[comm] Cisco for phone networks

[Ruth Milner]

NewsBite from SANS' new Cisco News Update. (Gene, do you know about
this newsletter?)

Ruth.
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  --Cisco in breakthrough deal with BellSouth
(4 June 03)
The major US regional phone company chose Cisco for optical networking
gear.  One BellSouth official stated, "We pounded it pretty hard.",
regarding testing that occurred for nearly two years prior to a contract
being signed.  The contract brings to closure the question of whether
Cisco's equipment is reliable enough for the public telephone network's
core.  The carrier market's telecommunications spending, which is worth
over $27 billion, means a huge growth potential for Cisco.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ft/030604/1054416322263_2.html