Sept 26th, 2008, Algarve, Portugal - Nan Chen, president of the MEF, announces Carrier Ethernet has entered third phase of evolution towards the definitive next generation service-level network for global business, entertainment, information and communication.  Aimed at fully scalable worldwide operation, and beginning with new specifications for automated management, Chen indicates that the MEF, in its role at the forefront of the Carrier Ethernet development and driving these phases of evolution, will increasingly offer service provider tools, beginning with the recently announced Global Services Directory followed by a basic wholesale provisioning agreement and template for local Ethernet access.

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MEF Announces winners of the EMEA 2008
Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards

26th September, NetEvents, Portugal  - Colt wins award for ”Outstanding Service Innovation” and Verizon receives ”Best in Business”.  The awards were presented by Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) at Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Berlin earlier this week. The Judges, chosen from key industry analysts covering this sector in EMEA – including Current Analysis, IDC, Ovum, Telstrapartners and Yankee Group,  commended Colt for service coverage and leadership in innovative services.  Verizon also scored highly on service coverage, with an emphasis on market penetration and service innovation.

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MEF appoints Dennis Kruse as Chairman

Quinto do Lago, Portugal, Sept 25, 2008 - Dennis Kruse, Vice President of Network Solutions at Orange Business Services, has been elected Chairman of the MEF board.  “We are delighted to have Dennis heading our board,” explains Nan Chen. “He brings considerable marketing and product management experience to the MEF at a time when the demand for Carrier Ethernet services to businesses is rising sharply.”  The announcement followed the decision by Mike Tighe, Director of Corporate Strategy, Verizon Business, to step down after a very successful chairmanship which experienced a surge in MEF membership and commitment across the globe.

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Applications Invited for Prestigious APAC Service Provider Awards

September 12, Los Angeles – Applications are invited from forward-looking service providers offering Carrier Ethernet services in the Asia-Pacific region for the MEF’s prestigious APAC Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year 2008 Awards. These MEF awards recognize excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Business Services and are awarded annually in North America, Asia-Pacific and EMEA. The deadline for application is October 24, 2008 and the awards will be announced and presented at the Carrier Ethernet World APAC event in Singapore on Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Also announced today were the winners of by the prestigious “2008 Awards for North American Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year”. From a strong contingent of entries, ”Best in Business” award was won by Verizon, while Optimum Lightpath and Time Warner Cable, as a result of a tie,  were co-recipients of the ”Services Innovation” award. Cox Business was also a finalist. These annual awards were judged by an independent and respected panel of industry analysts from Current Analysis, Forrester, Heavy Reading, IDC and Infonetics Research.

June, 3rd, Los Angeles­ – The MEF announced today new on-line facilities to meet the surging demand for Carrier Ethernet services. The MEF Global Service Directory (GSD) is a free on-line tool offering the very latest data on service coverage and availability across the globe – essential viewing for enterprise users and service providers planning extensive network upgrades. In addition, the MEF website has been enhanced with MEF TV – a multimedia channel delivering a host of educational and informative Carrier Ethernet news and case studies.

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June, 3rd, Los Angeles ­ MEF membership in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has grown significantly in 2008 – with a new MEF board member from China Telecom and increased marketing activity and involvement at APAC events
Nan Chen, MEF President. Interviewed at the NetEvents 2008 Asia-Pacific Press Summit, he emphasized how the surge in global adoption of Carrier Ethernet, together with widespread recognition of MEF service specifications, is driving the exceptional growth in APAC involvement. Reflecting this commitment, Gloria Zhang of China Telecom has recently been appointed to the MEF board.

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April 1st, Las Vegas, USA ­ – The press and mobile service providers looking for light at the end of the backhaul tunnel were invited to an impressive demonstration of demanding mobile applications supported by Carrier Ethernet backhaul at CTIA Mobile 2008. Click here for full details.

MEF’s initiative paves way for OPEX profile improvement in the face of soaring traffic.

11th February, 2008. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona: Mobile service providers can look forward to light at the end of the backhaul tunnel with the unveiling of the MEF’s Mobile Backhaul Initiative. This initiative allows the service providers to break out from the grip of stagnant ARPU (average revenue per user) and soaring bandwidth demand.

