Abertis Telecom said it is enhancing its Internet protocol (IP) next-generation networks (NGN) with Cisco┬┤s equipment.

Abertis Telecom is a provider of video and carrier Ethernet to broadcasters and the broader telecom market in Spain. It said it is enhancing its IP next-generation network by deploying a Cisco IP/multiprotocol label switching (IP/MPLS) system based on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers and Cisco 7600 Series Routers.

It said it will also use Cisco's high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards and investment protection for 100GE.

The accelerated growth of video for businesses and consumers, and the digital transformation of the broadcast market, means Abertis needs to prepare its IP NGN to enable more bandwidth and new capabilities, such as video contribution, video production, carrier Ethernet transport and primary distribution and content distribution services.

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, 2009-2014, global Internet traffic will increase more than four-fold to 767 exabytes, or more than three quarters of zettabyte, by 2014. This is 100 exabytes higher than the projected level in 2013, or an increase the equivalent of 10 times all the traffic traversing IP NGNs in 2008.