Genevans pick Cisco for broadband

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, June 20, 2003

Cisco announced that Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG) has selected Metro Ethernet switching technology from Cisco to support an innovative next-generation broadband project in the Charmilles district of Geneva. Charmillesd residents will now have access to broadband at 10 Mbit/s - or roughly 20 times the speed of standard DSL - right into their apartments.

The project will open up 10 Mbit/s connectivity to 53 apartment blocks, 1,000 flats and 40 shopping arcades up to the end of 2003, with the aim of fostering greater interactivity between citizens in the district. As the main utility player in Geneva, SIG is using a key asset - its underground energy distribution network - to help extend fiber cost-effectively to the district.