Metro Ethernet is getting increased interest lately, perhaps becoming a big-growth area for telecom spending. Recently, the MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance set better interworking among frame relay, ATM and ...

Earlier this month, we discussed the fact that while metro Ethernet network services hold much promise as a low-cost, operationally simple option for multimegabit-speed LAN-to-LAN connections, the ...

In order to truly supplant SONET/SDH with Ethernet in Metro networks, Ethernet must meet the demanding standards service providers expect and rely upon from circuit-based networks These include 99.999 ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Trying to put its stamp on the new world of virtualized networks, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is ...

The networking giant is beefing up its enterprise Ethernet portfolio. Analysts predict the market to pick up over the next few years. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

GLEN ROCK, N.J. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pangaea Networks, a niche provider of Carrier Class Metro Ethernet transport services in the New York City and New Jersey markets, today announced the launch ...

Designers looking to break into the hot metro Ethernet market have a new tool. Accton's ES4826 MetroBox-AS Metro Ethernet access switch supports every deployment scenario, from pure Ethernet access ...

Nortel Networks Corp. moved to beef up metro Ethernet networks at this week’s Globalcomm carrier-equipment show in Chicago, rolling out a recently developed technology designed to make them more ...

Nortel Networks Inc. in Brampton, Ontario, revealed a new class of optical switches for the ever-more-attractive metropolitan-area network market on Monday, touting the switches’ power to cut carriers ...

New Jersey metro area data center and colocation facilities. The company enables service providers to connect to their enterprise customers, providing an end-to-end Ethernet service at both Layer 1 ...

Editor's note: To view a PDF version of this article, click here. Several technologies are coming together to make Ethernet compelling for metro access. Perhaps the most interesting is the combination ...