The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has unveiled the new Carrier Ethernet (CE 2.0) certification program in India following the launch of the Carrier Ethernet 2.0. This will further accelerate the case of the Carrier Ethernet services in India.

The Hong Kong Broadband Network is one of the FTTH leaders in Hong Kong and our core technologies are Metro Ethernet and GPON. The HKBN launched a 100Mb service to the general public as far back as 2005 and a 1GB service in 2008. In future, we’ll mainly engage in GPON network for our FTTH service. I think FTTH is the future.

Technical solutions exist that render it unnecessary to physically lay new cables. For backhaul, Carrier Ethernet enables operators to interface multiple wireless base-stations over a single, high-capacity connection to the core network. For core networks, innovations like Coherent optical transport can create a ten-fold increase in available capacity over existing networks, resulting in significant overall cost reduction for the operator.

Globe Telecom, the first Philippine carrier to be certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), reinforced its leadership in Ethernet technology as two its key technical experts invited as featured speakers in the annual Carrier Ethernet World APAC Congress.

This year Carrier Ethernet World (CEW) Asia Pacific (APAC) took place from Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 at the Resorts World Convention Centre in Singapore. Around 320 delegates attended; most were local operators. However, there was representation from other APAC countries, in particular Malaysia and Indonesia

Tata Communications has inaugurated two Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) awards for 2011: Best Business Service in APAC 2011 and Best Ethernet Service Provider in APAC 2011 (for the 2nd year in a row).

With more and more technologically advanced businesses and residential consumers looking to continuously drive the demand for high-value, high-bandwidth data services that deliver voice and video, service providers globally as well as in India are fast realizing the fact that Carrier Grade Ethernet is the only answer to solve deliver cutting edge services for their demanding customers.

Citing data from Telegeography, Khan notes that the median wholesale prices for gigabit Ethernet capacity is five times more expensive than in Europe, while a leased circuit is more expensive (on average) in Asia/Pacific than in Latin America. That, in turn, forces up the wholesale and retail price of broadband services.

Carrier Ethernet is fast becoming the communication platform of choice within the small and big enterprise community to drive Next Generation Application adoption.

Looking to cater to the increasing demand for multi-gigabit class Ethernet services, KVH announced that the company will build a new high-speed, high-capacity next generation optical fiber backbone network.