Cisco edge router deployed on Telstra network.INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Network equipment specialist Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) said today that Australian telecoms operator Telstra is deploying the Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series (ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. ) as its carrier Ethernet platform to support a range of bandwidth-intensive content based services such as video. The company said that Telstra selected the solution because Cisco was able to supply a strong foundation to meet Telstra's future bandwidth requirements. The deployment complements the carrier's existing deployment of the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System (CRS CRS Course CRS Certified Residential Specialist (real estate certification) CRS Central Reservation System CRS Can't Remember Stuff (polite form) CRS Cost Reduction Strategy CRS Consumer Relations Specialist ) router in the core of its network, enabling Telstra to take advantage of operational consistency and reliability in its production network. The Cisco ASR 9000, launched in November 2008, is designed to deliver massive scale, with industry leading 400G per slot capacity and scale up to 6.4 terabits per second, as well as rich service capabilities including non-stop video experience with a reduced carbon footprint. No financial details of the deployment were disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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