p2pnet - rss feed: Cisco $12M Tokyo research center
p2pnet.net News:- Cisco Systems says it’s planning a research and development center in Japan where service provider networks carry loads five times higher than in the US, and broadband access is growing at more than 500% a year
The Tokyo facility will open in February, 2005, representing an initial $12 million investment over the next five years to study Internet Protocol-based networking technologies, including routers and Cisco IOS and IOS XR software, says the company.
Focus will be on advanced Net technologies such as IPv6, multicast, and wireless, in addition to improving existing security and quality-of-service (QoS) technologies, it says in a statement, going on:
“The Tokyo R&D center will initially employ 10 engineers and will allow Cisco to take advantage of unique Japanese market conditions for the creation of new routing and software products.”
With Japanese enjoying broadband at rates costing about a thirtieth of what they are in the US, service providers continue to roll out new consumer and business applications and services, such as nation-wide voice-over-IP and rich media gaming and entertainment services, Cisco points out.
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Tokyo facility - Cisco Invests US $12 Million in Japanese R&D Center, Cisco, December 16, 2004
