How Alcatel-Lucent made the Internet 5 times faster

Alcatel-Lucent announced it has developed the "7950 XRS," a core Internet router that is capable of speeds up to five times faster than those of its nearest competitor. Just one 7950 XRS router can deliver 16 terabits of data per second. That's about 2.5 million HD video streams every tick of the second hand. It's roughly five times faster than the CRS-3, networking giant Cisco's latest and greatest core router, which debuted in 2010.