SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, the global data and Internet Protocol services provider based in Japan, will deploy the Cisco® ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router to scale its Next-Generation Internet Protocol Network infrastructure for leading capacity, nonstop video, power efficiency, robust IPv6 support and integrated video monitoring intelligence.
Facts:
NTT America's infrastructure assets depend on providing the highest levels of network performance and flexible service options to customers in markets such as financial services, content delivery, Internet service provision, and the entertainment and media industries, where demand for high-definition video is expanding the market for IP transit at unprecedented rates. After a search for a carrier-class router that could meet stringent cost and performance requirements as well as rigorous tests in a variety of applications, NTT America selected the Cisco ASR 9000 as the platform best suited to support its customers' market-growth opportunities.
As a platform for Carrier Ethernet networks, the Cisco ASR 9000 is designed to deliver a per-slot capacity of up to 400 gigabits per second and to scale up to 6.4 terabits per second along with rich-service capabilities including nonstop video, while maintaining a reduced carbon footprint.
Optimized for video delivery and mobile aggregation, the Cisco ASR 9000 has a full set of service activation and provisioning systems that accelerate time to market without increasing operational expenses.
NTT America also set a requirement for carrier-grade IPv6 capability, as its global IP network has been running both IPv4 and IPv6 worldwide since 2001. IPv6 presents a major opportunity to businesses that need to stay competitive on a global basis, allowing them to take advantage of new applications in every market from entertainment to disaster response, while helping to ensure business continuity as IPv4 addresses dwindle. The Cisco ASR 9000 supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks for service growth.
Global IP traffic is expected to increase fivefold from 2008 to 2013, approaching 56 exabytes per month in 2013, up from approximately 9 exabytes per month in 2008. IP traffic in Asia Pacific will lead this growth worldwide. It is forecast to reach 21 exabytes per month in 2013, accounting for more than one-third of the global traffic. (Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index IP traffic growth forecast 2008-2013.)
The NTT Communications Global IP Network has reached 300 gigabits per second (Gbps) of available capacity on the transpacific portion of the network, the highest available capacity of any global Tier 1 network, serving growing international customer bases and providing a cost-effective solution to meet the demand for bandwidth speed and capacity. By utilizing three cable systems -- PC-1, Tyco Global Network (TGN) and Japan-US (JP-US) -- NTT America provides a short, low-latency path for transpacific Internet traffic, allowing customers fast, reliable and cost-effective access to financial and international markets.
NTT America Inc.