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Cisco and Andorra Telecom Explore the Opportunities Associated With the Smart Connected Communities Initiative
MADRID, SPAIN, Feb 28, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
with Andorra Telecom to jointly study potential opportunities in
relation to the Cisco(R) Smart+Connected Communities(TM) (S+CC)
strategy. The aim of this strategy is to transform the physical
spaces of cities into intelligent communities connected with one
another, thus helping ensure their economic, social and environmental
sustainability.
The MOU's primary aim is to study and outline potential services
based on IP networks capable of improving urban management and the
quality of life of citizens of Andorra, as well as boosting its
economic development.
The first joint activities of Cisco and Andorra Telecom will be aimed
at sharing knowledge, experience and best practices associated with
Cisco's S+CC-enabled services. This will involve holding debates,
roundtables and seminars.
This collaboration also aims to investigate new business
opportunities and share experience on pilot projects already carried
out in the segment of intelligent cities. Cisco and Andorra Telecom
will create a joint steering committee to monitor their progress with
the objectives of the MOU.
Statements in support
-- Jaume Salvat, Andorra Telecom general manager
"Andorra Telecom offers
top-quality innovative services in order to provide citizens,
tourists, businesses and public organisations in the principality with
value. By exploring with Cisco the possibilities that Smart+Connected
Communities solutions based on IP networks can deliver, it will be
possible to define and create new services capable of optimising the
management of our communities, improving social inclusion and
promoting the creation of new economic activities, obtaining important
competitive advantages for Andorra."
-- Jose Manuel Petisco, Cisco Espana general manager
"Overpopulation, efficient use of energy, budget optimization and
promoting economic growth are some of the challenges facing the urban
centres as well as the councils which manage them. The Cisco
Smart+Connected Communities platform relies on network intelligence to
help to solve these problems and convert the way in which the
communities are designed, constructed, managed and renovated, thus
guaranteeing economic, social and environmental sustainability. S+CC
services help create a more sustainable environment with better
opportunities for citizens, companies and public organisations to
progress."
Additional resources
-- Information about the Cisco Smart+Connected Communities strategy.
-- Video about Songdo, South Korea, and the cities of the future.
-- In this video Anil Menon, chairman of Globalization and
Smart+Connected Communities at Cisco, explains the scope of the new
City Protocol standard for intelligent cities.
-- Follow Cisco Smart+Connected on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CiscoSCC.
About Andorra Telecom
Andorra Telecom manages the integrated
communications and training services associated with
telecommunications within the Principality of Andorra consisting of
telephone, television and internet. Under its brand name SOM the
company offers a whole raft of products which create added value for
both individual customers and companies and organisations in the
country.
About Cisco
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that
helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that
amazing things can happen when you connect the previously
unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to
http://thenetwork.cisco.com.
If you would like to access press clips about Cisco in Spanish, visit
http://www.cisco.es/prensa.
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Director of Communications
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