Cisco Systems announced that Yahoo! BB, one of Japan's largest broadband service providers, has deployed the high-capacity 40Gbps (OC-768c/STM-256c), interface card on its Cisco Carrier Routing System (Cisco CRS-1). The provider plans to deploy the high-capacity interface nationwide in the future.

Yahoo! BB, one of Japan's largest broadband service providers, is driving rapid growth of its advanced IP video services, including video-on-demand (VoD), with the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture. Yahoo! BB currently serves more than 5 million ADSL subscribers and provides advanced video services throughout 23 districts in Tokyo, Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka. The Cisco IP NGN architecture gives Yahoo! BB the flexibility, scalability, security and stability it needs to maintain and even increase its rapid growth.

"Yahoo! BB is among the world's most progressive, customer-focused providers, and we are pleased to continue working closely with it to develop and deploy the technologies that enable advanced IPTV services," said Tony Bates, senior vice president of routing and service provider technology at Cisco.

"The implementation of the 40Gbps interface card in CRS-1 has greatly improved the efficiency and extensibility of transmission facility resources in the Yahoo! BB network," said Mr. Keiichi Makizono, general manager of the technology division for SOFTBANK BB. "As a result, capacity of the network has quadrupled, supporting an increasing number of broadband users."