Verizon announced that it will upgrade its IP network
infrastructure in selected U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago,
Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle, to meet the growing traffic demand
created by video, mobile and cloud services.
Verizon will extend its 100G capabilities by deploying
Cisco’s CRS-3 Carrier Routing System platform to terminate high-speed
connections closer to the edge.
“Upgrading the network using Cisco’s CRS-3 platform
provides better scale and expanded capabilities that support traffic growth
areas such as broadband access and content delivery,” said Ihab Tarazi,
vice president of global IP and transport planning and technology for Verizon.
This advanced platform, which will be deployed in the
first half of 2012, will enable the network to seamlessly accommodate growth
where traffic demand is the greatest.
Verizon will deploy the CRS-3 platform to provide 100G
edge access to the IP network and upgrade its FiOS core network.
“Cisco’s CRS and ASR technologies were designed for
trail-blazing service providers, such as Verizon, that are looking to create
and deploy the next generation of great services and applications. These
routing platforms will seamlessly accommodate the extraordinary future growth
of video traffic, mobile devices and new online services,” said Surya Panditi,
senior vice president and general manager, core technology group for Cisco.
The CRS platform also plays a key role in Verizon’s
network evolution strategy to IPv6, the new Internet addressing system, by
providing the flexibility to support the anticipated wave of IPv6 services
while continuing to expand and sustain IPv4 services.
Recently,
Verizon announced
that it is adding Mobile Satellite Solutions to its Private IP service suite,
combining a highly reliable connection with portable satellite technology to
provide services where traditional terrestrial services are unavailable,
unreliable or expensive.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