The initiative is complemented by a new MEF certification program. The MEF 18 Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet (CESoETH) certification program promises to transform the backhaul market and presents a clear migration path from legacy TDM dependence to flexible, simple and cost-effective Carrier Ethernet networks

The first practical  example is the 2008 Mobile Backhaul Interoperability Test Event  created and conducted by EANTC in collaboration with and sponsored by 15 MEF member companies. The event is co-located in Berlin and on-site at the MPLS and Ethernet World Congress, Paris, 2/08, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2/08, and CTIA Wireless, Las Vegas, 4/08

“Carrier Ethernet for Business” targets enterprises looking to tap an emerging network economy

September 17th, New York – The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) launched their “Carrier Ethernet for Business” world tour in New York today with a keynote presentation by Don Tapscott, CEO the New Paradigms think tank, and co-author of the international best seller “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything”.

Following the keynote, those attending the New York event learnt about the real business benefits from actual users, together with an update on the new services being offered, with detail on SLAs, compatibility between providers, where these services are now available and soon coming online – together with the various access options. Case study topics focused on the real-life experience of a migration to Carrier Ethernet, the financial and business benefits with particular emphasis on ROI.

Carrier Ethernet ASIA-Pacific Service Provider of the Year Awards
Presented at the World’s Largest Ethernet Show

September 10th, Beijing, China: The Asia Pacific winners of the MEF’s prestigious ”Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards were presented on Friday September 7th – with China Telecom receiving the ”Best in Business” award and the ”Services Innovation” award being received by Hong Kong’s PCCW. The other finalists were Symphony and Uecomm. The awards were presented by Nan Chen, President of the MEF at a ceremony held at the Kerry Center Hotel, Beijing as part of Ethernet World China – the world’s largest Ethernet show. Click here for full details.

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WORLD’S FIRST SERVICE PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION  CONFIRMS

”CARRIER ETHERNET IS READY FOR PRIME TIME”
37 services from 11 providers performed to exacting conditions

June 19th, Chicago ­ – The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) today announced the first group of providers to offer services certified for service quality and performance. Until now, every program in the history of the industry has only certified correct functionality, but never the quality of service.

The implication for Enterprise users is that, they can be assured that MEF14 certified Carrier Ethernet services can support the most stringent real time communications applications including VOIP and HD quality videoconferencing.

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Cable Builds on its Commitment to Carrier Ethernet

June 17th, 2007, Orlando, FL– Several new members, new certifications and training opportunities mark the fast-growing relationship between the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and the cable industry. Tomorrow sees the first full day of training for cable engineers organized by the MEF in conjunction with the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) ...

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Three New Technical Specifications Announced by the MEF

Advances in Management, Circuit Emulation and Services Testing

May 14th , Irvine , California  – The MEF approved three new specifications at the recent quarterly meeting, held in Orange County , California . The new specifications address the areas of service operations, administration and maintenance - OAM (MEF17), conformance testing for circuit emulation over Ethernet (MEF 18) and testing the UNI Type 1 (MEF 19). These specifications are available now on the technical specifications page .

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Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Awards 2007
Announced for North America

Last year’s awards ceremony

April 11th, 2007 - MEF, today announced a “call for entries” for Service Providers to enter their prestigious North American Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year 2007 Awards.

The deadline for application is May 25th and the awards will be announced and presented at a champagne reception during NXTComm 2007, held on the MEF booth at 12 noon on Wednesday June 20th

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 New MEF COO outlines accelerating Carrier Ethernet strategy for 2007

Irvine, California, 22nd February 2007 – In his new role as Chief Operating Officer for the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), Kevin Vachon today outlined the expanding scope of Carrier Ethernet and the strategic role of the MEF in the year ahead. Also speaking today at NetEvents European Press/Analyst Summit in Evian, Nan Chen, President of the MEF delivered an industry update, projected technical work and the road ahead for MEF certification and provided an overview of European marketing initiatives.

