Many people in the industry believe Cisco has made an art out of assimilating the companies it acquires. One key indicator of our acquisition success is our extremely high retention rate. Since the beginning of the year, we've announced a number of customers who are building voice-enabled networks, including IXNet, PowerNet Global, Mundi Telecom, Shaanxi Telecom, Stonehenge, Telekom Austria and Teltran International. Voice will become just another application, and someday it will be bundled for free. We believe optical networking will continue to be absorbed at a tornado pace.
Differentiated services are the engine driving service provider profitability.
Time to market with differentiated services, and the ability to scale these services quickly, are key factors in a service provider's ability to gain market share in a highly competitive environment. But introducing differentiated services across an ever-changing and increasingly complex network environment makes service rollout more difficult than ever. Then subscribe to the IAW E-Mail Alert. Openwave Be a part of the communications revolution. Ziff Davis Media.