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To: HandsOn who wrote (9935)	1/27/1999 12:03:00 AM
From: Glenn	Respond to of 90042

Sprint to use Cisco products in high-speed service KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan 26 (Reuters) - Telecommunications firm Sprint Corp. <FON.N> said Tuesday it chose Cisco Systems Inc. <CSCO.O> as its primary supplier of a piece of technology for a new Sprint system designed to give users better high-speed communications services. In a statement, Sprint said Cisco will be the primary provider of technology for building out "last mile" broadband access for high-speed voice and data lines. The equipment is used to upgrade normal phone lines into ones that can handle far more data at a much faster speed, a Sprint spokesman said. Sprint said today's announcement builds on an existing agreement with Cisco to provide technology for Sprint's Integrated On-Demand Network, or ION, which will allow users to adjust the size of their telecommunications lines as needed to use faxes, phones and Internet connections. The ION system is still in development. Sprint said it plans to outfit 1,000 central offices with Cisco 6,100 series advanced Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers by early 2000, and will later expand to 1,600 central offices. Cisco 600 series DSL routers and PCI modems, combined with Cisco voice-enabled customer premises equipment (CPE) will be used to connect customers to Sprint ION high-speed data services. Shares of Sprint were up 1-1/16 at 83-1/2, while Cisco shares were up 2-9/16 at 106. REUTERS Rtr 21:32 01-26-99 Copyright