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Cisco to Supply China Telecom with Routers

Jessie Seyfer writes in The Mercury News:

Cisco Systems announced Wednesday that it is making further inroads into China, becoming the primary equipment supplier to the country's largest phone and Internet provider, China Telecom.

Although the value of the deal was not released, analysts say it is a big win for Cisco, as it raises the company's status as a global leader in sales of routers -- equipment that organizes and sends Internet data where it needs to go. Cisco also gains an advantage over Chinese rival Huawei Technologies, which has been gaining ground in Asia in sales of telecommunications equipment, analysts said.

China Telecom chose Cisco to supply equipment for its ChinaNet backbone network -- essentially some of the country's largest core Internet ``pipes,'' which handle 80 percent of China's Internet traffic. Cisco will also supply China Telecom's CN2 network, a parallel Internet used by businesses.

posted by Fergie @ 7/06/2006 09:09:00 AM