Cisco Plans Israel’s Transformation Into First Digital Nation
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Cisco Systems Inc. will make Israel the world’s first fully digital country with a fiber-optic network to serve multiple requirements, showcasing technology that other nations may adopt, its chief executive officer said.
“Israel’s transformation to next-generation ‘Start-Up Nation,’ the digitalization of the whole country, that is the future,” CEO John Chambers said, referring to the title of a book on the country’s technology industry. “Israel is going to be the first digital nation if we are successful.”