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September 22, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Orbit Canada (orbitca.com) and Cisco Systems Canada
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(cisco.com/ca) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate Orbit’s pursuit of innovative voice and data solutions based on Cisco technology and Orbit’s proprietary software and equipment configurations.
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Orbit’s planned strategic relationship with Cisco would better enable them
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to develop new and innovative service offerings, reduce operational
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expenses, and most importantly, extend their Canada-wide Voice over IP
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network into the U.S. market.
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“Cisco Systems is a recognized leader in VoIP technology. Our relationship
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with Cisco will help us successfully expand our VoIP network and develop
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higher margin, value-added voice, data and video services that will ensure
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our future growth and maximize customer satisfaction,” said Douglas C.
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Lloyd, president and chief executive officer at Orbit. “It also enables us
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to meet our stated timing and objectives for the initial phase of our US
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market entry into seven major metropolitan areas.”
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Orbit is one of Canada’s leading IP service providers, offering broad-scale
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IP telephony service to business and residential users. Through the
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anticipated strategic relationship with Cisco, which is envisioned in the
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non-binding MOU, Orbit plans to add to its service offerings by developing
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enhanced, next generation IP services such video-conferencing, virtual
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private networks, and Multi-Protocol Label Switching VPNs.
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“Orbit Canada has chosen Cisco’s Open Packet Telephony technology to quickly
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and efficiently extend and enhance its IP multi-service network,” said
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Pierre-Paul Allard, managing director, Cisco Systems Canada Co. “We believe
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the combination of Orbit Canada’s VoIP strategy with Cisco’s leading-edge
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networking technologies and service offerings will be a winning solution in
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the highly demanding North American marketplace.”
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Cisco’s open, end-to-end solutions provide the capability to deliver a
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variety of innovative services over a single packet network. Additionally,
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Cisco’s service provider technology and solutions enable customers to deploy
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services that drive top-line revenue and maximize capital and operational
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efficiencies.
