Cisco Unveils New Router, Said To Have Triple The Capacity

San Francisco, CA, United States (AHN) – Cisco Systems unveiled its new CRS-3 Carrier Routing System that claims capacity of 322 Terabits per second, tripling the tech firms current router.

The network and router equipment maker is promoting the new router to wireless phone carriers, among its other clients, since the demand for streaming video and downloads through devices, such as the iPhone continues to expand.

According to Cisco, the CRS-3 would enable a network to download the entire Library of Congress in just over one second. As for video, the company claims the router can handle a network that has every man and women in China make a video conference call at the same time.

“The next generation Internet is upon us and we are confident that the Cisco CRS-3 will play a crucial role as service providers like AT&T deliver an exciting, new array of video, mobile, data center and cloud services,” said Pankaj Patel, senior vice president of Service Provider Business.

AT&T, whose network traffic increased 40 percent the past year, worked with Cisco on testing the new router.

“The Cisco CRS-3 is well positioned to carry on the tradition of the Cisco CRS-1, become the flagship router of the future and serves as the foundation for the world’s most intelligent and advanced broadband networks,” added Patel.

The CRS-3 also boasts an economical price tag, starting off at $90,000, whereas such routing systems can be priced upward of $1 million.

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