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Articles in category: MEF
Telecom Italia Sees Wholesale Opportunities from Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certification
Explore CEN Feature (May 21 2013)
The first European service provider to obtain Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification is Telecom Italia. Company executives believe the new certification will have strong appeal to wholesale customers, including international carriers who need connectivity in Italy for serving multi-national businesses as well as alternative carriers and branches of public utilities that offer telecom services.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Comes to Silicon
Explore CEN Feature (May 14 2013)
The Carrier Ethernet 2.0 standard has gained some serious momentum in recent months, with numerous manufacturers and service providers having gained Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum. Silicon vendors also are getting serious about the technology, as a late-April announcement from Vitesse illustrates.
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Mentions: Overture Networks Vitesse
Lumos Networks Sees Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification Simplifying Transactions
Explore CEN Feature (May 7 2013)
Lumos Networks expects to find it easier to sell Carrier Ethernet connections to and buy them from other carriers now that the company has received Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification for E-Access services.
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Alaska Communications Joins Elite Group of Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certified Carriers
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 30 2013)
One of the first companies in the world to receive Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification might come as a bit of a surprise. It’s not a global telecom or data service provider or even a nationwide carrier.
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Mentions: Telstra
Vitesse Gets Edgy With Carrier Ethernet
Explore Light Reading (Apr 23 2013)
Chipmaker Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. introduced its latest Ethernet switch-fabric chip Tuesday, claiming it's got the potential to redefine the Carrier Ethernet edge. The Serval-2 chip, more formally called the VSC7438, can be split among multiple functions -- handling some traffic with Carrier Ethernet's level of care while leaving other traffic at an enterprise level, for example. The company calls
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Lumos Networks obtains MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 23 2013)
Lumos Networks ( Nasdaq: LMOS ) has become the third U.S.-based service provider to obtain the Metro Ethernet Forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification for E-Access. The telco has been on a fast track with Ethernet certification, having only completed CE 1.0 certification for its Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) services less than a year ago. CE 2.0 extends ...
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum Cox Business
Lumos Networks Becomes First U.S. Provider to Achieve CE 2.0 E-Access
Explore virtual-strategy.com (Apr 22 2013)
Less than a year after achieving CE 1.0 certification for its EPL and EVPL services, Lumos Networks is proud to announce that today it becomes the first U.S. provider to achieve CE 2.0 E-Access Certification. CE 2.0 certification marks another important milestone for Lumos Networks, already recognized as an industry leader in Ethernet services.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Globe Business secures MEF 2.0 certification
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 22 2013)
Globe Business, the business services arm of Philippines-based Globe Telecom, on Thursday gained the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF's) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification for its Ethernet services . The service provider has achieved CE 2.0 certification for its point-to-point E - Line , including Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) and multipoint-to-multipoint ...
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Mentions: SLA Metro Ethernet Forum Comcast Business Services
Hot wireline technologies, Carrier Ethernet 2.0, emerging telecom contenders ...
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 22 2013)
First, FierceTelecom examined the 10 hottest technologies such as the Metro Ethernet Forum's new Carrier Ethernet 2.0 specification that are changing the face of the telecommunications industry.
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Mentions: Qwest
Alaska Garners Carrier Ethernet Kudos - CE2.0
Explore Welcome To Cable360 (Mar 20 2013)
Alaska Communications achieved the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) hat trick of being the first company in Alaska, the second in the United States and the third in the world to achieve certification and to offer certified Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) services. CE 2.0 extends Carrier Ethernet by adding multiple classes of service, greater manageability; easier interconnect for eight standard service types and greater mobile-backhaul efficiency. “Our business customers have critical needs and require
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Alaska Communications gets CE 2.0 certification nod from MEF
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 20 2013)
Alaska Communications is now the second U.S.-based service provider to achieve the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification. Following Comcast Business ( Nasdaq: CMCSA ) in the United States and Telstra Wholesale in Australia , Alaska Communications is the third service provider in the world to have their services certified under the new MEF standard. CE 2.0 incorporates a ...
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Mentions: Quality of Service Metro Ethernet Forum Comcast Business Services
Comcast to launch Carrier Ethernet services in Vermont
Explore VTDigger.org (Mar 18 2013)
Comcast is the first service provider in North America to offer Metro Ethernet Forum CE 2.0 certified Carrier Ethernet services and was also the first service provider to achieve all three of the previous CE 1.0 certifications (MEF 9, 14 and 18).
