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Friday, January 11, 2008

Cisco testing content delivery platform supporting wired, wireless devices

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THIS WEEK'S TOP PICK: Cisco testing content delivery platform supporting wired, wireless devices

Unstrung - the news Web site that was the first to publish speculation that Cisco was eyeing up WiMAX base station vendor  Navini for purchase - is now reporting that Cisco is working with one North American and one international Tier-1 operator to test a "network delivery system that can push applications and content over 'any network' to 'any device' - wired or wireless." Details are sparse as to what the technology involves and who the partners are, but Unstrung reports that the system is "intended to deliver content across cable/DSL, 2G and 3G cellular, and WiMAX networks." Read more.

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