Ethernet Exchanges Show Promise

Explore Heavy Reading (Feb 28 2013)

Ethernet exchanges (EEs) began about three years ago to facilitate carrier interconnection and have badly disappointed market expectations in terms of take-up and business size. But the same companies are developing promising new business prospects in customer categories other than service provider and modalities other than public exchange.

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Comment Mentions:   Heavy Reading   Equinix Inc.   Metro Ethernet Forum

Ethernet Exchanges Shift From Public to Private

Explore Light Reading (Nov 6 2012) Event Related , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Wholesale , Wholesale / Exchange

Carrier neutral exchanges have gone from a frumpy off-the-rack service to a custom, tailored fit and finish  As Ethernet Expo Americas 2012 kicks off, Ethernet exchanges are shifting away from being public marketplaces for physical Ethernet interconnection to focus on software-based or cloud-based back-office processing to support privately created interconnections.

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Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum   CENX Inc.   Neutral Tandem Inc.

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

Tinet Rolls Out EtherCloud Coverage

Explore Light Reading (Apr 4 2011) Wholesale / Exchange

Neutral Tandem Inc.'s international network subsidiary Tinet today announced a global wholesale Layer 2 Ethernet offering called EtherCloud that should spark a new round of marketing efforts from the small but increasingly high-profile group of Carrier Ethernet exchange service providers. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   Motorola , Inc.   Cablevision

Carrier Ethernet Gets Off the Island

Explore Light Reading (Feb 15 2011) Wholesale / Exchange , Heavy Reading

There is no denying that Carrier Ethernet has a strong value proposition for users and network operators alike, but one factor has limited that potential value for many service deployments: Service connectivity between different operators and services is not easy. Until recently, interconnection agreements between Carrier Ethernet service providers that often used different service variants and class-of-service (CoS) structures have typically been complex, costly and time-consuming, taking at best several months to negotiate and implement. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   Motorola , Inc.   Cablevision

Telx Early to Ethernet Exchange Expansion

Explore Light Reading (Oct 26 2010) Wholesale / Exchange

Collocation and interconnection provider Telx Group Inc. is growing its new Ethernet Exchange business faster than expected, turning up five locations this year, one more than planned, and looking to add two more in early 2011, if not sooner. The company is moving more quickly because of customer demand, says Glenn Calafati, a former Optimum Lightpath exec who joined Telx as VP and general manager of the Telx Ethernet Exchange this summer. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   CENX Inc.   Optimum Lightpath   KDDI Corp.