Israel: Cisco and Juniper vie for HOT contract.Byline: shahma05 Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) and Juniper Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) ) are going head to head in the Hot Cable Systems Media Ltd. (TASE TASE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange TASE The All Seeing Eye TASE Tactical Air Support Element TASE Thrust Assessment Support Environment TASE Telecontrol Application Service Elements (IEC communications protocol) : HOT) tender to set up the company's new Internet service. When the upgrade is complete, HOT will able to provide far more bandwidth than at present for both its business and household subscribers. Both Cisco and Juniper consider the HOT tender as a matter of reputation and an important means for consolidating their position in the Israeli telecommunications market. HOT has found that both companies' systems comply with its engineering specifications, and the outstanding issue is the price. This is expected to be settled within weeks. After HOT upgrades its Internet service, it is expected to consider upgrading the gateway that connects subscribers to the network (CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. ). HOT currently uses a Cisco gateway, but says that the tender is completely open. Copyright [c] : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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