HONG KONG -- Cisco Systems® (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) today announced that Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) is expanding its coverage and capacity with a Cisco IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN), using Cisco ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer) technology together with HKBN's existing ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) optical core. Providing total network capacity approaching 2 Terabits per second, the Cisco ROADM technology will assist HKBN in achieving its goals of increasing the scope of its service offerings and expanding its network coverage to 80% of homes in Hong Kong.

IP NGN is a Cisco initiative to enable service providers to migrate to an IP-centric network. This will increase their ability to deliver innovative new services, improve their operational and capital expenditure efficiencies, and advance the network and service control that they and their customers need for long-term business success.

The first service provider to deploy Cisco's ROADM solution in Asia Pacific, HKBN was seeking a flexible and highly scalable DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) solution to help reduce maintenance and support costs. Cisco ROADM gives HKBN a versatile and easy-to-maintain infrastructure, enabling the carrier to improve the quality of services delivered to customers in Hong Kong, and accelerate the deployment of new services.

"Unlike the standalone offerings from other companies, the Cisco solution gives us a completely integrated optical network that delivers ongoing CapEx and OpEx savings," said Ricky Wong, Chairman of HKBN. "The deployment of the Cisco solution further underpins our guarantee of 80% throughput for the 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps high-speed broadband service. It is also in line with our commitment to extending coverage to 80% of homes in Hong Kong and providing the region's fastest and the most innovative IP-based services."

Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd. (HKBN)

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