Telenor Connexion Expands Machine-to-Machine Services Using Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO | PowerRating) today announced that it is working with Telenor Connexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor Group and the sixth-largest mobile operator in the world, to help deliver intelligent managed machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions. M2M communications travel between mobile devices and other electronic devices such as personal digital assistants, printers and hands-free vehicle systems.

Facts:

--  ABI Research forecasts that the mobile M2M connectivity market will grow

from 58 million connections globally in 2008 to approximately 225 million in

2014, a compound annual growth rate of about 25 percent.



--  In response to an explosion of M2M devices, Telenor Connexion has chosen

Cisco mobile Internet technologies to upgrade its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) in order

to increase network capacity, redundancy, flexibility, and policy control for

its rapidly expanding M2M services.



--  Telenor Connexion offers its M2M connectivity solutions to industries as

diverse as automotive, security, utilities, healthcare and fleet management.

These solutions are designed to increase productivity, manage costs, expand

customer services and protect the environment.  M2M services provide the

foundation for the emerging "Internet of things" that requires unprecedented

scale, performance and security.



--  The Cisco IP NGN architecture helps enable mobile network operators like

Telenor Connexion implement cost-effective IP NGN architectures for enhanced

voice, data and M2M applications.

Supporting Quotes:

--  Per Simonsen, CEO, Telenor Connexion

"It's all about our customers.  By deploying Cisco mobile Internet technologies,

we can offer reliability in our mobile data network, while being cost-efficient

and increasing our ability to expand efficiently -- the goal being to secure

the most reliable mobile data networks for Telenor Connexion customers.  The

machine-to-machine market is growing rapidly.  Within Europe alone there are

several billion devices that could potentially be connected, and that number

is expanding as new applications, like smart grids and remote healthcare, are

developed and implemented."



--  David Goeckeler, senior director and general manager, services and

mobility business unit, Cisco

"The machine-to-machine market presents mobile operators with some unique

challenges because billions of devices can be connected to the mobile network,

often with specific requirements such as wide coverage and geographical

redundancy, support for IPv6 and more. We are excited to work with an innovative

service provider like Telenor Connexion to offer solutions that will provide

operating efficiencies, scalability and unique security and policy control

capabilities to enable its advanced machine-to-machine applications."

Supporting Resources:

--  Telenor Connexion

--  Cisco

--  Cisco Service Provider

Solutions

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--  Recent Cisco Mobile

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About Telenor Connexion Telenor Connexion is a leading global provider of managed M2M connectivity solutions. Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is a rapidly expanding market. Companies in industries as diverse as automotive, security, utilities and fleet management are implementing M2M solutions to achieve productivity gains, cost management, environmental improvement and to expand customer services. With more than 10 years of experience Telenor Connexion is an experienced and reliable partner. We are dedicated to our customers' business and understand their needs. Telenor Connexion has provided international, cost-effective M2M communication solutions to a number of global customers such as Volvo, Daimler and Securitas Direct. Telenor Connexion is wholly owned by Telenor Group, the world's sixth largest mobile operator. Telenor Group is an international provider of high quality tele, data and media communication services with mobile operations in 13 markets across the Nordic region, Central and Eastern Europe and in Asia.

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Kevin Petschow

Cisco

(773) 444.5106

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Karin Karlung

Telenor Connexion

+46 734 417 415

karin.karlung@telenor.com



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Cisco

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ccromwel@cisco.com



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Cisco

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