Cisco unveils advanced edge router

Cisco Systems Inc on Monday unveiled a new router that helps phone companies and large businesses handle growing Internet traffic faster, and said it won a deal to supply Japanese phone provider NTT Corp's next-generation network.
The Cisco ASR (Aggregation Services Router) 1000 series is an upgrade to the network equipment maker's Cisco 7200, 7300, and 7500 edge routers already being used to direct Web traffic at the end of the network, often in contact with customers.