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Why Orange Business Services stands out in the Carrier Ethernet market
Low-latency connectivity is a hot new Ethernet app
Tinet sees strong growth with wholesale-only Ethernet strategy
Wholesale Carrier Ethernet access—addressing the problem of mismatched classes of service
Carrier Ethernet Exchanges on the Rise
Carriers get ready for MPLS-TP
Enterprise Ethernet data speeds on the rise
Tinet and USCarrier Deals Could be the Start of a Second Wave of Carrier Ethernet Exchanges
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Popular Articles
Why Orange Business Services stands out in the Carrier Ethernet market
Low-latency connectivity is a hot new Ethernet app
Tinet sees strong growth with wholesale-only Ethernet strategy
Wholesale Carrier Ethernet access—addressing the problem of mismatched classes of service
Carrier Ethernet Exchanges on the Rise
Carriers get ready for MPLS-TP
Enterprise Ethernet data speeds on the rise
Tinet and USCarrier Deals Could be the Start of a Second Wave of Carrier Ethernet Exchanges
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Recent Pictures
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MEF Touts Big Advance in Carrier Ethernet Backhaul
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 16 2012)
The Metro Ethernet Forum last week announced new standards aimed at substantially improving the economics of carrier Ethernet mobile backhaul by offering a consistent class of service framework to address the requirements of various services types.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Ethernet Alliance Event to Pursue Consensus Building
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 2 2012)
The Ethernet Alliance’s Technology Exploration Forum in Santa Clara on February 16th is shaping up to be an important event, with discussion of next-generation Ethernet speeds front and center.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: IEEE Carrier Ethernet News
ATLANTIC-ACM Quantifies Strong Metro Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Prospects
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 31 2012)
As AT&T’s recent changes to its wireless data plans illustrate, the demand for mobile data is booming—and as recent research from ATLANTIC-ACM reveals, that booming demand is great news for service providers that offer Carrier Ethernet connectivity to mobile operators on a wholesale basis.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Atlantic-Acm Carrier Ethernet News
Nation’s First White Spaces Broadband Network Launches Today, CEO Explains
Explore Telecompetitor (Jan 26 2012)
Supporting the network is a fiber Ethernet connection between the wireless network hub and an Internet point of presence. In this installation Spectrum Bridge was able to use an existing connection. But Dir said, “it wouldn’t be unrealistic to bring Ethernet and power to a site” if needed.
(Read Full Article)
What Impact Will Open Flow Have on Carrier Ethernet?
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 24 2012)
Carrier Ethernet is an important building block of a new networking option that could begin to have a significant impact over the next year or two. I’m talking about software-defined networks—an initiative also known as Open Flow.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: NTT Deutsche Telekom
IDC On What’s Hot In Carrier Ethernet Business Services
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 17 2012)
As regular readers know, Carrier Ethernet has been experiencing dramatic growth. And some areas within the broad category of Carrier Ethernet business services are especially hot, as recent research from International Data Corporation reveals.
(Read Full Article)
Carrier Ethernet: Looking Back at 2011 and Ahead to 2012
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 3 2012)
2011 was a big year for Carrier Ethernet, with the technology making numerous gains on both the technical and business fronts. And 2012 is shaping up to be just as big. We thought we’d take the opportunity this week to review some of the biggest developments of 2011 and to provide a look at what’s likely to be hot in 2012.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Informa Vertical Systems Group NuVox
GlobeNet Gives Carrier Ethernet a Tropical Flair
Explore CEN Feature (Dec 20 2011)
Perhaps the word “tropicalize” makes you think of designing a house with a lot of outdoor spaces or giving away all the wool blazers in your wardrobe. But Erick Contag, chief operations officer for GlobeNet, uses the term to describe how his company adapted Carrier Ethernet services for the Latin American market.
