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Deliver Cost-Effective Triple Play Services

Deliver Fiber to the Home (FTTH), broadband aggregation, and Metro Ethernet services with Cisco Catalyst 4500 ME Series Switches. These switches combine the integrated resiliency and advanced quality of service (QoS), security, and performance that you need to deploy triple play services.

Introducing Cisco ME 4500 Switches

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The ME 4500 is a high-performance, cost-effective platform for consumer and business services with enhanced quality of service (QoS). (5:12 min)

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The Cisco Catalyst ME 4500 Series is a high-performance, cost-effective platform for consumer and business services. It offers you:

Investment protection: An evolutionary centralized architecture allows for the easy upgrade of all system ports to higher-level functions with simple supervisor upgrades.
High availability: Hardware and software resiliency is designed into the architecture to help maximize network uptime.
Comprehensive security: Advanced security capabilities mitigate information theft and limit damage from worms and viruses.
Scalability: This high-density solution offers up to 320Gbps and 250Mpps nonblocking performance independent of the number of security policies or Layer 3 services enabled.

Case Studies

Free Telecom
This French service provider offers triple play services over a next-generation FTTH network using Cisco Catalyst 4500 Switches.

UNET
UNET deploys Cisco Catalyst 4500 to offer FTTH services in the Netherlands city of Almera.

TRE-FOR
This Danish utilities company uses Cisco Catalyst 4500 switches to deliver Ethernet services to residential customers.

Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited
The leading fixed-telecommunications network service provider in Hong Kong uses Cisco Catalyst 4500 Switches to deliver triple play services over Ethernet.

Solutions

Advancing Global Leadership in Carrier Ethernet
IP NGNs with ServiceFlex design deliver both consumer and business services over a fully converged Carrier Ethernet infrastructure.

Grow Revenue with Carrier Ethernet Solutions
Ethernet-based services can differentiate your service provider business, increase revenue potential, and reduce costs.

Metro Ethernet for Wireline Carriers
Ethernet technology can help you increase revenue and reduce total cost of network ownership.

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Cisco ME 4500 Series Ethernet Switches

Introduction