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Point Topic has been gathering data on broadband operators across the globe since 1999. Our findings are collated in the Operator Source, a constantly updated online service which includes:
- 65 broadband country overviews with sections on the competitive landscape, pricing, subscriber numbers and regulatory developments. Overviews are updated every 12 months.
- Tariff benchmark reports (published every 3 months) analysing broadband pricing trends by country, operator and technology (DSL, cable and fibre).
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8x8 Signs with Equinix for Co-location and Interconnect Services
With the expansion utilizing Equinix's data center, 8x8 now maintains five data center operations in three U.S locations – Silicon Valley, New York City and Washington DC.
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT) is a provider of innovative cloud communications and computing solutions. Equinix (Nasdaq:EQIX) is a provider of global data center services. The two entered into an agreement whereby Equinix will provide 8x8 with colocation and interconnection services at Equinix's International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) DC6 campus located in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Lack of awareness is stifling Ethernet adoption
The Ethernet market may be growing but there is still a lack in awareness in some marketskeeping it from wider scale adoption.
Ethernet is growing at a very rapid rate in the business space but awareness of the technology
is still preventing it taking hold of many markets.
This was the belief of Kevin Vachon, chief operating officer of the Metro Ethernet Forum
(MEF), who claimed eyes needed to be opened across the globe to this technology.
“There are countries where the competitive pressures are such that [companies] are not
aggressively pursuing these new service development initiatives [with] China as an example,”
he said when IT PRO spoke with him at this year's NetEvents in Istanbul.
“The markets aren't aware of Ethernet in general [and] the service providers with the
regulatory environment are not forced to move too quickly. We have seen that in other places
like Germany, so I think that is probably the big issue.”
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Recently we published an article sent to us from Neutral Tandem. It was a joint paper by Neutral Tandem and Cisco on the challenges and benefits of Ethernet Exchanges. The original article entitled "Fast Forward to Ethernet Exchange Networks" can be view here.
Further to article, three points, or key factors are highlighted in an add-on article by Mike Capuano at Cisco. The three questions are as follows:
1. Does the operator take a network-based approach to extend its reach?
The network-based approach is critical to making it easier to offer Ethernet services.
2. Can it provide a personalized service portal?
The user portals should make it easier to connect, be personalized to show such
relationships in the network like: buildings, cell towers, etc that are "on network"
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Vil koble sammen nettene
Norsk Ethernet Forum er nå stiftet som en forening under IKT-Norge-paraplyen. Målet er å få norske nettverk til å ta i bruk Carrier Ethernet-standardene.
[Foto Left: Jørn Slåtten leder Norsk Ethernet Forum, som skal drive informasjonsarbeid for Carrier Ethernet-standarden. Foto: Håvard Fosse]
Relaterte saker
IKT-Norge starter Ethernet-forum
- Norsk Ethernet Forum ble presentert første gang under konferansen Telecom Line på Kielferga
i mai og har vært under stiftelse siden da. Nå er organisasjonen stiftet, sier den første
lederen, Jørn Slåtten, som til daglig er markeds- og produktsjef i Ventelo-eide Broadnet.
Nye inntekter til netteiere
Slåtten viser til tall fra Metro Ethernet Forum som anslår at veksten i markedet for Carrier
Ethernet vil doble seg fra 20 til 40 milliarder dollar innen utløpet av 2014. Metro Ethernet
Forum er organisasjonen som lager standardene og sertifiserer utstyr og tjenester for Carrier
Ethernet.
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