PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2005 ID-43836
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A~ss THE HINDU, Wednesday, November 3, 2004 15 .
VSNL ties up with Cisco for broadband .
By OurStaffCorrespondent .
l .
MUMBAI, NOV. 2. Videsh Sanchar .
Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) has tied up .
with Cisco Systems to announce .
.
I the deployment oflndia's largest .
broadband ~1etro Ethernetsolu-.
tion for Tata Indicom Broad-.
band Services. .
.
The solution is the largest .
broadband Metro Ethernet de-.
ployment in India and will pro-.
vide Tata Indicom's enterprise .
and residential customers with .
high quality broadband services .
of 10/100 mbps connectivity. .
The first phase is worth Rs. 500 .
crores and will offer broadband .
services across eight cities. .
.
Cisco will develop the network .
in six metros and two cities (Pune .
and Ahmedabad) in phases. Cis-.
co's technology enables delivery .
ofbundled services such as voice .
over Internet Protocol, Broad-cast 1V. video-on-demand for.
.
.
residential customers and .
IPVPN, video conferencing ser-.
vices for enterprise customers. .
.
The deployment of Cisco's .
tecpnology is in line with VSNL's .
endeavour to provide 'triple .
play' (Voice-Data-Video) Tata .
.
The President of Cisco Systems India, Rangu Salgame (left), and the Head-Broadband .
lndicom Broadband Services, .
Business, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Shashi Kalathil, at a press conference.
said Shashi Kalathil, Head-.
In Mumbal on Tuesday. -Photo: Paul Noronha.
Broadband Business, VSNL. The current deployment has 7300 Series Routers and Ci"cu ~aid, "'I his end-to-~nd protoCt.ll services to address tht'ir corpo-the capability to connect over a Catalyst 3750 and 2950 Series solution delhers significant op-ratL' and residential cu-.tmncrs .
mUlion customers. The Cisco Switchers. erational and capital cost -.av-demands with compn."'hl'nshcMetro Ethernetsolution is based Rangu Salgame, Presidenr, ings to VSNL and enables tht>nl securitv. "calabiht~ and qualit) on the Cisco 12000, 7600 and Cisco Systems India and S./\A.HC, to offer world -class value-added of M'l \ icl'". .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2005 ID-43836
.
A~ss THE HINDU, Wednesday, November 3, 2004 15 .
VSNL ties up with Cisco for broadband .
By OurStaffCorrespondent .
l .
MUMBAI, NOV. 2. Videsh Sanchar .
Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) has tied up .
with Cisco Systems to announce .
.
I the deployment oflndia's largest .
broadband ~1etro Ethernetsolu-.
tion for Tata Indicom Broad-.
band Services. .
.
The solution is the largest .
broadband Metro Ethernet de-.
ployment in India and will pro-.
vide Tata Indicom's enterprise .
and residential customers with .
high quality broadband services .
of 10/100 mbps connectivity. .
The first phase is worth Rs. 500 .
crores and will offer broadband .
services across eight cities. .
.
Cisco will develop the network .
in six metros and two cities (Pune .
and Ahmedabad) in phases. Cis-.
co's technology enables delivery .
ofbundled services such as voice .
over Internet Protocol, Broad-cast 1V. video-on-demand for.
.
.
residential customers and .
IPVPN, video conferencing ser-.
vices for enterprise customers. .
.
The deployment of Cisco's .
tecpnology is in line with VSNL's .
endeavour to provide 'triple .
play' (Voice-Data-Video) Tata .
.
The President of Cisco Systems India, Rangu Salgame (left), and the Head-Broadband .
lndicom Broadband Services, .
Business, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Shashi Kalathil, at a press conference.
said Shashi Kalathil, Head-.
In Mumbal on Tuesday. -Photo: Paul Noronha.
Broadband Business, VSNL. The current deployment has 7300 Series Routers and Ci"cu ~aid, "'I his end-to-~nd protoCt.ll services to address tht'ir corpo-the capability to connect over a Catalyst 3750 and 2950 Series solution delhers significant op-ratL' and residential cu-.tmncrs .
mUlion customers. The Cisco Switchers. erational and capital cost -.av-demands with compn."'hl'nshcMetro Ethernetsolution is based Rangu Salgame, Presidenr, ings to VSNL and enables tht>nl securitv. "calabiht~ and qualit) on the Cisco 12000, 7600 and Cisco Systems India and S./\A.HC, to offer world -class value-added of M'l \ icl'". .
.
.