Cloud, Cables and Cisco Makes the AT&T Capex Cut
AT&T said today that it plans to spend $1 billion this year on delivering all-IP networks to business customers and on undersea fiber, the same amount it planned to spend on these items last year. That makes a total of $3 billion spent on delivering IP access for businesses since 2006, and affirms AT&T’s commitment to this business after announcing earlier this year that it would cut its capital expenditures by up to $3 billion in 2009, spending as little as $17 billion all told.
Cisco looks to be a winner - one of the line items in AT&T’s press release includes "adding more Cisco CRS1 routers on key routes." AT&T also said it would deploy new edge routers capable of delivering 10 Gbps, which may mean Cisco could find a home for its recently launched ASR-1000 edge routers, which were introduced with much fanfare last year.
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