Bredbandsbolaget Deploys Cisco Technology to Deliver First Sip Based Residential IP Telephony Service Worldwide.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002 Metro Ethernet Operator Delivers Residential IP Telephony Across an Overlay Network Based on Cisco Call Control, Gateways, Servers and Analogue Telephone Adaptors Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced that its technology will help enable the launch of a new residential telephone service by Bredbandsbolaget (B2), a next-generation Ethernet over fiber broadband provider reaching 220 000 households, which will provide a real alternative to the public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. )-based calls in the residential market. With this end-to-end residential voice service B2 will be offering a competitively priced, fully functional telephony service using Voice over IP (VoIP), to its existing customers, as well as to new customers outside its established ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. service. B2 has opted to deliver calls over its Metro Ethernet broadband network using Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP), a flexible communications standard developed for the Internet and providing a simple, stable and cost-effective platform that can be used to integrate new services such as unified messaging in the future. B2's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Peder Ramel, said: "As the acknowledged leader in the implementation of IP telephony and Metro Ethernet networks, Cisco was the obvious technical partner for us in this venture. Not only does their technology underpin our ability to offer 10Mbps Ethernet connections to residential customers, Cisco has demonstrated time and again that it can be trusted to help deliver mission-critical new services and applications." B2's next-generation Metro Ethernet infrastructure, built around Cisco Catalyst 3500 Switches, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switches and Cisco 12000 Series Internet RoutersCisco -- Cisco 12000 Series Internet Routers, is being augmented to handle voice traffic with a Cisco SIP Proxy Server (CSPS CSPS - ["Toward Comprehensive Specification of Distributed Systems", G. Roman et al, Proc 7th Intl Conf on Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1987, pp. 282-289]. ), PGW PGW Philadelphia Gas Works PGW Publishers Group West PGW Precision Guided Weapons PGW Payment Gateway PGW Pressure Gas Welding PGW Pesticides in Ground Water PGW Parallel Gap Welding PGW Propylene glycol/water PGW Project on Girls and Women 2200 PSTN Gateway call control and Cisco AS5000 Series Gateways. The PGW2200 provides the SS7 interface to the Telia's PSTN network and interworks the SS7 circuit switched signalling to the VoIP SIP signalling. The CSPS provides the central call control, routing and location services for users on the network. Customers, meanwhile, will deploy Cisco Analogue Telephone Adaptors (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ) so they can use their existing phones with B2's service. John Baldwin, Head of Carrier Voice Solutions, Cisco Systems EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , said: "B2 has clearly seen that SIP is ready for mainstream deployment and can deliver traditional voice services as well new VoIP services. This is hardly surprising, SIP was designed for any kind of communication, from instant messaging to direct video, which also makes it is ideal for the kinds of integrated services B2 is contemplating in the future." About B2 Covering 40 cities, Bredbandsbolaget is Sweden's largest supplier of true broadband, with 220 000 connected households and 80 000 subscribers, and still growing. Bredbandsbolaget's consumer offering Bredband Hemma was in December 2001 awarded Best Broadband Service in Sweden in a reader poll in the magazine InternetWorld. The company was founded in 1998 and has 170 employees. Largest shareholders are NTL, Investor, The Carlyle Group, Continuum Group and Access Industries. Further information is available on www.bredband.com. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco equipment in Europe is supplied by Cisco Systems International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. 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