Figures confirming the astonishing growth in the Carrier Ethernet market were provided by Michael Howard, Principal Analyst at Infonetics Research, who stated: "Carrier Ethernet Switch and Router (CESR) manufacturer revenue worldwide grew an astounding 132% from 2005 to 2006, and will continue strong growth to $9.1B in 2010, a 5-year CAGR of 16%. Carriers clearly want and are deploying Carrier Ethernet qualified routers and Ethernet switches….  (click here to view full press release) (MS Word 88Kb)

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MEF celebrates its 100th member

Milestone in Carrier Ethernet’s year of exceptional growth

Hong Kong, December 4th 2006: The Metro Ethernet Forum announced today its hundredth member, ARRIS, marking another milestone in a year of exceptional growth. ARRIS, based in Georgia, USA, sees its MEF membership as a key component in its mission to provide broadband local access networks with innovative, best-in-class video, high-speed data and telephony systems to deliver voice, video and data to the home and business. Other cable equipment and MSO companies are clearly in accord, as ARRIS joins a wave of recent sign-ups, including Cox and Time Warner Cable, so that the MEF membership has jumped 50% in the last 6 months alone, while the Carrier Ethernet market is itself anticipating exceptional growth in the next 5 years… More

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MEF 14 Certification Makes Carrier Ethernet the Technology of Choice for Mission Critical Applications

MEF launches ground-breaking Service Provider certification program

New York, October 25th, 2006: "Carrier Ethernet is now the front-running technology for mission-critical real-time services including VoIP, disaster recovery, conferencing and enterprise applications." This was the message delivered by Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum as he launched the MEF 14 Service Provider Certification Program today. He also pointed out that this is the first time in the history of the telecommunications industry that any forum had put its technical specifications to verification, not just in functionality, but in terms of actual service delivery and performance. "Carrier Ethernet doesn’t just deliver – from today it delivers to globally recognized service level specifications" he stated.

"Ethernet is on track toward metro service dominance, as service providers continue to look for ways to reduce operating expenditures and enable new revenue streams," says Michael Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research and lead author of a just-released worldwide service provider study. “And now that the number one technical issue that was plaguing service providers rolling out metro Ethernet networks last year—QoS—is being addressed by manufacturers, and proven by the MEF 14 testing, the Ethernet adoption curve is speeding up. Manufacturers have added many new QoS features, improving end-to-end QoS with carrier-class Ethernet products, and service providers depend on the MEF testing to insure that these adhere to the standards."

"Our customers are moving rapidly towards converged network architectures" confirms Tom Roche, vice president, marketing, for network voice and data services, Verizon Business. "With the announcement of MEF 14 testing for service providers, enterprises will feel confident that their providers’ Carrier Ethernet services can support mission critical and converged applications such as ERP, VoIP, videoconferencing and business continuity". More…

Carrier Ethernet –Technology of choice for Mission Critical Applications

NetEvents 28th September, 2006: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) set out eighteen months ago to define and accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier class Ethernet Networks and Services. The MEF considers Carrier Ethernet as the front-running technology for the deployment of mission critical applications. More... (MS Word 87Kb)

EUROPEAN CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS announced at Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC)

NetEvents, 28th September, 2006: Winners of the prestigious “Carrier Ethernet European Service Provider of the Year Awards - 2006” were announced at the second annual CEWC in Madrid this week. More... (MS Word 84Kb)

 
Daniel Bar-Lev, MEF Marketing Co-Chair (right) presents Dr. Alireza Mahmoodshahi, CTO at COLT (left) with the MEF’s “European Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Award for Outstanding Innovation” at the 2006 Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Madrid.

Daniel Bar-Lev, MEF Marketing Co-Chair (right) presents Danny Cote, Head of Network Solutions, Orange Business Services (left) with the MEF’s European Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Award for “Best in Business” at the 2006 Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Madrid.

MEF takes one more step in China
2 new members join in: China Telecom and PCCW

Beijing, China: September 7, 2006. Four years on from his first keynote speech at the world's premier Ethernet event "Ethernet World" Beijing, Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) presented to an audience of over 1,500 IT professionals. His topic for this years Keynote was "A New World with Carrier Ethernet" reflecting Carrier Ethernet's evolution from "best effort" origins to the technology of choice for mission-critical communications that power the next generation Internet.

His presentation began with a survey of latest developments – including the full definition of Carrier Ethernet and an update on Ethernet's recent invasion of the access space. Other topics included announcements of the 2nd Asia Pacific Carrier Ethernet Service provider of Year awards and the latest on the MEF certification programs. He also announced further expansion of the MEF's activities and membership - including two new significant members, China Telecom and PCCW. More... (MS Word 75Kb)

Service Provider of the Year Awards 2006 - announced for Asia-Pacific & Europe

July, 3rd 2006 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), today announced a “call for entries” for Service Providers to enter their prestigious Asia-Pacific and European “Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year 2006 Awards” . The awards are sponsored by the MEF and winners of the Asia-Pacific awards will be announced at the EthernetWorld conference Beijing on Thursday September 7th 2006 following a Keynote presentation from MEF President, Nan Chen. Winners of the European awards will be announced at The Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC) in Madrid on Tuesday 26th September 2006.

The forthcoming awards will cover both business practice and outstanding Carrier Ethernet innovation. As global metro Ethernet deployment continues to grow, the MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the year awards will again set new milestones in how creativity is changing the ways in which the world communicates…

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 METRO ETHERNET FORUM ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF U.S. SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2006

GlobalComm Chicago, 12 noon, June 6th, 2006 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced the winners for their second “U.S. Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards. Verizon received the “Service Provider of the Year - Best in Business” award and Optimum Lightpath received the “ Service Provider of the Year - Outstanding Innovation” award at a champagne reception held today at GlobalComm 2006, Chicago on June 6th.

”I would like to congratulate the winners for their well deserved awards” commented Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum, “and the runners up too for setting such a high standard in the second year of this competition. May I also take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to U.S. service providers in general for being the first to be certified for Carrier Ethernet services – so taking the lead in driving and developing the Carrier Ethernet market across the globe.”

The judging panel -- which included analysts David Hold, Current Analysis; Michael Howard, Infonetics Research; Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading; Ron Kaplan, IDC; Nick Maynard, Yankee Group plus Bob Mandeville from Iometrix and the MEF Board -- singled out Verizon for the Best in Business award. Against strong competition, Verizon was chosen on the strength of its marketing excellence, major Ethernet infrastructure investment and consequent 77% growth from an already large Ethernet customer base. The Innovation Award was also a close race with Optimum Lightpath being chosen on the strength of its broad spectrum of innovation on all three counts -- technical, service and business.

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Winner of ‘Best in Business’ category – Verizonbusiness

From left to right: Mike Tighe, MEF; Ron Kaplan, IDC; Tom Roche, VP Advanced Services, Verizonbusiness, Nan Chen, MEF; Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading.

 Winner for ‘Outstanding Innovation” category – Optimum Lightpath

From left to right: Ron Kaplan, IDC; Mike Tighe, MEF; Jack Burton, Director, Systems Engineering accepts award on behalf of Brian Fabiano, Senior Vice President of Architecture, Optimum Lightpath; Nan Chen, MEF; Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading.

 MEF “QUALITY OF SERVICE” CERTIFICATIONS PAVE WAY FOR PREMIUM CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICES

40 systems and 112 services from 15 vendors meet exacting test conditions

GlobalComm, Chicago, USA, June 6th 2006 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) held a special awards ceremony at GlobalComm, Chicago, today to celebrate the first group of systems and services to comply with MEF 14 - Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management. This MEF Certification ensures conformance to the MEF Quality of Service attributes – a requirement of SLAs (Service Level Agreements) supporting simultaneous real-time and data intensive business applications. The certificates were presented by Nan Chen, the president of the Metro Ethernet Forum, and Bob Mandeville, president and founder of Iometrix, the company responsible for the conformance testing.

”Quality of Service is a critical attribute to ensure that Carrier Ethernet services will deliver the strict performance and bandwidth guarantees our business customers demand” says Michael Tighe, Director of Corporate Strategy of Verizon, and chair of the MEF board, “These 14 vendors are to be congratulated for being the first to commit to premium Carrier Ethernet services, and the challenge of submitting their products to two months of exhaustive testing at the Iometrix labs.”

Bob Mandeville agrees: ”The Test Plan for Traffic Management developed by Iometrix includes no less than 183 test cases covering EPL, EVPL and E-LAN services and engaging complex policing algorithms applied to the UNI, the EVC and Classes of Service within the EVC. These vendors, in committing to MEF14, have made a major step towards true interoperability of the mechanisms providing service quality of Carrier Ethernet Services.”

