Cisco working with two carriers to test content delivery platform supporting wired and wireless devices

Unstrung - the news Web site that was the first to publish speculation that Cisco was eyeing up WiMAX base station vendor  Navini for purchase - is now reporting that Cisco is working with one North American and one international Tier-1 operator to test a "network delivery system that can push applications and content over 'any network' to 'any device' - wired or wireless." Details are sparse as to what the technology involves and who the partners are, but Unstrung reports that the system is "intended to deliver content across cable/DSL, 2G and 3G cellular, and WiMAX networks."

According to Unstrung, the platform was designed with expertise from Scientific-Atlanta.

The news site also reports that Cisco views WiMAX and the alternative Long Term Evolution (LTE) technologies for 4G as "complementary" and that Cisco is keeping a close eye on the femtocell market.

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