Cisco Builds 10-Gig Network in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Cisco Systems Chile announced that Telmex Chile has selected Cisco products as the basis for the first IP 10 Gigabit Ethernet network in Chile. This Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) metropolitan network will cover the Santiago metropolitan area and will incorporate the Cisco ONS 15454 multiservice optical platform, the Cisco 7600 Series routers, and the Catalyst 3750 and 3550 Ethernet switches. The new 10 gigabits per second(gpbs) metropolitan network has a total aggregate capacity of more than 300 gbps.

   Telmex Chile expects the new network to bring its clients quality of service, scalability, administered services, high speed and cost efficiency.

   "The initiative to build a new network grew out of the demand that was coming from all kinds of clients -- not only corporate clients, but also customers in special niches such as education and health, who needed to transport large volumes of information. That hasn't been possible until now," says Rodrigo Herrera, corporate manager of Telmex's business client section.

   The implementation of the Cisco 10 gbps network will broaden Telmex's "pipe" grid within the metropolitan area of Santiago and will be used to transmit large quantities of information along different routes.

   "The trend is for larger bandwidth requirements," said Herrera. "In the education sector, for example, an institution might have several separate campuses within a specific area, and a 100 megabit connection was too fragile for that. The new network makes applications like remote back-up more economical, higher in capacity and more secure. Bandwidth can be managed more easily and in more detail, by time, user and application. This will allow us to ensure performance of specific applications, like voice over IP and videoconferencing."

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