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Articles in category: Metro Ethernet
CenturyLink seeks FCC approval to shut down Frame Relay, ATM service
Explore FierceTelecom (Oct 15 2014)
CenturyLink is seeking to shut down its legacy Frame Relay and ATM services in both its Embarq and CenturyTel affiliate regions, reflecting the service provider industry's ongoing shift to IP-based Ethernet business services. It filed a similar application for its Qwest affiliate last year.
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How the Carrier Ethernet services market will top $50bn in 2015
Explore Telecom News, Information and Updates (Oct 7 2014)
Increased enterprise agility and a dramatic boost to user productivity are promised by the latest wave of dynamic Carrier Ethernet services now coming to market - a market set to grow by several percentage points in size to over $50bn globally in the next five years.
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Globe Business bolsters top Carrier Ethernet events
Explore AppsGadget (Sep 30 2014)
Being at the forefront of technologies in enterprise connectivity by deploying superior data connections, Globe Business has been aggressively promoting the utilization of Carrier Ethernet (CE) in the industry, as well as the corresponding benefits it can provide to its customers in the Philippines.
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The MEF Plants a New Flag, Declares Third Network
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Sep 25 2014)
The Metro Ethernet Forum has already been behind two of the industry’s cooperative efforts to redesign how internet infrastructure works in the past 13 years of work on Ethernet. But if you thought the next one would simply be called Carrier Ethernet 3.0, you were probably thinking too small. Yesterday the MEF launched its Third Network vision, which will take them deep into the Network-as-a-Service world. … [ ]
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Ethernet inventor looks towards Network as a Service for future data
Explore TelecomTV (Sep 25 2014)
Forget your basic internet and carrier Ethernet -based VPNs, what the world really needs is a brand new data network architecture, one that builds on the principles of Network as a Service (NaaS). And we're in luck, because the MEF (formerly Metro Ethernet Forum) has just announced its vision of a third network, one that defines lifecycle service orchestration with APIs for existing network, NFV and SDN implementations.
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Metro Ethernet Forum joining the NaaS bandwagon
Explore MEC - ICT Blog - The Philippine ICT Blog (Sep 25 2014)
The alliance of some of the biggest names in the ICT industry, Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), embarks on a new journey as it introduces their network-as-a-service (NaaS) initiative to the mass. This initiative, in the world of virtualized networks, aims to solidify the distinction among carriers when it comes to NaaS. This, however, may not be new to the ears of the people in the ICT industry. In fact, it can be compared to software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization.
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MEF unveils 'Third Network' vision for NaaS
Explore Telecompaper (Sep 25 2014)
The Metro Ethernet Form has announced a new 'Third Network' vision to deliver networks with internet-like agility and ubiquity and CE 2.0-like performance and security. The Third Network vision is based on Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) principles and the ...
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Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort | IT News
Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) this week a... http://t.co/QkK5lsgsS6
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MEF paves own SDN/NFV path with its 'Third Network' concept - FierceTelecom
Explore FierceTelecom (Sep 24 2014)
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is making its own play in the network virtualization industry with a new network as a service (NaaS) initiative called the "Third Network," one that could potentially complement or challenge existing efforts to develop SDN and NFV by focusing on connectivity services.
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Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort
Explore NetworkWorld.com (Sep 24 2014)
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) this week announced intentions to define parameters for Ethernet network-as-a-service (NaaS), an effort Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe hailed as “a new network paradigm.”
The so-called Third Network initiative builds on the Forum’s Carrier Ethernet 2.0 specifications for service expansion, application oriented class-of-service, interconnect attributes and manageability.
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MEF Third Network Targets Network-as-a-Service
Explore Telecompetitor (Sep 24 2014)
MEF Third Network Targets Network-as-a-Service
The Metro Ethernet Forum’s Third Network initiative, announced today, aims to combine the ubiquity of the Internet with the service assurance of Carrier Ethernet 2.0. The goal is to enable network-as-a-service, explained Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalfe, who is now an advisory director of the MEF, on a webinar today introducing the Third Network...
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The Metro Ethernet Forum Tackles the NaaS Challenge
Explore SDNCentral (Sep 24 2014)
Trying to put its stamp on the new world of virtualized networks, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is launching a new project to solidify network-as-a-service (NaaS) specifications between carriers. The NaaS initiative, being announced today, gives the MEF a new mission that’s not coincidentally infused with the hipness of software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization.