(Read Full Article)
Intellifiber thrives within Windstream fold
Explore Connected Planet Online (Dec 20 2011)
Connected Planet talks with fiber unit exec Sean Baillie about unit's unique account approach, the low-latency and cloud markets, Ethernet over copper and more
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: NuVox Paetec Intellifiber
Frontier Service Expansion Shows Carrier Ethernet’s Tier 2 Market Appeal
Explore CEN Feature (Dec 13 2011)
Comment "Hayes' fiber/copper serving percentages match up very closely with recent studies and I agree with his statement, “We can get ..." - Victor Antonio, AVP Accedian
Carrier Ethernet services caught on first among larger enterprise users, but as a recent announcement from Frontier Communications illustrates, the technology now makes sense even in some fairly small Tier 2 markets.
(Read Full Article)
Global Capacity Marketplace Boosting Carrier Ethernet-over-Copper Connectivity
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 29 2011)
Carrier Ethernet-over-copper services should get a boost from a new offering from Global Capacity − a company that may be best known for its LATTIS access price quote capability, but which now earns most of its revenues from the procurement and selling of network access.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Carrier Ethernet Exchange
Colt Excels at Cloud and Professional Video Carrier Ethernet Applications
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 15 2011)
Colt, one of the leaders in the global Carrier Ethernet market, has been doing its best to maintain that position. Last week, CEN looked at the ways the Europe-focused carrier is enhancing the customer experience. This week we look at what Colt is doing to make the most of opportunities in the cloud and professional video markets.
(Read Full Article)
Global Capacity sees strong growth in Ethernet ‘quotes’ | Unfiltered
Explore blog.connectedplanetonline.com (Nov 15 2011)
The company announced that Ethernet quotes made through the exchange had doubled in volume this year and that Ethernet quotes are expected to account for 40% of quote demand in 2012, up from less than 1% at the beginning of this year.
(Read Full Article)
Colt Strives to Stay in Carrier Ethernet Forefront
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 8 2011)
When pondering some of the carriers that have had the greatest success in the Carrier Ethernet market, Colt is likely to be one of the first to come to mind.
“Ethernet is one of the key growth engines of our overall business,” said Peter Agnew, Colt director of technology strategy, on a phone call yesterday. “It’s a jewel in the crown. We have a very rich product set.”
Colt, which offers carrier Ethernet services throughout a large part of Europe, and into some other markets outside Europe, got an early start in the Carrier Ethernet market and has done ...
(Read Full Article)
Active Ethernet gaining in popularity for FTTH
Explore blog.connectedplanetonline.com (Oct 31 2011)
Nearly 600 independent telcos nationwide have deployed fiber to the home, according to a new report published in the October Broadband Communities Magazine—and although GPON continues to be the dominant technology used in these networks, the report shows that active Ethernet is making gains.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Connected Planet
Carrier Ethernet Will Be Top-of-Mind at Cable-Tec Expo
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 25 2011)
Carrier Ethernet will be a key focus area at the Cable-Tec Expo scheduled for November 14-17 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, the Cable-Tec Expo aims to keep cable television operators up to date on the latest technology, products and services.
(Read Full Article)
NTT America Sees Strong Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Market
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 18 2011)
A strong wholesale market for high-speed Carrier Ethernet connections has begun to develop, as evidenced by recent moves made by NTT America involving the company’s high-speed Global Virtual Link Ethernet offerings.
(Read Full Article)
Infonetics: LTE Brings Backhaul Challenges to a New Level — Carrier Ethernet Is Ready to Address Them
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 11 2011)
Comment "Surprisingly, I am not finding very much opinionated literature as to the extent CPRI backhaul will cut into the market ..." - fmenard123
I read a lot of technical white papers — and the best one I’ve run across in many months comes from Infonetics Principal Analyst Michael Howard about what is bound to be an increasingly hot topic — Carrier Ethernet backhaul for LTE.