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Observations from Comptel PLUS Spring 2013 in Las Vegas this Week
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 14 2013)
COMPTEL PLUS, the annual gathering of competitive carriers and their ecosystem, took place this week in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino. As is usually the case at this well-orchestrated event, there were ample opportunities for networking and education on topics ranging from regulatory issues facing the carriers to Carrier Ethernet and Software Defined Networking. The following is a loose compilation of my observations and a few photos to spice things up a little.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum MegaPath Overture Networks
Telstra Wholesale joins the Carrier Ethernet 2.0 club
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 13 2013)
Telstra Wholesale (ASX: TLS.AX) is the latest service provider to gain the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF's) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification for its new "Data Advantage" Ethernet Access and Ethernet backhaul products, which it debuted last August. The Data Advantage product line offers wholesale customers four primary products: managed leased line, Ethernet, Ethernet backhaul and point-to-point fiber services.
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Mentions: NTT Telstra Orange Business Services
Telstra Wholesale brings Carrier Ethernet 2.0 to the APAC
Explore Computerworld Malaysia (Mar 8 2013)
Telstra Wholesale has become the first company in the Asia Pacific region - and only the second company in the world - to offer certified Carrier Ethernet (CE 2.0) services, according to Nan Chen, president of the MEF. Telstra Wholesale is a Telstra business that sells access to Telstra's networks into the wholesale market. The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 200 organisations including telecommunications service providers and network equipment/software manufacturers.
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Mentions: Telstra Metro Ethernet Forum
CenturyLink, Windstream rise in Carrier Ethernet market
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 4 2013)
U.S. incumbent telcos have taken charge of the U.S. retail Ethernet market as they continue to expand their respective portfolios and footprints to serve their SMB and enterprise customers, but they all face a challenging economic reality that's slowed revenue growth.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group NuVox Qwest
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Plays to Cable's Strengths - Broadband Technology Report
Explore Broadband Technology Report (Feb 27 2013)
The industry’s main platform for succeeding in these market segments – both of which require extraordinarily robust and reliable networks – is Carrier Ethernet.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group Time Warner Cable Metro Ethernet Forum
Verizon's Ihab Tarazi on the potential of Carrier Ethernet 2.0
Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 26 2013)
Ihab Tarazi, VP of Global Network Planning for Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ), last July took on another role as the chairman of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). One of the major initiatives that Tarazi is driving at both the MEF and at Verizon is the emergence of the forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) standard. Following the recent MEF meeting where 20 telecom equipment ...
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
After the first 20 Equipment Vendors certified for CE 2.0, Service Providers now follow suit
Explore AfricaBusiness.com (Feb 22 2013)
“A milestone was reached this year when for the first time Carrier Ethernet services share of bandwidth exceeded the sum total of all legacy telecoms services across the world, with Frost & Sullivan, Vertical Systems and Infonetics predicting a near $48 billion services market by 2015. We are therefore very pleased to see that Comcast has achieved the latest milestone in our industry – becoming the first CE 2.0 Service Provider,” said Nan Chen, President, MEF.
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Carrier Ethernet Academy appoints Chief Academic Officer
(Read Full Article)MEF expert Isabelle Morency has joined the organisation's training division to develop technical integrity. Having been a key contributor and editor in the Metro Ethernet Forum's Technical Specifications over a number of years, Isabelle Morency has been appointed to the role of Chief Academic Officer at the Carrier Ethernet Academy and will also take part in the organisation's training delivery program
Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
The 10 hottest wireline technologies in 2013
Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 20 2013)
Take the Metro Ethernet Forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 specification. A key piece of CE 2.0 specification is centered on developing an interconnection process for eight standard service types when service providers have to establish a connection with a carrier partner to fulfill a service order. Meantime, Ethernet has become an accepted wide area technology used by service providers for backhauling traffic and as a service that service providers offer to their large enterprise and SMB clients.
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Mentions: Deutsche Telekom LAN
Comcast first to earn carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification
Explore cedmagazine.com (Feb 15 2013)
Comcast has earned Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), becoming the first service provider to achieve certification. The MEF at the end of January issued its first CE 2.0 certifications to a list of equipment vendors: Accedian, Altera, BTI Systems, Ciena, Cisco, Cyan, FibroLAN, Huawei, Infinera, Juniper Networks, MRV, Omnitron, Overture, PT Inovacao, Pulsecom, RAD Data Communications, Telco Systems, Tellabs, Transition Networks and Transmode.
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Mentions: Cyan Frost & Sullivan Infonetics
Carrier Ethernet Advances with 2.0 Certifications
Explore EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet (Feb 13 2013)
After 40 years of evolution, Ethernet moves closer to offering the same stability as some of the protocols it is replacing. Ethernet started out as a best effort protocol for the LAN. It has since evolved to become the dominant connection protocol for carriers too.
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Service Differentiation & Visibility
Explore Proactive Network News (Feb 12 2013)
During the past year, competition in the Ethernet services market has expanded beyond a focus on service types, technical details and coverage to include an increased emphasis on service performance and the service wrap.
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Mentions: Heavy Reading Metro Ethernet Forum tw telecom
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