Cablemas Chooses Scientific Atlanta's ROSA Systems for Proactive Cable Network Management Program.ATLANTA -- Cablemas, Mexico's second-largest cable operator, has launched the first phase of an extensive network management initiative using ROSA(TM) technology from Scientific Atlanta(R), a Cisco(R) company. The new network management system (NMS See NetWare Management System. ) will provide extensive capabilities for Cablemas (TV Cable S.A. de C.V) including: --Reduced mean time to repair (MTTR (Mean Time To Repair, Mean Time To Restore) The average time it takes to repair a failed component. See reliability. MTTR - Mean Time To Recovery ) for critical network components --Increased network reliability --Extreme flexibility to monitor Scientific Atlanta and third-party equipment --Proactive support for video, voice, data service and service-level agreements (SLAs) Cablemas has deployed the ROSA NMS at its network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) in Cuernavaca so that it will have the ability to establish a centralized monitoring and control nucleus for its entire cable system. Additionally, the ROSA Element Manager (EM) is in use at its Tijuana system to help enable operators there to manage their network through the EM's automated alarm notification and Web browser-based user interface. Simultaneously, all of the alarm information and desired performance data is transferred from the ROSA EM to the NOC where the ROSA NMS aggregates this data and presents an operational view of the network. Cablemas' plans call for the EM system to be expanded into 13 additional headends delivering video in other cities including Acapulco, Chihuahua, Coatzacoalcos, Cuernavaca, Juarez, Merida, Mexicali and Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north east of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located at 20.62° North, 87.07° West. The city is the seat of the Solidaridad municipality. . "In the near future, Cablemas will use the ROSA system to monitor all our systems that offer Internet and telephony services plus headends and 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. (Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ), including all provisioning software in order to provide a carrier-class level of service for our subscribers," Gabriel Gonzalez, corporative cor·po·ra·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or associated with a corporation. 2. Of or relating to a government or political system in which the principal economic functions, such as banking, industry, labor, and government, are technical director at Cablemas. "Our longstanding relationship with Scientific Atlanta, coupled with the power and flexibility of the ROSA systems, provided a superlative solution for all of the objectives we had for this business-critical program," Arnoldo Meiselman, COO at Cablemas. "Since we implemented our ROSA monitoring system, call-center complaint calls have decreased by 20 percent." "Scientific Atlanta continues to assist Cablemas as it seeks to become a carrier-class operator that delivers the 'triple play' of video, data and voice services," said Ken Dumont, market manager, Latin America for Scientific Atlanta's Transmission Network Systems. "Implementing a very proactive approach to network management using our ROSA technology will help enable Cablemas to identify small problems before they can expand to have major impact on a cable system. In many instances, Cablemas will be able to identify and resolve issues before customers are ever aware of the difficulty." The ROSA NMS offers a comprehensive management solution capable of monitoring and controlling nearly all aspects of service management, network management and element management of broadband networks. The ROSA system can translate legacy equipment's proprietary alarm and performance data into Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) for centralized monitoring and control in a NOC, helping to protect the investment operators have made in their networks. About Cablemas Cablemas is Mexico's second-largest cable company with approximately 700,000 video, 130,000 high speed data and 5,000 IP telephony subscribers in 46 cities around the country. About Scientific Atlanta Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, is a leading supplier of digital content contribution and distribution systems, transmission networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and Voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Cisco Systems, Inc. More information about Scientific Atlanta is available at http://www.scientificatlanta.com. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. 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