremark Worldwide to Deploy Cisco CRS-1 at Core of Multiprovider Network Access Point Connecting the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - November 13, 2006 - Cisco® today announced that Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a leading operator of integrated Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors, will deploy the Cisco CRS-1, the core component of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network architecture, at its "NAP of the Americas" facility, the model ...

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 ...

Cisco Launches Broadband Barometer in Argentina

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:00:00 PST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 28, 2006 - Cisco Systems presented the Cisco Broadband Barometer, an indicator that will show the high-speed Internet growth for Argentina, and proposed a goal of 4 million connections for the year 2010. The study, sponsored by Cisco and prepared by Argentina's IDC consulting company, shall be published every six months, in order to measure the evolution of the ...

Carlos Carnevali, Cisco's VP of Sales for Latin America, Explains the Continent's Broadband Rollout

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST

July 17, 2006 Latin America has a wealth of diverse countries, each rooted in their own cultures and traditions. But they have in common a strong desire to develop networking infrastructure that will help them grow their economies. In a Q&A, Carlos Carnevali, Cisco Systems' VP of sales for Latin America, outlines the growth of these economies and the ways Cisco is meeting their networking ...

Chile's VTR First in Latin America to Deploy IP NGN with Cisco CRS-1

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST

SANTIAGO, CHILE, July 17th, 2006 - Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that the Chilean telecommunications and cable provider VTR has deployed the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, the core component of the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, to facilitate the growth of triple play (data, voice and video) services over residential broadband connections. VTR is ...

Ten Million By 2010: Cisco Broadband Barometer Tracks Growth in Brazil

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:00:00 PST

At the Summit of the Americas five years ago, Daniel Scheinman, Cisco Systems senior vice president of corporate development, urged the delegates from Latin America to focus on the rollout of broadband Internet connectivity as a means for increasing productivity and decreasing the digital divides that exist within the hemisphere. Today, ...

Cablemas Chooses Scientific Atlanta's ROSA Systems for Proactive Cable Network Management Program

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

ATLANTA, Ga., March 29, 2006 - Cablemas, Mexico's second-largest cable operator, has launched the first phase of an extensive network management initiative using ROSATM technology from Scientific Atlanta®, a Cisco® company. The new network management system (NMS) will provide extensive capabilities for Cablemas (TV Cable S.A. de C.V) including: Reduced mean time to repair (MTTR) for ...

Growing to Win in Emerging Markets

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:00:00 PST

March 23, 2006 News@Cisco spoke with Osvaldo Bianchi, Cisco's senior director for Channel Operations for emerging markets at Cisco Systems, to learn more about the opportunities for growth for the company and its business partners in the region. For more information on a worldwide channel perpective, see News@Cisco's interview with Keith Goodwin http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/ ...

Cisco & HCLT Enter Into a Unique Royalty Model

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

NEW DELHI, February 27, 2006 - HCL Technologies Ltd. ("HCLT"), a leading global IT solutions provider in Information Technology announced today that they have entered into a unique 'royalty model' with Cisco Systems, Inc., the world-wide leader in networking. Under this model, Cisco has licensed HCL the Intellectual Property (IP) for one of its network management products, wherein HCL would also ...

Cisco Provides Mobile Carrier Infrastructure for Intelligent Billing Systems

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 27, 2005 –– Cisco Systems® today announced that Vivo, the largest cell phone carrier in South America with more than 27 million customers, has deployed the Cisco Mobile Exchange (CMX) solution to streamline measurement and billing systems developed by Portugal Telecom Inovação (PTI). This intelligent platform allows the carrier to charge ...

Cisco Systems and IDA Collaborate to Explore Next- Generation Networking Technologies

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:00:00 PST

SINGAPORE - October 14, 2005 -Cisco Systems and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) have signed an S$18 million three-year Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to advance Internet Protocol (IP) networking in Singapore. The investments will focus on three areas: the deployment of next-generation networking technologies; the development of skilled infocomm network professionals; and the ...

Latin American Companies Report Technology Has Improved Customer Satisfaction, Reduced Costs and Increased Revenue

Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:00:00 PST

MIAMI, Fla., June 24 2005 - Customer satisfaction and the desire to improve competitiveness are the main reasons Latin American companies invest in technology. Of the companies surveyed, 70 percent say that technology has helped improve customer or citizen satisfaction. The study, Net Impact 2005 Latin America, From Connectivity to Growth, was sponsored by Cisco Systems and conducted by ...

Rick Justice, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, Discusses Cisco's New Geographic Theatre Structure

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:00:00 PST

June 6, 2005 Cisco Systems announced several organizational changes that align the company's focus on long-term growth, capturing emerging market opportunities, and better serving its customers. The new geographic field organization structure includes an "Emerging Markets" theatre, a "European Markets" theatre and a "United States and Canada" theatre. (Geographic Theatre Structure Map) In ...

Cisco Systems Announces Three New Geographic Theatres

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 6, 2005 - Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced several organizational changes that align the company's focus on long-term growth, capturing emerging market opportunities, and better serving its customers. These changes include the creation of a new geographic structure to include an "Emerging Markets" theatre, a "European Markets" theatre and a "United States and Canada" ...

Finance and Insurance Giant ING Consolidates, Upgrades Networks in Chile with Cisco IP Telephony

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:00:00 PST

March 7, 2005 By Jenny Carless, News@Cisco ING Chile is part of the ING Group, a global finance and insurance institution of Dutch origin. In Chile, the company has experienced significant growth over the past few years. In order to improve communications significantly, both internally and with customers, it decided to incorporate IP telephony from Cisco Systems. ING Chile has five ...

Healthcare Centers Worldwide Turn to Cisco to Help Improve Patient Care and Efficiency and Cut Costs

Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:00:00 PST

February 3, 2005 By Jason Deign, News@Cisco Hospitals worldwide are making healthy use of the latest networking technology from Cisco Systems® to help improve patient care, create efficiency improvements and reduce costs. The move to networked applications based on IP infrastructure is in response to a range of driving forces, including aging populations in developed countries, ...

Roberto De la Mora, Cisco Americas International, Describes the IPC Market in Latin America

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:00:00 PST

January 25, 2005 As Latin America enters a period of economic recovery, companies in the region want to increase their operations, become more profitable, expand productivity and grow - without having to use more resources. In this climate, hundreds of companies are turning to Cisco Systems to migrate their voice traffic to the data network and take advantage of the efficiencies and ...

Chilean International School Uses Technology to Create a Richer Educational Environment

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:00:00 PST

The SEK-PACÍFICO International School in Chile is part of the SEK International Institution, a private educational organization founded in Spain more than 100 years ago with a presence in Latin America, Europe and the United States, including 13 international universities and 11 international schools. Currently the school has 550 students ...

Cisco Systems IP Networks Are Helping to Build the World's Largest Millimeter Wavelength Telescope

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:00:00 PST

High up in the Andes mountains in Northern Chile, work is underway to build the world's largest ever astronomy project: the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). The multinational effort faces serious communications challenges related to the high altitude, but by 2012 - the expected project completion date - the radio telescope will offer ...