Reliance Jio awards IP converged network deal to Cisco for capacity expansion

rahul1117kumar

Contributor
Joined
21 Jun 2013
Messages
10,365
Reaction score
11,057
Networking major Cisco has bagged an all-IP converged network contract from Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio to further expand its existing multi-terabit capacity.

Reliance Jio had earlier claimed that it is the only company in the world providing digital services over an end-to-end all-IP network at this scale. Cisco has already been providing IP equipment for Jio's data centres, security solutions, and packet network.

With the Cisco All-IP network, the telecom operator will help transform the delivery of citizen services from transportation, utilities and financial inclusion to entertainment, agriculture, education, and healthcare in the country.

Jio’s all-IP digital platform is built on Cisco’s Open Network Architecture and Cloud Scale Networking technologies featuring IP/MPLS, spanning areas including Data Center, Wi-Fi, Security and Contact Center solutions.

“We at Jio have been able to fundamentally impact how people leverage technology in their everyday lives by delivering inclusive and affordable broadband across India,” said Mathew Oommen, president, Reliance Jio.

“As part of our journey in fulfilling the aspirations of the nation to be a key transformational agent in Digital Adoption and Leadership, Cisco has been a great partner for in building this highly scalable cloud centric All-IP Digital Services Network Platform meeting unprecedented data growth,” he added.

The all-IP network is built for the ever-increasing volumes of data, and its promise to shape the future of India, with end-to-end digital solutions and broadband for all.

Reliance Jio has more than 185,000 miles of fiber, and built India’s largest cloud data center to build platforms for applications and vertical solutions. Since its launch, Jio has accelerated India’s monthly user data consumption 40 times, the highest in the world. With the advanced All-IP network, Jio offers a premium broadband service at U.S. $0.15/GB, making it the most affordable in the world.

With this network, Jio offers a unique combination of high-speed data, mobile video,
VoLTE , digital commerce, media, cloud, and payment services.

Reliance Jio is the first network of its kind globally with the fastest growth to 100 million broadband and VoLTE customers, reaching the milestone within six months of launch.

Cisco forecasts that mobile data traffic will grow 7-fold from 2016 to 2021[1]. Technology has become the biggest driver of economic development in India. Jio network has exceeded consumption of more than 1 exabyte of data per month, establishing its clear leadership as the dominant data network.

.Jio’s infrastructure and CDN extends beyond geographical boundaries of India into Singapore, France, London, New York, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. With this Jio has direct interconnect with global carriers and content providers enabling low-latency and high-quality experience for users in India.

“We share the vision with Reliance Jio for an open, programmable infrastructure to simplify, automate and virtualize core network functions in order to digitize faster . This network marks a milestone, transforming the mobility business in India by delivering a broad range of mobile apps and services from one common platform,” said Yvette Kanouff, senior vice president, general manager, Service Provider Business, Cisco.

Reliance Jio awards IP converged network deal to Cisco for capacity expansion, Telecom News, ET Telecom
 
Back
Top Bottom
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock