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Cisco Systems today announced that the Chilean telecoms and cable provider VTR had deployed the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, the core component of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, to facilitate the growth of VTR's triple-play (data, voice and video) services over residential broadband connections.

VTR is the first telecoms services provider in Latin America to deploy the Cisco CRS-1. The deployment is a part of an extensive network upgrade recently conducted at VTR by Cisco Systems and its partner Magenta. VTR was the first company to offer triple-play services in Chile.

This strategy moves the local market, mobilising other service providers to invest in their IP infrastructure. VTR is the leading Chilean provider of cable TV and broadband Internet, and is the country's second-largest provider of residential telephone service. VTR has more than 2.2 million residential subscribers, with 1.2 million digital cable TV subscribers, 300,000 Internet subscribers and 400,000 IP telephony subscribers.