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MEF paves own SDN/NFV path with its 'Third Network' concept
Explore FierceTelecom (Sep 24 2014)
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is making its own play in the network virtualization industry with a new network as a service (NaaS) initiative called the "Third Network," one that could potentially complement or challenge existing efforts to develop SDN and NFV by focusing on connectivity services.
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European wholesale Carrier Ethernet market examined in new report
Explore Financial News UK (Sep 18 2014)
The need to meet growing demand from enterprises wanting to access newer applications, adopt cloud services, and connect multiple offices drives growth for the wholesale Carrier Ethernet services market according to a new report.
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Midcontinent achieves MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification
Explore Telecompaper (Sep 10 2014)
(Telecompaper) Midcontinent Business Solutions has earned Carrier Ethernet (CE) 2.0 certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). Level 2.0 certification requires vigorous testing to ensure a provider can meet the functionality and performance standards required by the MEF, the only industry body offering certification of Carrier Ethernet services.
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Comcast bring 10-gig Carrier Ethernet to Knoxville
Explore Knoxville News Sentinel (Sep 4 2014)
The multimillion dollar investment will provide businesses throughout the city and surrounding communities “the fastest Internet platform that’s available,” said Alex Horwitz, vice president of public relations for Comcast Cable’s Big South region. Knoxville is the third market in the region to get Comcast’s so-called metro Ethernet service, following Atlanta and Nashville.
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RCN Business brings services to NYC's Empire State Building
Explore FierceTelecom (Sep 3 2014)
Business tenants will be able to get access to all of RCN Business' product set, including high-speed Internet, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Hosted Voice, PRI/SIP Trunks, Video (HDTV) and Ethernet E-Line and E-LAN . Ethernet is a large part of the portfolio. For tenants looking for an alternative Ethernet provider, they will find comfort in the fact that RCN Business' services have received the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification earlier this year.
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Comcast Business Services is the World’s First Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Service Provider
Explore internet service miami (Aug 22 2014)
Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company, today announced it is the first service provider in the world to achieve Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) for E-Line and E-LAN services. As more businesses shift from legacy telecom services to Ethernet, the new CE 2.0 certifications are designed to deliver improved classes of service, service manageability, and interoperability for delivery across multiple networks.
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Comcast, Level 3 Flex Ethernet Muscles
Explore Light Reading (Aug 22 2014)
Over the last couple of years, Comcast's commercial services unit has been putting great emphasis on its Metro Ethernet services for small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs). In its latest press release Thursday, for instance, Comcast announced that it has ...
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Comcast Business Brings Multi-Gigabit Carrier Ethernet To Underserved Commercial Areas in Kent, Washington
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Business is leveraging the expanded capabilities of its Carrier Ethernet fiber networks to deliver up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) broadband throughput to underserved commercial areas in Kent, Wash., and 400 Mbps to a boutique hotel in Livermore, Calif.
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Comcast Business Brings Multi-Gigabit Ethernet To Underserved Commercial Areas in Kent, Washington
Explore businesswire.com (Aug 13 2014)
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Business today announced the expansion of its commercial fiber network, capable of bandwidth up to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps), to underserved commercial areas in Kent,Washington.
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Carrier Ethernet NID – The Coveted Position
Explore OSP Magazine (Aug 9 2014)
Over the past decade, Ethernet has fundamentally evolved from a best effort LAN to an efficient, carrier-class service ensuring scalable, reliable, and affordable bandwidth for business and mobile applications. Most will agree that the lion’s share of credit for this evolution goes to the Network Interface Device or NID.
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Delivering enterprise agility – how the Carrier Ethernet services market will top $50bn in 2015
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Aug 8 2014)
Increased enterprise agility and a dramatic boost to user productivity are promised by the latest wave of dynamic Carrier Ethernet services now coming to market – a market set to grow by several percentage points in size to over $50bn globally in the next five years.
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MEF appoints new board of directors
Explore Telecompaper (Aug 4 2014)
The MEF ( Metro Ethernet Forum) announced the results of the 2014 – 2015 board of directors elections and subsequent appointments by the board at the MEF Annual Members Meeting in Santa Clara, California. This leadership team will lead the MEF's continued efforts to accelerate worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 services and technologies and to advance global standards initiatives aligned with today's increasingly dynamic services environment.
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Good article, thanks for posting. We also have an article on CLEC: http://blog.bicomsystems.com/clec
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I also had the honor to participate in the Conference. I spoke on the topic ...
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