Cisco Supplies Australia's Largest In-Building IP Telephony System for Asian Pacific Building Corporation.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2002

More Than 3,000 IP Telephony Users At APBC to Benefit From Increased

Network Management Efficiencies, Flexibility and Scalability

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced that it has supplied networking equipment to provide an Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony solution to the Asian Pacific Building Corporation (APBC). The IP Communications system will provide services for more than 3,000 building staff and tenants in the APBC office complex at No.1 Queens Road, Melbourne.

APBC is one of Australia's leading commercial office development companies, providing leasing and a range of value-add services to tenants across five sites in Melbourne.

At No.1 Queens Rd, APBC selected Cisco's IP Communications System, based on Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID), to consolidate the APBC building's entire communications infrastructure onto one, IP-based network.

The Cisco solution will create increased network management efficiencies, flexibility and scalability through the deployment of IP-based networking. It will also remove the need for inefficient, traditional PABX technology and will allow APBC to offer its tenants and staff access to building services through the LCD display interface of the Cisco 7940 IP phone.

General Manager, Asian Pacific Telecommunications, David Sheridan said, "With Cisco's IP Communications system, we have turned the No.1 Queens Road site into a telephony hub center based on IP. With the Cisco solution, we can offer our staff and tenants a range of value added, XML-based services on the Cisco IP phones."

Cisco Managing Director Terry Walsh said, "APBC understands the business benefits IP-based communications creates. IP Telephony has become mainstream in the enterprise market across most Australian industries."

Cisco shipped its one millionth IP phone in August 2002 and in a recent IDC study, more than 75 percent of companies in Australia and New Zealand reported their IP Telephony installations met expectations in terms of voice, quality, reliability, scalability, functionality and feature robustness.

Networking equipment in the Cisco solution for APBC is based on Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches, Cisco 4000 Series switches, Cisco Voice Gateways and Cisco 7940 IP Phones.

About Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at www.cisco.com. Asia Pacific news and information are available at www.cisco.com/asiapac/news.