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NTELOS Deploys Cisco CRS-1 to Support Converged Business and Residential Services Including Layer 2 and 3 VPNs and IPTV
Leading Eastern Regional Provider Expands Network and Service Portfolio With Cisco IP NGN
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - NXTComm 2007 -- Cisco® (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today
announced that NTELOS, an integrated communications provider with
headquarters in Waynesboro, Va., is deploying the Cisco Carrier Routing
System (CRS-1), the core component of the Cisco IP Next Generation Network
(IP NGN) architecture, to facilitate growth of both residential and
business services.
NTELOS provides products and services to customers in Virginia, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and North Carolina. The company
currently delivers an extensive portfolio of advanced residential and
business services, including Layer 2 and 3 virtual private network (VPN)
services, Ethernet over MPLS, voice over IP (VoIP) in addition to wireless
phone service, broadband (high-speed Internet access) and local- and
long-distance telephone services. The company has plans to launch an IPTV
service in the near future.
"NTELOS is known for bringing new technology to our region swiftly, and IP
is central to our service delivery," said Frank Berry, vice president of
wireline engineering and operations at NTELOS. "With our wide range of
wireline services and our growing customer base, we need a core router that
will support not only what we have, but what we will have, in terms of
traffic types and volume growth, well into the future. The CRS-1 and IOS XR
will help us ensure that we meet our customers' wide range of needs now and
well into the future."
The NTELOS network is based on the Cisco IP NGN architecture, and includes
Cisco 12000, 10000 and 7600 Series Routers, 3750 Metro Ethernet switches
and Cisco 2400 Series Integrated Access Devices (IADs).
The Cisco CRS-1 is the industry's only carrier routing system offering
continuous system operation, unprecedented service flexibility, and system
longevity. Powered by Cisco IOS XR Software, it is designed for always-on
operation while scaling system capacity up to 92 Tbps. The CRS-1 marks a
new era in carrier IP communications by powering the foundation for IP NGNs
today while protecting investments for decades to come. The CRS-1 offers
secure domain routers (SDRs) that can be dynamically and securely
configured to dedicate router hardware and software resources to individual
companies or specific service applications. This advancement enables
service providers to converge applications onto common infrastructure,
leveraging the capacity of the CRS-1 for applications like IPTV while
keeping residential and business services isolated for security purposes.
"NTELOS is a standout among regional providers, having collapsed many of
its service-specific networks onto IP and offering a broad range of
residential and business services," said Kelly Ahuja, vice president and
general manager of the core routing business unit at Cisco. "It is exactly
the type of provider that we designed the CRS-1 for, and we are eager to
continue working with NTELOS to support its service and subscriber growth."
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