(Null)
Charter Communications Enhances Business and Residential Service Delivery with Cisco IP NGN Architecture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
St. Louis, MO and San Jose, CA, October 18, 2006 – Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHTR) today announced it is
expanding availability of its converged data, voice and Cable TV (“triple-play”) services with a network based on the
Cisco Systems® Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture.
“The growth of high-speed data, voice, Cable TV-on-demand and Gigabit Ethernet multimedia services make the IP delivery
network the most critical technology in Charter's delivery of rich content to our customers,” said Marwan Fawaz, Charter
Communications Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.
Charter's goal is to enhance the customer experience while consolidating and simplifying its communication infrastructure
to maximize efficiency and reduce costs, especially when enabling disparate infrastructure technologies to work together.
Charter deployed the Cisco® uBR10012 cable modem termination system (CMTS) to maintain the expansion of broadband speeds
and to support the company’s growth of next-generation Charter Telephone services. Charter also utilizes the Cisco ONS 15454
multiservice transport platform (MSTP) with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM).
“Charter Communications is at the forefront of providing advanced voice, Cable TV and data services for the home and businesses,”
said Surya Panditi, Cisco Vice President and General Manager, Access and Aggregation Business Unit. “Cisco continues to offer
compelling reasons to adopt our industry-leading CMTS and ROADM technologies.”
Charter Enhances Business & Residential Service Delivery via Cisco IP NGN/Page 2
Charter customers get enhanced user experiences when viewing and sharing television content, surfing the web, downloading music
and videos, and participating in online gaming.
Cisco ROADM technology, available on the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP, helps Charter and other cable operators add, drop or pass through
any combination of the available wavelengths remotely -- via software commands by remote control -- without bringing dense wavelength
division multiplexing (DWDM) experts on-site to manually configure or adjust node configurations. Cisco leads the ROADM market, with
more than 2,500 ROADM nodes installed in multiple customer networks worldwide.
About Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the
United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter Digital® Cable TV entertainment programming,
Charter High-Speed™ Internet access service, and Charter Telephone™ services. Charter Business™ similarly provides scalable, tailored and cost-effective
broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, Cable TV and music entertainment
services and business telephone. Charter'sadvertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about
Charter can be found at
www.charter.com.
About Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, celebrates 20 years of commitment to technology innovation,
industry leadership, and corporate social responsibility. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, go
to http://newsroom.cisco.com.
# # # Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates
in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Website are the property of their respective
owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information.
# # #
Trade Press Contact:
Kevin Petschow
Cisco Systems, Inc.
(408) 527-4743
kpetscho@cisco.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Liz Lemon
Cisco Systems, Inc.
(408) 527-8452
lemon@cisco.com
Industry Analyst Contact:
Carter Cromwell
Cisco Systems, Inc.
(408) 526-6914
ccromwel@cisco.com
Charter Communications, Inc.
Anita Lamont
(314) 543-2215
anita.lamont@chartercom.com