Numericable s`appuie sur le réseau IP de nouvelle

INFORMATION PRESSE
Cisco Systems France
3d Communication
Numericable
Véronique Jaffro
Alexis Noal
Mohamed Hadji
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Numericable s’appuie sur le réseau IP de nouvelle génération
de Cisco pour lancer la première offre triple-play à 100Mbps
au niveau national
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L’architecture IP de nouvelle génération de Cisco va permettre à l’opérateur de
mettre à disposition du très haut débit jusqu’à 100 Megabits par seconde à plus
de 9 millions de foyers d’ici fin 2007.
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L’offre de Numericable s’appuie sur la norme DOCSIS 3.0 et sur un ensemble
de technologies réseaux Cisco tels que les équipements de tête de ligne (CMTS)
uBR10012, les modulateurs numériques haute densité xDQA24 (QAMs) et les
modems haut débit EPC2505 de Scientific Atlanta, filiale de Cisco.
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Numericable First to Deliver Broadband Services across France
based on 100Mbps Standard with Cisco IP Next-Generation
Network
Cisco and Scientific Atlanta DOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel bonding solution helps
Numericable to offer advanced triple-play services to all regions in France
PARIS, November 30, 2006 –– Cisco® announced today that Numericable, the largest
cable operator in France, has started a nationwide upgrade of its network based on the Cisco
IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture to bring ultra-high-speed (up to 100+
megabits per second*) broadband services to more than 9 million households in France by the
end of 2007. The upgrade will allow Numericable to offer customers a set of converged
services, such as advanced video, voice and data services, over a single broadband
connection.
Philippe Besnier, chief executive officer of Numericable said: “Cisco is making it
possible for us to further increase broadband speeds to our customers by another order of
magnitude, with the potential for even higher rates in future. This gives us a significant
advantage in what is now the most competitive triple-play market in Europe.”
Numericable is deploying fiber to customer’s premises nationwide and is increasing
throughput of its existing network by using the Cisco Wideband solution, which applies
downstream channel-bonding technology (defined in the CableLabs® DOCSIS® 3.0
specification) to logically combine several radio frequency (RF) channels to achieve
theoretical broadband data rates in excess of hundreds of megabits per second. The solution
uses the industry-leading Cisco uBR10012 cable modem termination systems (CMTS), and
high-density xDQA24 edge quadrature amplitude modulators (QAMs) and EPC2505
Wideband cable modems from Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company.
Thierry Drilhon, vice president, Cisco France, said : “We are working with cable
operators throughout Europe to help them optimize their networks using DOCSIS 3.0
downstream channel-bonding technology. Today’s announcement with Numericable is
significant as it marks the start of a new phase with our systems delivering the benefits of this
technology to users on a major scale. Numericable customers throughout France can look
forward to being the first to experience the benefits of ultra wideband* services.”
* The maximum performance is derived from standards specifications. Actual performance will be less, based on
network capacity, data throughput rate, range, environmental and local conditions and coverage. Performance depends on
many factors, conditions and variables, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, operating
system used, interference and other adverse conditions.
About Numericable
Numericable is the leading cable broadband operator in France part of the YPSO Group
also present in the Belgium and Luxembourg Markets. Numericable offers video, digital and
analog, data and voice to 9.0 million homes in France. Numericable has been constituted
through the acquisition of Est Videocommunication, France Télécom Câble, TDF Cable, NC
Numéricable, UPC and Noos.
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