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To: JLS who wrote (29082)	7/7/2000 10:55:07 AM
From: Kaliico	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

CSCO and VOIP, on to something interesting here, any thoughts from the thread? One of my contacts in silicon valley has mentioned to me that CSCO is buying TONS! electronic parts from his firm as part of production of an internet phone called Celestica, what? CSCO getting into the internet appliance biz? let alone a consumer device? any thoughts? Kaliico A little blurb, but talks about backend strategy : Company Press Release : Wide Range of High-Quality Product Lines Earns Cisco Systems the 1999 Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Product Line Strategy Award Monday March 27, 9:44 am Eastern Time SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000--Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO - news), the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet, was awarded the 1999 Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Product Line Strategy Award. Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology, part of Cisco's diverse product line, is spurring a recent growth trend in the once-idle private branch exchange (PBX) markets. VoIP products enable customers to migrate voice over data networks. Cisco is helping Internet service providers (ISPs) enter the voice market by enabling users to make long distance phone calls or fax transmissions over local telephone lines at a lower cost. ISPs can slightly upgrade their existing IP networks and use a Cisco access server as the VoIP gateway. This new technology allows ISPs to provide additional services, which will increase revenues and expand customer bases. Furthermore, it allows ISP subscribers to make calls over the low-cost IP networks using any telephone. Cisco also provides its customers with voice over frame relay and voice over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) products, which compliment VoIP products. Cisco's customers who are already present in frame relay or ATM environment will find it easier to place voice over their data networks. Despite a broad customer base, Cisco offers cost-effective solutions benefiting any size customer, from small businesses to large carrier communities. ``This product line is designed to support gradual investment and migration by customers, allowing Cisco customers to migrate its voice applications to the data network without continuously reinvesting in all new equipment,' says Suresh Joseph, a Frost & Sullivan industry analyst. ``We are pleased that Frost & Sullivan has recognized Cisco's contributions to the packet-telephony revolution,' says Ian Pennell, director of Cisco's Managed Services Access Business Unit. ``Cisco's 2600, 3600, and MC 3810 modular multiservice access platform solutions are enabling enterprise customers and service providers worldwide to easily and cost-effectively upgrade to integrated voice/data networking, while preserving their investment in Cisco WAN products.' About Cisco Systems [snip to end] biz.yahoo.com