Cisco lays foundation for next generation of Internet

By Lesley Hunter

SAN JOSE, CA – Cisco has unveiled a powerful new carrier routing system that triples the capacity of its predecessor, and sets the foundation for the next-generation of the Internet.The new Cisco CRS-3 was designed to accommodate the exploding growth of transmission, mobile devices and new on-line services, and can handle up to 322 Terabits per second. To put that in perspective, that kind of capacity makes it possible for every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; or, every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.“If we don’t provide...