October 12, 2006 08:00:00 AM ETThe City of Amsterdam Starts Building Fibre Network Using Cisco Ethernet Fibre to the Home Technology to Deliver Telephony, TV and Internet.
All Business Wire NewsToday marks the beginning of the building of a city-wide glass fibre network in the City of Amsterdam. The objective of Glasvezelnet Amsterdam is to create an open and future-secure communication infrastructure through an innovative private and public collaboration. The rollout of the network starts in the Zeeburg district of Amsterdam, followed by Oost/Watergraafsmeer and Osdorp.
The network is designed to provide a new and advanced communication infrastructure for the inhabitants of Amsterdam, giving them a wider choice of new service packages including telephony, TV and internet access at competitive prices. In addition to the usual network services, such as download services and the ability for consumers to easily share their own multimedia material with family and friends, the intention is to provide additional applications with added social value via the glass fibre network, such as tele-care or tele-learning. At present, the set-up of the Amsterdam glass fibre network is already attracting much international attention.
The activation and utilization of the network is managed by Cisco CSCO partner BBNed, a supplier of broadband services to service providers. The target is to connect 450,000 citizens, institutes and companies to the new glass fibre network before 2010.
Michiel Panders, Commercial Director Service Providers at Cisco: "Working in cooperation with our partner BBNed, Cisco's Intelligent Information Network will form the foundation of the glass fibre network of Amsterdam. Ethernet Fibre to the Home (E-FTTH) is a fantastic broadband technology that offers many possibilities. Because of the collaboration between various parties, we are able to contribute to supplying new, innovative services to citizens and companies in Amsterdam."
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