Carrier Ethernet Industry Voices

Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for North America.  These award recognize excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services.   Click "Read More" for the details.

The MEF is accepting entries for the North American MEF Service Provider Awards. Deadline for submissions is October 12, 2010.  Click here for more information and to submit your entry.  The MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards recognize excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services. They are awarded annually in North America (NA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and for the first time this year, the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region. This year also features a new Global Service Provider Award.

The winners of the 2010 MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for EMEA have been announced.   This award recognizes excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services.   Click "Read More" for the details.

North America drives growth in carrier router and switch market in 2Q10 

Infonetics Research released its second quarter 2010 (2Q10) Service Provider Routers and Switches market share and forecast report.

"IP core and edge router revenue in North America was the hero of the second quarter, up 15% sequentially and up 39% from this time last year, as operators put spending back on priority to handle more traffic, especially video over broadband and data and photos over mobile networks. Europe is in a holding pattern, struggling to pull out of the downturn, and is roughly 2 to 3 quarters behind North America. Although EMEA router spending was flat sequentially, it was up a nice 13% year-over-year. Asia Pacific showed a solid 10% sequential increase in router revenue, but is still behind the Chinese-stimulated 2009 pace," reports Michael Howard, co-founder and principal analyst for carrier and data center networks at Infonetics Research. (click Read More below)

The European Advanced Networking Test Center in  collaboration with ancotel and Light Reading is pleased to introduce the third phase in a campaign to  validate Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect.

We specifically showcase end-to-end services across  multiple carriers using the External Network-Network Interface (ENNI) standard as specified by the Metro  Ethernet Forum (MEF). The interoperability program is  supported by the MEF.

The third phase testing will take place in August and September. Results will be published at Light Reading Ethernet Expo (New York City, November 2010) covering the following areas:

• Checking liveliness of a service, using advanced Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) solutions
• Monitoring the end-to-end performance of a wholesale Carrier Ethernet service, identifying bottlenecks
• Creating class of service mappings and adhering to proper bandwidth profiles per class

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