Network router transformed, from the device used only for connection between different networks, into a device capable of performing many additional functions. More and more customers of Cisco deploy routers with integrated network services – complex network routers, which transmit voice, video and data, ensure the Internet connection and provide Wi-Fi and other add-ons.
IDC projected over 9 billion minutes of voice traffic to travel over worldwide packet networks in 2000, exceeding 135 billion minutes in 2004. Service revenue is projected at 1.6 billion in 2000 and 18.7 billion in 2004.