Globe Business secures MEF 2.0 certification

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 22 2013) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

...twork and allow end-to-end visibility to perform faster issue identification and resolution as well as ensure SLA delivery." Momentum for CE 2.0 certification is growing. Following the recent certifications of Comcast Bu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Metro Ethernet Forum   Comcast Business Services

Alpheus extends wholesale Ethernet to AireSpring

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 12 2013) Middle Mile

...exas. Customers that purchase AireSpring's MPLS Mesh product can combine multiple MPLS networks with a single SLA, single bill and one point of contact. The provider claims that since it manages the connection, customers... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   NuVox   Alpheus Communications

Virtual Network Interface Device - Top wireline technologies in 2013

Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 21 2013)

...the end service would confirm their wholesale partner is meeting its agreed upon SLAs and that the end-to-end SLA is delivered to the end-customer. Why is it important? As more service providers look to expand their off-... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Quality of Service   Metro Ethernet Forum

Carrier Ethernet 2.0 - Top wireline technologies in 2013

Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 21 2013)

... for their multi-site business customers. CE 2.0 also provides management functions to ensure performance and SLA guarantees in addition to service activation and greater network visibility. Finally, the multi-CoS functi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Metro Ethernet Forum   Comcast Business Services

Carrier Ethernet Advances with 2.0 Certifications

Explore EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet (Feb 13 2013) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

...et plug into an Ethernet port it's going to work. "The question is about how to maintain some semblance of an SLA (Service Level Agreement) across inter-operator links to insure consistent levels for quality of service,"... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   LAN   Juniper

Injecting IQ Into 10G Ethernet

Explore OSP Magazine (Jan 21 2013) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading

...ations are involved. Today there is a real need for high capacity access combined with service management and SLA assurance and, as a result, the “large pipe” must also be accompanied by intelligent demarcation in releva... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   OAM   Heavy Reading

Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Enables Class of Service Capability for FairPoint

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 16 2012) Access , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Regional , Wholesale / Exchange

...tomers whose Carrier Ethernet connections are all within the same region. But even the less stringent latency SLA for connections within FairPoint’s entire New England region is just 30 milliseconds roundtrip.

... (Read Full Article)

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Carrier Ethernet services drive new assurance requirements to compete effectively

Explore TelecomEngine.com (Oct 8 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Other analysts

...rator will reduce customer support calls, bolster customer satisfaction and provide real-time visibility into SLA compliance and the overall health of the service, even on a shared link. If there’s an issue, the enterpri... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA

FairPoint unveils its new wholesale carrier Ethernet Service 2.0

Explore FierceTelecom (Oct 4 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

...urrently reaches 90 percent of its business customer base in the region. Augmenting this service with CoS and SLA capabilities comes at a time when regulators in the New England region are realigning the way they regulat... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Frost & Sullivan   EarthLink

Carrier Ethernet networks in Vietnam «

Explore iirtransmissionseries.wordpress.com (Oct 3 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

...ine) can’t be monitored. Customers today often want to know the quality of the transmission line. The lack of SLA-aware Ethernet over an MPLS line prevents the operator from providing a kind of portal to customer. In ord... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA

Highlights: Fall 2012 Carrier Ethernet World Congress

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 25 2012) Event Related , MEF

...ng differently about network architectures. Focus on the use cases.” Marcin Kotlarski of GTS – “An end-to-end SLA can best be provided when Cloud Service Provider, Cloud Broker and Cloud Carrier are one.” Steve West of C... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cyan   NTT   SLA

Inteliquent Gets a Pat on the Back from Frost & Sullivan

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 4 2012) Cloud , Wholesale , Global , Frost & Sullivan

... not have full visibility into Carrier B’s network and therefore may not be able to provide the same level of SLA as Inteliquent. A different take Frost & Sullivan raise some valuable points about EtherCloud. But it ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Frost & Sullivan

Bridging the Ethernet-Over-Fiber Gap

Explore OSP Magazine (Aug 10 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

... time-to-service and service turn up, and begins the SLA monitoring/verification for the Ethernet Service. 2. SLA Performance Monitoring and Fault Management. These features are key in continually and proactively monitor... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Overture Networks   Paetec

Assuring Carrier Ethernet: What's All the Fuss?

Explore Billing and OSS World (Jun 25 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet

...    Multi-vendor Support ·        Asset Discovery ·        Multi-layer Correlation and Visualization ·        SLA Management ·        Advanced Reports and Trending ·        Configurable Dashboards ·        Customer Porta... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA

Virtualized Access Could Benefit Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Access Market

Explore CEN Feature (Jun 19 2012) Access , MEF , Global

Comment "An eminently sensible idea--only surprised it took so long." - GoinBananas

...onfirm that the wholesale operator is meeting its service level agreement (SLA), and to verify the end-to-end SLA offered to the end customer. One service provider that anticipates using vNIDs when the MEF standard is ... (Read Full Article)

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