(Read Full Article)
Orange Business Services: Network Expansion in Latin American Spotlights Carrier Ethernet Growth
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 6 2011)
Orange Business Services recently announced a major expansion of its Latin American network — and Mauro Cruzeiro, head of Orange Business Services’ Latin American operations says increased demand for Carrier Ethernet services was a key driver of that expansion.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Oracle Orange Business Services
Virgin Media Business: Delivering on Carrier Ethernet Opportunities in the Cloud
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 27 2011)
Providing network connectivity to support cloud-based applications is an important and fast growing opportunity for Carrier Ethernet service providers — and one carrier that is having success leveraging that opportunity is U.K.-based Virgin Media Business.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Informa Virgin Media Business
New Broadcom components target higher-speed Carrier Ethernet aggregation
Explore Connected Planet Online (Sep 26 2011)
Broadcom today announced two new component-level Carrier Ethernet switches aimed at enabling carrier Ethernet equipment manufacturers to build products to support greater density and higher connection speeds in the aggregation network.
(Read Full Article)
New Telergee Study: Rural telco operating margins declined again
Explore Connected Planet Online (Sep 22 2011)
Bright spots include lower interest expenses, Internet growth, improved CLEC margins
TCT is among the roughly one-quarter of rural telcos that have a CLEC business—and Bethe also shed some additional light on why the profit picture in that area has improved. “The per-megabit backbone cost has come down,” said Bethe. TCT is now able to use Ethernet where it previously would have used slower and more costly DS-3 circuits, Bethe said.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Connected Planet
Informa: Enhanced Carrier Ethernet Can Boost Cloud Service Usage
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 20 2011)
Service providers have some great opportunities for Carrier Ethernet in the cloud services market, as we discussed with Informa analyst Camille Mendler last week. But those opportunities could be even greater if service providers would make some key enhancements to their Carrier Ethernet offerings, Mendler says.
(Read Full Article)
Informa: Cloud Services a Great Carrier Ethernet Opportunity
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 13 2011)
Telecom carriers worldwide have already invested $8 billion in 2011 pursuing the hot cloud services market, according to the research firm Informa. And carrier Ethernet is likely to play an increasingly important role in supporting carrier cloud offerings, predicts Informa analyst Camille Mendler, who has been keeping close tabs on what 100 or so service providers worldwide are doing in the cloud market.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Orange Business Services Level (3)
MEF Seeks Carrier Ethernet Refinements to Support Cloud Services
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 6 2011)
We often hear that Carrier Ethernet services are well suited for supporting cloud services. To get some insight on that, CEN checked in recently with Margaret Chiosi, executive director of Ethernet and Optics at AT&T Labs, as well as the leader of the Metro Ethernet Forum group on Carrier Ethernet in the Cloud provider market.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
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MEF Touts Big Advance in Carrier Ethernet Backhaul
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 16 2012)
The Metro Ethernet Forum last week announced new standards aimed at substantially improving the economics of carrier Ethernet mobile backhaul by offering a consistent class of service framework to address the requirements of various services types.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Ethernet Alliance Event to Pursue Consensus Building
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 2 2012)
The Ethernet Alliance’s Technology Exploration Forum in Santa Clara on February 16th is shaping up to be an important event, with discussion of next-generation Ethernet speeds front and center.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: IEEE Carrier Ethernet News
ATLANTIC-ACM Quantifies Strong Metro Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Prospects
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 31 2012)
As AT&T’s recent changes to its wireless data plans illustrate, the demand for mobile data is booming—and as recent research from ATLANTIC-ACM reveals, that booming demand is great news for service providers that offer Carrier Ethernet connectivity to mobile operators on a wholesale basis.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Atlantic-Acm Carrier Ethernet News
Nation’s First White Spaces Broadband Network Launches Today, CEO Explains
Explore Telecompetitor (Jan 26 2012)
Supporting the network is a fiber Ethernet connection between the wireless network hub and an Internet point of presence. In this installation Spectrum Bridge was able to use an existing connection. But Dir said, “it wouldn’t be unrealistic to bring Ethernet and power to a site” if needed.
(Read Full Article)
What Impact Will Open Flow Have on Carrier Ethernet?
