TV Cabo Boosts Broadband Services with Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

July 17, 2006 – Cisco Systems has announced that Portugal’s TV Cabo, a pay-TV operator, has chosen the Cisco uBR10012 Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) as part of its Internet Protocol Next-Generation (IP NGN) platform.

The Cisco CMTS are being deployed by Cabo TV to upgrade its national network, offering unltra high-speed broadband, voice over IP (VoIP) and high-definition video. With this network upgrade, TV Cabo is commencing trials of the Cisco Wideband solution, based on Cisco’s collection of CMTS and other components offered by Scientific Atlanta® and Linksys®.

The Cisco Wideband solution, based on a pre-standard version of the EuroCableLabs' Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.0 standard, allows TV Cabo to optimize its network and offer increased throughput for customers, with data rates in the hundreds of megabits and potentially gigabits per second. This is achieved through channel bonding performed on the industry-leading Cisco uBR10012 CMTS and cable modems from Scientific Atlanta and Linksys.

Since launching the first broadband Internet access services in Portugal in 1999, TV Cabo has over 350,000 broadband subscribers and plans to introduce broadband telephone services based on voice over IP later this year.

Zeinal Bava, chief executive officer of TV Cabo, has said: "We believe the future of cable is a bright and exciting one. With the new wideband technology, we have the opportunity to show our customers new possibilities of almost limitless bandwidth accessible from their homes."

"Cisco has worked closely with TV Cabo to help them migrate their network to an Internet Protocol Next Generation Network designed to deliver converged services," said Carlos Brazão, general manager of Cisco Systems Portugal. "We started with a Cisco IP backbone for real-time television distribution, and implemented the Cisco CMTS platform for broadband. Today, we have achieved another milestone with the upgrade to the uBR10K platform and successful trials of Cisco Wideband technology capable of delivering the highest-quality converged entertainment and communication services to TV Cabo's customers."