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 ... (Read Full Article)

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

Charter Gets Into Carrier Ethernet Business for the Long Haul

Explore Light Reading (Jun 23 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO , Heavy Reading

Charter Communications Inc. is launching a long-haul Ethernet service on Thursday, knitting together its individual markets in an attempt to cut deeper into Level 3 Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT)'s and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s hides. Charter got into the metro Ethernet market about ten years ago. The difference now is that it's going to exploit its national fiber backbone (based primarily on Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   IBM   Equinix Inc.

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 ... (Read Full Article)

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

GC Could Boost Level 3's Global Ambitions

Explore Light Reading (Apr 11 2011) Managed Data Services , Cable / MSO , Global , Heavy Reading , Other analysts

Washburn sees the service portfolios fitting together with relative ease, saying the companies should be able to connect their Ethernet service fabrics easily and that Global Crossing's MPLS VPN portfolio already offers a high degree of interconnectivity. Both companies have video operations, based on acquisition, that will need to be linked (or cut loose). (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cablevision   Time Warner Cable   CableLabs

Cloud Rolls In to Ethernet Europe

Explore Light Reading (Apr 7 2011) Managed Data Services , Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO , National , Heavy Reading

The role of Ethernet in the cloud, Ethernet exchanges, mobile backhaul, MPLS-TP developments, wholesale models, access options and coffee-to-die-for are set to dominate the debate at Ethernet Europe 2011, a two-day Light Reading and Heavy Reading conference and sponsor showcase (London, April 12 and 13). (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   OAM   Cablevision   Time Warner Cable

Ethernet Europe Touts Service Provider Speakers

Explore Light Reading (Mar 13 2011) Business Ethernet , Managed Data Services , Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO , National , Heavy Reading , Yankee Group

On April 12 and 13, 2011, Light Reading will be hosting its annual Ethernet Europe event at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel. A record number of 17 service provider experts from 16 operators and exchange players will be speaking at the event. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Yankee Group   Cablevision   Heavy Reading

Comcast Chases Big[ger] Business

Explore Light Reading (Jul 21 2010) Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO , Heavy Reading

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is making a national push to be a major player in the enterprise and mobile backhaul markets using Carrier Ethernet, with Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) and Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq: CIEN) among the vendors that stand to benefit the most initially. Industry sources familiar with Comcast's strategy say the sales and tech components of the initiative are well underway, with a commitment to build ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Communications Inc.   Level (3)

CENX Connects With Cable Player

Explore Light Reading (Jul 20 2010) Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO , National

Optimum Lightpath , the enterprise services arm of Cablevision Systems Corp., has become the first firm with cable ties to sign up with CENX Inc., the Carrier Ethernet peering firm exchange that opened for business late last year. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   Cablevision   Equinix Inc.

Size Matters, Says CENX Founder

Explore Light Reading (May 24 2010) Business Ethernet , National , Heavy Reading

Founder Nan Chen gets excited as eight-month-old Ethernet exchange hits milestone of 10M end points (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Equinix Inc.   CENX Inc.

Level 3: Vendors Should Lower Opex

Explore Light Reading (May 19 2010) Middle Mile

Network gear is delivering more bandwidth at a lower cost, but more work needs to be done to reduce the growing cost of operating networks (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Communications Inc.   Level (3)

Interconnect Woes Put to Bed

Explore Light Reading (Apr 13 2010) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Global

Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   Orange Business Services   Equinix Inc.

Backhaul is Big in Vegas

Explore Light Reading (Apr 5 2010) Mobile Backhaul

Wireless backhaul is buzzing at the CTIA show in Las Vegas this week (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   CTIA   Communications Inc.   Level (3)