Cisco's Cable Solutions Selected By Comcast for Multiple Broadband Services; Three-Year Agreement Creates a Highly Scalable and Flexible End-to-End Cable Network.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced it has signed a binding Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. to provide cable networking components that enable delivery of broadband services to cable TV customers.

Under the three-year agreement, Cisco will be the preferred vendor to Comcast Cable for the uBR7200 series Universal Broadband Router, Cisco's industry-leading Cable Modem Termination Shelf (CMTS) equipment. Cisco also will be the primary supplier of dial access servers, WAN switches and core routing equipment. The decision to deploy Cisco's broadband cable infrastructure facilitates Comcast's development and delivery of new services such as voice over IP and video on demand.

"We chose Cisco because of its networking expertise and leadership in the cable industry," said Brad Dusto, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Comcast Cable Communications. "Cisco's vision of delivering multiple services over one network will enable us to offer our customers a variety of data, voice and video services across a single unified infrastructure."

"By recognizing the value of New World services such as voice over IP, streaming media, commercial services and unified messaging, Comcast has solidified its role as an industry leader in providing advanced services for its subscribers," said Carson Chen, vice president and general manager of Cisco's cable business unit. "Comcast's investment in a single efficient, scalable, multiple-service network shows true commitment to providing its customers with more choices."

Eventually, Comcast's Cisco-based network will allow customers to take advantage of many new services such as Internet-based telephone video-on-demand and others. Also, Comcast customers will be able to use their existing TVs to surf the Internet, take or screen phone calls using caller-ID, purchase products on-line, and perform other tasks using new digital set-top boxes. To ease deployment, Comcast is evaluating Cisco Subscriber Registration Center (CSRC), innovative Cisco technology that fully automates the installation process online, replacing expensive installation crews and customer service calls with an easy-to-use Internet interface.

About Comcast Cable

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corp. (www.comcast.com), a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Comcast Cable is the third largest cable company in the United States. Providing basic cable, digital cable and high speed Internet services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. At the close of 2000, the company's more than 10,000 cable division employees will serve more than 8.2 million customers in six geographic regions.

About Cisco Systems

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