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 24 2012)
Carrier Ethernet is an important building block of a new networking option that could begin to have a significant impact over the next year or two. I’m talking about software-defined networks—an initiative also known as Open Flow.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: NTT Deutsche Telekom
IDC On What’s Hot In Carrier Ethernet Business Services
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 17 2012)
As regular readers know, Carrier Ethernet has been experiencing dramatic growth. And some areas within the broad category of Carrier Ethernet business services are especially hot, as recent research from International Data Corporation reveals.
(Read Full Article)
Carrier Ethernet: Looking Back at 2011 and Ahead to 2012
Explore CEN Feature (Jan 3 2012)
2011 was a big year for Carrier Ethernet, with the technology making numerous gains on both the technical and business fronts. And 2012 is shaping up to be just as big. We thought we’d take the opportunity this week to review some of the biggest developments of 2011 and to provide a look at what’s likely to be hot in 2012.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Informa Vertical Systems Group NuVox
GlobeNet Gives Carrier Ethernet a Tropical Flair
Explore CEN Feature (Dec 20 2011)
Perhaps the word “tropicalize” makes you think of designing a house with a lot of outdoor spaces or giving away all the wool blazers in your wardrobe. But Erick Contag, chief operations officer for GlobeNet, uses the term to describe how his company adapted Carrier Ethernet services for the Latin American market.
(Read Full Article)
Intellifiber thrives within Windstream fold
Explore Connected Planet Online (Dec 20 2011)
Connected Planet talks with fiber unit exec Sean Baillie about unit's unique account approach, the low-latency and cloud markets, Ethernet over copper and more
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: NuVox Paetec Intellifiber
Frontier Service Expansion Shows Carrier Ethernet’s Tier 2 Market Appeal
Explore CEN Feature (Dec 13 2011)
Comment "Hayes' fiber/copper serving percentages match up very closely with recent studies and I agree with his statement, “We can get ..." - Victor Antonio, AVP Accedian
Carrier Ethernet services caught on first among larger enterprise users, but as a recent announcement from Frontier Communications illustrates, the technology now makes sense even in some fairly small Tier 2 markets.
(Read Full Article)
Global Capacity Marketplace Boosting Carrier Ethernet-over-Copper Connectivity
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 29 2011)
Carrier Ethernet-over-copper services should get a boost from a new offering from Global Capacity − a company that may be best known for its LATTIS access price quote capability, but which now earns most of its revenues from the procurement and selling of network access.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Carrier Ethernet Exchange
Colt Excels at Cloud and Professional Video Carrier Ethernet Applications
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 15 2011)
Colt, one of the leaders in the global Carrier Ethernet market, has been doing its best to maintain that position. Last week, CEN looked at the ways the Europe-focused carrier is enhancing the customer experience. This week we look at what Colt is doing to make the most of opportunities in the cloud and professional video markets.
(Read Full Article)
Global Capacity sees strong growth in Ethernet ‘quotes’ | Unfiltered
Explore blog.connectedplanetonline.com (Nov 15 2011)
The company announced that Ethernet quotes made through the exchange had doubled in volume this year and that Ethernet quotes are expected to account for 40% of quote demand in 2012, up from less than 1% at the beginning of this year.
(Read Full Article)
Colt Strives to Stay in Carrier Ethernet Forefront
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 8 2011)
When pondering some of the carriers that have had the greatest success in the Carrier Ethernet market, Colt is likely to be one of the first to come to mind.
“Ethernet is one of the key growth engines of our overall business,” said Peter Agnew, Colt director of technology strategy, on a phone call yesterday. “It’s a jewel in the crown. We have a very rich product set.”
Colt, which offers carrier Ethernet services throughout a large part of Europe, and into some other markets outside Europe, got an early start in the Carrier Ethernet market and has done ...
