SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) today bolstered its next-generation routing portfolio, adding new mid-range capabilities to its lineup with the introduction of the Cisco 7300 Series Internet Router and enhancements to the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router. These new products deliver high-performance application combinations and services for enterprise and service provider customers and offer multiprotocol routing that scales to OC-48 speeds. Part of Cisco AVVID, the Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data for enterprise customers, Cisco's mid-range optical routers are designed for the network edge where rich high-performance services are implemented to enable profitability and enhanced business agility. Cisco provides these capabilities with its newest advances, the Cisco 7300, and additions to the Cisco 7600 Series -- the Cisco 7603 and Cisco 7606. The Cisco 7300, Cisco 7603 and Cisco 7606 also create opportunities for service providers to offer high-value, differentiated services, and for enterprises to develop the advanced network infrastructure necessary to succeed in high-traffic enterprise environments. As part of the Cisco 7000 family of routers, these new mid-range routers reduce network complexity and cost of ownership by enabling consolidated delivery of multiple, simultaneous applications, such as voice over IP, virtual private networks (VPN), and Layer 7 content recognition and switching, on the same high-performance, extensible platform. "The Cisco 7300 and new additions to the Cisco 7600 further enhance Cisco's solutions in the mid range, where flexibility and breadth of services implementation within modular and multiprotocol platforms are required by enterprise and service provider customers," said Deb Mielke, Principal, Treillage Network Strategies, Inc. "With the size and modularity of Cisco's new mid-range routers, customers will be able to grow their networks incrementally allowing them to avoid large initial capital expenditures and to work within tight budget constraints." Cisco Systems Inc.