Cisco Highlights IP NGN Momentum at Worldwide Analyst Conference; Cisco Making Advances Across Architectural Layers to Help Bring IP NGN Vision to Reality for Global Service Providers.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems(R) (Nasdaq:CSCO) today demonstrated continued momentum in service provider leadership through further development and delivery of products and solutions in its IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture. The Cisco IP NGN, increasingly being adopted by service providers worldwide, enables cable, wireline and mobile operators to offer services based on Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC). It is also designed to enable development and delivery of application and subscriber-aware services to help providers achieve higher revenues and greater efficiencies for improved profitability and enhanced control of their networks and businesses.

"Cisco's Worldwide Analyst Conference 2005 marks one year since we first launched the Cisco IP NGN strategy, and we are very pleased with what we have accomplished in that time," said Mike Volpi, senior vice president, routing and service provider technology. "With IP NGN, Cisco is continuing to drive development and deployment of advanced services, while enabling service providers to lower their capital and operational expenditures, reduce the costs associated with new product and service introductions through a converged network and bundled service offerings, and increase the average revenue per subscriber."

Cisco continues to deliver on its IP NGN vision and architecture for service providers with a number of solutions and milestones:

--Definitive agreement to acquire Scientific Atlanta: Scientific-Atlanta is a leading global provider of set-top boxes, end-to-end video distribution networks and video system integration. The combined entity creates a world class, end-to-end triple play solution for carrier networks and the digital home. In addition, upon closure, the market opportunities represented by this acquisition will become part of Cisco's Advanced Technology portfolio. For more information, see: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/corp_111805.html.

--Establishment of the IP NGN Expertise Center: As momentum toward IP NGN adoption increases, more service providers are looking to Cisco for assistance with their IP transformation efforts. Towards that end, Cisco today announced the establishment of the IP NGN Expertise Center to expand the knowledge and skills of its partners and customers through lifecycle services. Focused on IP-based voice, data and video integration, the IP NGN Expertise Center brings people, partners, processes, labs and tools together to accelerate customer success with IP NGN solutions.

--Linksys One -- Hosted Small Business System: A service delivery platform developed within the IPNGN architecture enabling providers to address the particular needs of small business customers. Linksys One provides business-quality voice, video, data networking, business applications and high-speed Internet access through a single, high-speed connection from a service provider. For more information, see: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/ts_111405.html.

Adding to the extensive existing Cisco IP NGN architecture and portfolio, additional announcements made today are focused on two of the three convergence areas within the Cisco IP NGN architecture:

Network Convergence -- enabling convergence of disparate networks over a more efficient and cost-effective common infrastructure. Cisco's recent momentum in network convergence includes:

Cisco CRS-1 Delivers Industry-leading IP over DWDM Innovation

    This innovation minimizes optical-electrical-optical conversions
    in the network by reducing the need for expensive stand-alone
    transponders and complex electrical switching equipment through
    integration of IP and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
    (DWDM) technologies for a converged network core. For more
    information, see:
    http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/prod_120505b.html.

    Linksys WAG54GP2 ADSL2+ Gateway

    Purpose-built for service providers, the Linksys Wireless-G ADSL
    Gateway, with two phone ports, is an integrated solution that
    enables providers to offer not just broadband connectivity, but
    also value-added services like home networking and VoIP. It offers
    key features and capabilities service providers need to provide
    customized services to their subscribers. The WAG54GP2 can be
    remotely provisioned and supports dynamic, in-service software
    upgrades. Remote management saves providers time and expense and
    eliminates the inconvenience of pre-configuring or re-configuring
    customer premise equipment (CPE), resulting in faster service
    deployments.

Service Convergence, for "triple play on the move" -- enabling increased application and subscriber-level service control intelligence to facilitate the efficient and profitable delivery of voice, video and data services for FMC. To enable such capabilities, Cisco continues to expand the capabilities of its Service Exchange Framework (SEF), part of the Cisco IP NGN architecture. For more information, see: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/prod_120505.html.

Recent highlights include:

    --  New products to support IP services including IMS-based
        applications:

        --  Industry's first integrated Session Border Control
            solution -- available on Cisco XR 12000 Series Routers

        --  Industry's first MPLS-enabled MGX 8880 media gateway
            solution for wireless, wireline and cable operators

    --  Enhancements to a number of products to support IP services
        including IMS-based applications:

        --  Cisco Call Session Control Platform (CSCP)

        --  Cisco PGW2200 Media Gateway Controller

        --  Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch

        --  Cisco Service Control Engine

Global Deployments

Cisco continues to drive service provider adoption of its IP NGN solutions globally. Recent deployments include the following:

--  China Telecom (China) -- will adopt the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier
        Routing System to integrate the supercore network nodes of
        ChinaNet, the largest Internet Protocol (IP) service network
        in China. With this seventh upgrade of its backbone network,
        China Telecom is continuing its transformation from a network
        carrier into an "integrated information service provider," the
        company's growth goal through technological advancement and
        service creation. For more information, see:
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_11-30.html

    --  Cable&Wireless (UK) -- awarded contract for Internet Protocol
        (IP) core element for its Next Generation Network (NGN) to
        Cisco. Cable & Wireless is deploying 15 Cisco CRS-1 Carrier
        Routing System routers throughout the UK network, each
        equipped with Cisco's new carrier grade internet operating
        system, Cisco IOS XR software. For more information, see:
        http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/prod_090105b.html

    --  Telstra (Australia) -- will deploy the Cisco carrier routing
        system (CRS-1) at the core of its next-generation network to
        support a full range of services to all sectors of the
        Australian marketplace, including supporting IP Core transit
        for Ethernet services for business customers and
        next-generation "triple-play" (data, voice, video) over
        broadband services. For more information, see:
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_11-15.html

    --  Hong Kong Broadband (Hong Kong) -- the first service provider
        in the world to achieve the Cisco Powered Network Metro
        Ethernet QoS Certified status. This certification indicates
        that HKBN has demonstrated, through a third-party assessment,
        that its Metro Ethernet service meets Cisco best practices and
        standards for delivering quality of service (QoS). The
        architecture of HKBN is based on the Cisco IP NGN. For more
        information, see:
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_10-26b.html

    --  SaskTel (Canada) -- driving expansion of advanced services,
        including its MAX IP TV offering, by furthering development of
        its Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN)
        featuring the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System routing
        platform and Cisco IOS XR software. For more information, see:
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/canada/news/2005/pr_11-29.html

    --  Euskaltel (Spain) -- the leading cable operator and broadband
        service provider in the Basque country in Spain is introducing
        usage-based billing to its broadband services portfolio to
        enhance choice and lower the entry level to broadband services
        for its customers. The new billing capabilities are made
        possible using the Service Exchange Framework of the Cisco IP
        NGN. For more information, see:
        http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2005/prod_100405.html

For more information about the products and solutions being announced today, please visit the Cisco web site at http://www.cisco.com/go/ipngn4.

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