PCCW Chooses Cisco

HONG KONG -- Cisco® today announced that PCCW Ltd, the leading telecommunications provider in Hong Kong, has selected a Cisco optical networking solution (ONS) to help strengthen its Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) services for its enterprise customers.

The deployment of the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) enables service providers to enhance their networking services to enterprise customers with faster deployment of new applications, minimized latency and jitter-rate, scalable bandwidth, end-to-end network management and improved data-integrity.

"Competition in Hong Kong's telecommunication market has always been keen. In particular, high-end enterprises demand the best private-line service to help them maintain their edge and grow their business," said Larry Wong, Director of Marketing and Products of PCCW. "We chose Cisco because it not only offers us a proven, highly reliable, flexible and cutting-edge platform on which to build our innovative optical networking services, but also enables us to give our customers an advantage in the marketplace."

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