(Read Full Article)
Active Ethernet gaining in popularity for FTTH
Explore blog.connectedplanetonline.com (Oct 31 2011)
Nearly 600 independent telcos nationwide have deployed fiber to the home, according to a new report published in the October Broadband Communities Magazine—and although GPON continues to be the dominant technology used in these networks, the report shows that active Ethernet is making gains.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Connected Planet
Carrier Ethernet Will Be Top-of-Mind at Cable-Tec Expo
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 25 2011)
Carrier Ethernet will be a key focus area at the Cable-Tec Expo scheduled for November 14-17 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, the Cable-Tec Expo aims to keep cable television operators up to date on the latest technology, products and services.
(Read Full Article)
NTT America Sees Strong Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Market
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 18 2011)
A strong wholesale market for high-speed Carrier Ethernet connections has begun to develop, as evidenced by recent moves made by NTT America involving the company’s high-speed Global Virtual Link Ethernet offerings.
(Read Full Article)
Infonetics: LTE Brings Backhaul Challenges to a New Level — Carrier Ethernet Is Ready to Address Them
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 11 2011)
Comment "Surprisingly, I am not finding very much opinionated literature as to the extent CPRI backhaul will cut into the market ..." - fmenard123
I read a lot of technical white papers — and the best one I’ve run across in many months comes from Infonetics Principal Analyst Michael Howard about what is bound to be an increasingly hot topic — Carrier Ethernet backhaul for LTE.
(Read Full Article)
Orange Business Services: Network Expansion in Latin American Spotlights Carrier Ethernet Growth
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 6 2011)
Orange Business Services recently announced a major expansion of its Latin American network — and Mauro Cruzeiro, head of Orange Business Services’ Latin American operations says increased demand for Carrier Ethernet services was a key driver of that expansion.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Oracle Orange Business Services
Virgin Media Business: Delivering on Carrier Ethernet Opportunities in the Cloud
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 27 2011)
Providing network connectivity to support cloud-based applications is an important and fast growing opportunity for Carrier Ethernet service providers — and one carrier that is having success leveraging that opportunity is U.K.-based Virgin Media Business.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Informa Virgin Media Business
New Broadcom components target higher-speed Carrier Ethernet aggregation
Explore Connected Planet Online (Sep 26 2011)
Broadcom today announced two new component-level Carrier Ethernet switches aimed at enabling carrier Ethernet equipment manufacturers to build products to support greater density and higher connection speeds in the aggregation network.
(Read Full Article)
New Telergee Study: Rural telco operating margins declined again
Explore Connected Planet Online (Sep 22 2011)
Bright spots include lower interest expenses, Internet growth, improved CLEC margins
TCT is among the roughly one-quarter of rural telcos that have a CLEC business—and Bethe also shed some additional light on why the profit picture in that area has improved. “The per-megabit backbone cost has come down,” said Bethe. TCT is now able to use Ethernet where it previously would have used slower and more costly DS-3 circuits, Bethe said.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Connected Planet
Informa: Enhanced Carrier Ethernet Can Boost Cloud Service Usage
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 20 2011)
Service providers have some great opportunities for Carrier Ethernet in the cloud services market, as we discussed with Informa analyst Camille Mendler last week. But those opportunities could be even greater if service providers would make some key enhancements to their Carrier Ethernet offerings, Mendler says.
(Read Full Article)
Informa: Cloud Services a Great Carrier Ethernet Opportunity
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 13 2011)
Telecom carriers worldwide have already invested $8 billion in 2011 pursuing the hot cloud services market, according to the research firm Informa. And carrier Ethernet is likely to play an increasingly important role in supporting carrier cloud offerings, predicts Informa analyst Camille Mendler, who has been keeping close tabs on what 100 or so service providers worldwide are doing in the cloud market.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Orange Business Services Level (3)
MEF Seeks Carrier Ethernet Refinements to Support Cloud Services
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 6 2011)
We often hear that Carrier Ethernet services are well suited for supporting cloud services. To get some insight on that, CEN checked in recently with Margaret Chiosi, executive director of Ethernet and Optics at AT&T Labs, as well as the leader of the Metro Ethernet Forum group on Carrier Ethernet in the Cloud provider market.
(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
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