Cisco COMET News and Articles

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Cisco ONS 15600 Extends Optical Portfolio and Aims at Significantly Reducing First Cost and Provisioning Time

US Signal Selects Cisco Optical Multiservice Switching Platform for Evaluation

Cisco COMET Optical Solutions Enhance SCANA Communications' High-Bandwidth Services
March 26, 2002 - Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport (COMET) optical portfolio have been deployed by SCANA Communications.The Cisco optical solution was selected to enhance fiber capacity along the Charleston to Columbia network.

Cisco Optical Solution Selected to Deliver High-Speed Voice, Video, and Data over the Alberta SuperNet Broadband Network
March 18, 2002 - Government of Alberta has selected, the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Multiservice Platform to deliver high-speed voice, video, and data capabilities over the Alberta SuperNet

Northwest Open Access Network Brings High-Speed Telecommunications Facilities to Pacific Northwest with Cisco Optical Solutions
March 18, 2002 - Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet), a regional not-for-profit, open access transport provider, today announced it has selected optical networking equipment from Cisco Systems, Inc. to bring high-speed telecommunications facilities to utility companies in the Pacific Northwest delivering affordable, advanced communications services to underserved rural markets.

AT&T Deploys Cisco Optical Solutions for Nationwide Intelligent Optical Network
February 11, 2002 - Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco Transport Manager to Deliver Service Variety and Velocity for Landmark Next Generation Network

AT&T Deploys Nationwide Intelligent Optical Network
February 11, 2002 - New Technology Restores Service Faster After Failure or Disasters

ChinaNet Deploys Cisco IP+Optical Solution to Launch China's First 10 Gbps IP over DWDM Network
January 17, 2002 - China Telecom announced the deployment of Cisco ONS 15801 Long-Haul DWDM Systems over its ChinaNet backbone network, between Shanghai and Hangzhou, successfully launching China's first 10 Gbps long-haul system. Combining the Cisco ONS 15801 with Cisco 12400 series Internet Routers, China Telecom has significantly enhanced its IP+Optical network and further advanced the capacity of China's Internet backbone. ChinaNet's innovative infrastructure is China's first IP+Optical backbone network based on 10 Gbps dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission.

Looking Glass Networks Deploys Cisco Technology in its New Metropolitan Networks
January 15, 2002 - Optical Networking Platform Provides Customers with Benefits of Cost, Flexibility and Speed - Looking Glass Networks, Inc., a facilities-based provider of high bandwidth metro transport services, has implemented the Cisco ONS 15454 Metro Optical Transport Platform and Cisco Transport Manager as key components of its optical networking platform.

Chilesat Selects Cisco IP+Optical Technologies to Light Networks
January 14, 2002 - Chilesat announced the lighting of its innovative fiber optic network which employs Cisco IP+Optical networking equipment to increase capacity and brings advanced services to new and existing customers. The network has been deployed and serving live customer traffic with several months of uninterrupted service. Chilesat's new fiber optic network doubled the company's service capacity using technologies such as dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)-enabled IP, becoming the first Latin American network with these features.

Cox Communications Creates New National IP Backbone With Cisco Solutions
January 7, 2002 - Cox Communications, Inc., is deploying Cisco Internet routers and switches to satisfy the rapidly increasing demand from its greater than three-quarters of a million customers for high-value IP services such as content delivery, and Virtual Private Networks (VPN). In addition, Cox has selected the market-leading ONS 15454 Metro Optical Transport Platform at many of these interconnection sites to enable maximum service density of voice and data services.

US Signal Selects Cisco Optical Networking Solutions to Light its 2,500-Mile Fiber Optic Network
December 11, 2001 - US Signal announced it has selected Cisco Systems, Inc. as its exclusive provider of optical networking equipment to light its established 2,500-mile dark fiber network. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based fiber optics solutions provider will utilize Cisco's market leading metro and metro edge optical transport platforms to light the Midwest's largest dark fiber network.

Cisco COMET Optical Strategy Delivers the Foundation for Accelerating IP+Optical Networking
December 4, 2001 - Cisco Systems, Inc., unveiled the Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport (COMET) portfolio, enabling the foundation for accelerating IP+Optical networking. Combining leadership and technology innovation in photonics, packets, protocols, and provisioning, Cisco COMET delivers unprecedented flexibility and capacity to allow service providers and enterprises to maximize existing revenue streams while cost-effectively creating new opportunities throughout the network.

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Articles

Enabling Cost Effective Ethernet In The Metro
As a service provider focused on meeting the needs of your business customers, you may already be researching ways you can add Ethernet technology to your metro networks. Because Ethernet is so widely used in enterprise LANs, adopting the technology in the metro could increase your profitability as you help your business customers improve productivity and gain access to your new and high-value data.

Cisco's Ullal Talks Optical Future
It's a tough job and she's going to do it. That's the impression one gets from speaking to Jayshree Ullal, Cisco Systems Inc.'s group VP of optical networking. Ullal took the post in August 2001 after Cisco restructured its management team and when her predecessor, Carl Russo, took on a more strategic role.

The Emergence of the Extended Long-Haul -12/01
This article featured in LightWave magazine was written by Cathy Francis of Cisco Systems. While technology advancements are overcoming the constraints that previously hindered cost-effective long-haul optical transport, market drivers in today's complex optical core are converging to form distinct segments around which service providers are designing their networks.

Packet Magazine Article: New Light to the Optical Core - 10/01
Cisco ONS 15808 Extends the Distance of Long-haul Transmissions

Packet Magazine: The Metro Ramps Up - 7/01
With the new Cisco ONS 15540 Extended Services Platform (ESP), storage, data, and metro network applications can be integrated over an ultra-high bandwidth, intelligent optical infrastructure that can support any packet over any wavelength on any platform. Find out more about how the new dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) Cisco ONS 15540 ESP can help metro-area enterprises and service providers meet their storage, data, and metro network application challenges head on.

Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies - by Peter Tomsu and Christian Schmutzer
Tomorrow's networks will integrate optical transmission and IP to deliver unprecedented performance and manageability. Next Generation Optical Networks gives both electrical and data networking engineers essential information for building these networks. This book reviews emerging standards such as MPLS and MPLmS, key optical technologies, and critical applications for enterprise, ISP, and carrier environments. Available through your favorite on-line or brick-and-mortar book retailer

IP over Optical: From Packets to Photons
December 2000 - This whitepaper published in IEEE Internet Computing examines the technology that will simultaneously make communications faster and less expensive. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders.