Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Market Abuzz

Level 3 Claims Unique Backhaul Strategy

Spirent Communications Validates Advanced Carrier Ethernet Interconnects Across Eight European Service Providers

MPLS-TP Still on the Brink

Last Week's Ethernet Europe Event

Carrier Ethernet Switch Router Market Hits New Heights in 4Q10

7 Things to Know About Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet Access Market Update

Ethernet Europe 2010 Will Focus on Three Major Carrier Ethernet Topics

100G Ethernet Components Step Up to the Mark

Articles in category: Heavy Reading

1. SDN: The Road to Customized Services Explore Light Reading (Mar 27 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Software Defined Networking (SDN) , Heavy Reading Telecom operators will be able to use a combination of software-defined networking (SDN) and Carrier Ethernet 2.0 capabilities to develop services that are better suited to customers' needs, according to Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Stan 'Etherman' Hubbard. (Read Full Article)

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2. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Service Differentiation & Visibility Explore Proactive Network News (Feb 12 2013) Event Related , Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , National , Heavy Reading 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. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Metro Ethernet Forum   tw telecom

3. Injecting IQ Into 10G Ethernet Explore OSP Magazine (Jan 21 2013) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading Public and private cloud connectivity, real-time trading, and data center hosting have been driving the adoption of 10GbE transport for quite some time, mostly as Layer 1 wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). In recent years, however, a sharp increase in data traffic -- particularly for data center interconnectivity, cloud access, and zero-latency financial trading -- has fostered its adoption as a Carrier Ethernet connectivity solution and brought it closer to the customer premises. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   SLA   OAM   Heavy Reading

4. 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? Explore Light Reading (Dec 20 2012) Cloud , Heavy Reading There's no question (at least in my mind) that software defined network (SDN) and its close cousin, network functions virtualization (NFV), were the big stories of 2012 in telecommunications technology – and not much doubt, either, that they will continue to be the big stories of 2013. But before we can predict they will also be the big success story, an awful lot of detail must be sorted out: We are far from being able to declare definitively that SDN and NFV represent the future of networking technology. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   IETF

5. MEF announces winners of the APAC, North America and Global Carrier Ethernet Awards – 2012 Explore telecomkh (Nov 15 2012) Event Related , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Global , National , Regional , Heavy Reading , Other analysts , Vertical Systems The winners of the prestigious 2012 MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards for the APAC, North America and Global regions were announced recently, with the APAC awards being presented at the recent MEF APAC Summit in Shanghai and the North America and Global award winners being named at the Light Reading Ethernet Expo in New York (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Informa   IDC   Frost & Sullivan

6. Carrier Ethernet Has a Job for SDN Explore Light Reading (Nov 7 2012) Event Related , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , National , Heavy Reading Software-defined networking (SDN) can do a lot of things, but one application emerged as the favorite among the Carrier Ethernet crowd: dynamic bandwidth allocation. The ability to increase or decrease bandwidth on demand came up during multiple sessions Tuesday as speakers expounded on why they think SDN is going to be important in the Ethernet services sector. SDN encompasses a lot more than that, of course. The model espoused by the Internet Engineering Task (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   Heavy Reading   Metro Ethernet Forum

7. Mobile Backhaul - Overture Appoints New CEO Explore Light Reading (Sep 24 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Other , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading Carrier Ethernet access market leader Overture Networks Inc. has named Mike Aquino as its new president and CEO, with incumbent chief executive Jeff Reedy sliding along the management table to become chief strategy officer. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks   Overture Networks Inc.

8. Operators Like CE 2.0 – So Far Explore Light Reading (Jul 27 2012) MEF , Metro Ethernet , Heavy Reading Heavy Reading has just released a new survey-based report that captures the opinions of a large number of service provider professionals regarding the MEF's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) initiative that was launched in February 2012. Responses to the CE 2.0 survey suggest that an overwhelming majority of operators believe the CE 2.0 initiative is an important step forward for the industry, but at the individual company level the MEF has some work to do explaining the value of hopping aboard the newly announced CE 2.0 certification program. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Metro Ethernet Forum

9. Ethernet Exposed - Carrier Ethernet Service & Technology Trends Explore Light Reading (Jul 23 2012) Event Related , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Global , Heavy Reading Heavy Reading’s new Carrier Ethernet Service & Technology Trends & Issues: Europe 2012 report is now available for purchase. This report draws upon the views shared by more than 20 senior service provider experts who participated in Light Reading’s Ethernet Europe 2012 event jointly held with the MEF in Munich, Germany, during April 2012. Nearly all of these professionals are members of Heavy Reading’s global Ethernet Executive Council (EEC). Senior experts from the following service (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Deutsche Telekom   Heavy Reading   Metro Ethernet Forum

10. Live Web Event - Introduction to Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification Explore Ethernet Academy (Apr 26 2012) MEF , Business Ethernet , National , Heavy Reading Stanley Hubbard, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading Featured Speakers: Nan Chen, President of MEF, Mike Haugh, Ixia; Bob Mandeville, Iometrix; Michael Tighe, AboveNet; Youcef Ayad, TeliaSonera; John Hawkins, Ciena; Craig Easley, Accedian Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:00 a.m. New York / 4:00 p.m. London.   (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

11. Last Week's Ethernet Europe Event Explore CEN Feature (Apr 24 2012) Event Related , Europe , Business Ethernet , Cloud , Global , Heavy Reading The who’s who of Carrier Ethernet Europe gathered last week in Munich for the annual Light Reading Ethernet Europe.  Collocated with the MEF’s quarterly members’ meeting, this year’s event lived up to its billing as the premier Carrier Ethernet event in EMEA. My schedule only allowed for a couple of brief visits into town which naturally included the requisite visit to the legendary Hofbrauhaus, for a few um-pa-pa’s, a very large stein of beer and some rockin’ pretzels.    But the real highlight of the week was Carrier Ethernet.  In this post, I’ll recap a few ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   SLA   Deutsche Telekom   Heavy Reading

12. 100G Ethernet Components Step Up to the Mark Explore Heavy Reading (Jan 10 2012) Other , Heavy Reading Many are using DP-QPSK with coherent receivers for 40G long haul, as well. 100GBase-LR4 Ethernet will be the dominant technology for the metro and enterprise applications, with 10GBase-ER4 used for longer links. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading

13. The ITU-T Pushes Towards MPLS-TP Answer Explore Light Reading (Nov 29 2011) IETF , Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading The International Telecommunication Union, Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is satisfied with an option for handling the dispute over MPLS-TP operations, administration and maintenance (OAM). (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   OAM   ITU   International telecommunication Union

14. MPLS-TP's Split Standard Could Be Close Explore Light Reading (Nov 16 2011) IETF , Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading There's a proposal afoot that would appear to give the Y.1731 camp what it wants. Two contrasting approaches for MPLS-TP management, G.8113.1 and G.8113.2, could both be "conditionally approved" at the next meeting of ITU-T Study Group 15, in December, an ITU spokesman tells Light Reading via email. It's a compromise brokered by the Study Group's chairman. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   OAM   International telecommunication Union   IETF

15. 7 Things to Know About Carrier Ethernet Explore Light Reading (Nov 11 2011) Event Related , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , National , Heavy Reading , Vertical Systems We've had a little time to come down from the mad rush that was Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 in New York. OTN, backhaul, the cloud -- here's a wrap-up of what we think we learned at Ethernet Expo. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   SLA   Congress   Vertical Systems Group

16. Heavy Reading Ethernet Executive Council - Ethernet Executive Council Q&A: Tinet & Neutral Tandem Explore Light Reading (Oct 17 2011) Business Ethernet , Wholesale , Wholesale / Exchange , Heavy Reading Neutral Tandem acquired Tinet in 2010 and has placed a strategic priority on leveraging the company’s global network to support end-to-end delivery of wholesale IP, Ethernet, and voice solutions. Gambini was a popular speaker at our Ethernet Europe event in April 2011, and Beer will be participating in Ethernet Expo Americas (November 8 and 9, 2011). (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   SLA   IBM   OAM

17. Ethernet Exchanges Attracting Mostly Sellers Explore Light Reading (Oct 4 2011) Cloud , Wholesale , Heavy Reading Competitive carriers continue to sign up to Ethernet exchanges, but even they admit the "exchange" idea remains a one-way notion. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Equinix Inc.   CENX Inc.   Zayo

18. Broadcom to Buy NetLogic for $3.7B Explore Light Reading (Sep 12 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Heavy Reading Merger to add multi-core and knowledge-based processors, along with cutting edge mobile base station technology, to Broadcom's portfolio. NetLogic's processors are used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to build 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE), data center, metro Ethernet and IP infrastructure products such as switches, routers, mobile base stations, storage and security appliances and service gateways. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   IBM   Broadcom

19. Carrier Ethernet Access Market Update Explore Light Reading (Sep 7 2011) Access , Event Related , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading Heavy Reading recently released our latest Carrier Ethernet Access Platform (CEAP) Quarterly Market Tracker, in which we provided updated market share and forecast estimates for Ethernet-over-fiber, Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair and Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit platform market segments. Our analysis indicates the global CEAP market grew about 11 percent year-over-year from $765 million in 1H10 to more than $850 million in 2H11, despite facing significant macro-economic headwinds. ays (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   IBM   OAM   Heavy Reading

20. HR Launches Global Ethernet Executive Council Explore Light Reading (Sep 6 2011) Event Related , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO , National , Heavy Reading Heavy Reading unveils new community of service and technology experts shaping the Carrier Ethernet and cloud services markets. Heavy Reading has created the Ethernet Executive Council to honor individuals who have demonstrated industry leadership and a personal commitment to advancing the use of high-performance Ethernet services and technologies for the benefit of retail, wholesale and consumer customers. Among other things, the program will provide Council members with exclusive networking, speaking and LRTV interview opportunities at Light Reading's Ethernet-related events, the chance to participate in Heavy Reading Q&A interview columns published on Light Reading sites, and access to valuable ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   IBM   Verizon Communications Inc.

21. Euronews: 100GigE Hits East Europe Explore Light Reading (Jul 19 2011) Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading Ciena, Ericsson and Telenet feature in today's European roundup (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   IEEE

22. MPLS-TP Still on the Brink Explore Light Reading (Jun 1 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Heavy Reading MPLS-TP began as an unprecedented effort by two major standards bodies -- IETF and ITU-T -- to set aside parochial differences and develop a common standard for the necessary OAM tools to enable MPLS meet transport network requirements. The ambitious push for a unified standard continues, even as some vendors and carriers exercise pre-standard options (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   IBM   OAM   ITU

23. Packet-Optical Stays Out of Control Explore Light Reading (May 19 2011) Middle Mile , Heavy Reading The dream of a converged network is still haunted by the lack of a converged control plane. Ideally, Narayanaswamy would like a multilayer control plane, something that spans the optical network up through Ethernet and Layer 2. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Verizon Communications Inc.   IEEE   IETF

24. Level 3 Claims Unique Backhaul Strategy Explore Light Reading (Apr 28 2011) Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading "Wireless operators generally buy Ethernet interfaces from us at speeds of 100 Mbit/s or 50 Mbit/s up to 1 Gbit/s," Savill says. Level 3 is building microwave towers at the site and, at the foot of the tower, adding an environmentally controlled hut for wireless operators' microwave equipment. The smaller structure is connected to the regen/amplification hut by buried cable that connects to a cross-connect panel within the larger hut. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   IBM   Motorola , Inc.

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