Cisco in Pact with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company for Next-Generation Internet

Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT (News - Alert)), a telecom service provider in the Philippines, announced that it deployed Cisco (News - Alert) router technologies as a platform for its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN). The deployment is expected to address customer demand for high bandwidth and mobile networks that support video and collaboration by providing enhanced network capacity, high resiliency and robust IPV6 support. The deployment of Cisco CRS-3 and ASR 9000 Series routers by PLDT and its owned subsidiary, Smart Communications, a wireless services provider in the Philippines, will efficiently handle the multidirectional traffic of network and data center cloud interactions. “PLDT is now equipped for the growth of IP-connected devices used in consumer, business, mobile and machine-to-machine environments using the Cisco CRS-3 and ASR 9000 Series core routing systems,” said Napoleon Nazareno, president and CEO, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, in a statement. “From Internet Protocol television to telepresence, PLDT will be able to address the anticipated growth in Internet traffic brought about by the surge of Internet-based video services,” Nazareno added. The association with Cisco enables PLDT and Smart to keep up with the explosion in volume, devices, speed and bandwidth while satisfying user demand for enriched experiences like online content, multi-screen experience, navigation and Web 2.0. It simplifies operations with the ability to scale and deploy new services in order to increase profits, grow revenue and attract and retain customers. “We are entering the age of the next-generation Internet and are confident that PLDT and Smart will deliver an exciting, new array of video, mobile, data center and cloud services,” said Stephen Misa, country manager for Cisco in Philippines. “This collaboration will lay the foundation for one of the most intelligent and advanced broadband network, and we would like to congratulate PLDT and Smart for raising the bar of telecommunications service in the Philippines,” Misa added. Recently, KT Corp. (News - Alert), Korea's telecommunications service provider, and Cisco announced a global strategic collaboration to bridge the IT and communications markets. The collaboration combines KT's communications infrastructure and expertise with Cisco networking and communications innovations.