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Tier One Service Providers Prove Their Commitment to Carrier Ethernet Services

London, UK, April 26, 2006 - Seven service providers took the stage today to receive certificates confirming their compliance to the Metro Ethernet Forum’s global Carrier Ethernet Service definitions. The ceremony took place at Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo Europe 2006, London UK, and the certificates were presented by Nan Chen, President of the MEF, and Bob Mandeville, President and Founder of Iometrix, the company responsible for the conformance testing.

The companies receiving certification in this first round were: AT&T, Bellsouth, Cablevision Lightpath (the first cable operator to apply), Met-Net, ntl:Telewest Business (the first European service provider to apply), Qwest and Verizon... More... (MS Word)

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 Ethernet Everywhere by 2010?
Carrier Ethernet comes home as MEF targets access technologies

Las Vegas, March 21, 2006 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced today that the next phase of its Carrier Ethernet strategy and certification program will address the broad spectrum of access technologies - from copper pairs, coax cable to optical fiber and wireless.  The MEF believes Ethernet is a universal communications technology and their first objective was to enable Carrier Ethernet as the preferred carrier technology and service.  They are now seeking to ensure its universal availability by removing any access obstacles to Ethernet services.

 2006 Service Provider of the Year Awards Announced
by Metro Ethernet Forum

Las Vegas, March 21, 2006 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced today the schedule for this year’s North American “Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards. Entries are invited for submission by May 19th from enterprising and innovative service providers offering Carrier Ethernet services, and the results will be announced at Globalcomm on June 6th 2006. As in last year’s competition, two awards are offered: "Best in Business” and “Outstanding Innovation.” More... (MS Word)

 MEF Extends Its Certification Program to Pave the Way for Premium Carrier Ethernet Services

Irvine, Calif., February 6, 2006 - Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), today announced the launch of the next phase of the MEF Certification program that certifies to the recent ratification of the Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1 (MEF 14) - Hard QoS. This latest document specifies test criteria for Traffic Management focusing on the critical performance and bandwidth allocation attributes which form the basis of Service Level Specifications for Ethernet Services. MEF Certification to MEF 14 ensures Carrier Ethernet equipment conforms to the MEF Hard QoS attributes, which in turn enables the service quality of the Ethernet services they deliver to support both real-time and data intensive business applications. More...

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 Metro Ethernet Forum Announce Winners of its Service Provider of the Year Awards

London, UK – December 7th, 2005 – COLT and FLAG Telecom Ltd are this year’s winners of the Metro Ethernet Forum’s (MEF’s) prestigious “European Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards. The winners were announced at the Enterprise Networks Networking Dinner on 30th November, at the Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow. More...

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 MEF Announces PCCW ”Best in Business” and KVH ”Outstanding Innovation” in its Asia Pacific Service Provider Awards

“Award Profile Boosted As MEF Membership Surges”

Beijing, China, October 28th, 2005: The winners of the Metro Ethernet Forum’s prestigious ”Asia Pacific Service Provider of the Year” awards were announced today – with Hong Kong’s PCCW receiving the ”Best in Business” award and the ”Outstanding Innovation” award being received by KVH, Japan. The awards were presented by Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) at a ceremony held at Ethernet World, Beijing on Friday 28th October in the presence of over 1,600 IT professionals attending Nan Chen’s Keynote address. More...

 Metro Ethernet Forum Expands its Certification Programs to Service Providers Worldwide

"Tier 1 Service Providers Quick to Respond"

 Ethernet Expo, New York, October 12, 2005 - Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and Advisory Director to the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced today the launch of Phase 2 of the MEF's Carrier Ethernet Certification Program extending the benefits of certification to service providers offering Carrier Ethernet services. Since Phase 1 of the program – focusing on systems and equipment certification – was launched in April this year, already 39 systems have been certified as complying with the MEF's Carrier Ethernet service specifications.

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Infonetics Research Press Release

Metro Ethernet Ports Quadruple by 2008; Cisco #1 in Carrier Ethernet Market; New Equipment Class Emerges

SAN JOSE, California, October 12, 2005 - Worldwide metro Ethernet equipment revenue more than doubles between 2004 and 2008, from $3.1 billion to $7.6 billion, totaling almost $26 billion during the five-year period, and ports shipments will more than quadruple, according to Infonetics Research's Metro Ethernet Equipment report.

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MEF PRESENTS THE INDUSTRY’S FIRST CARRIER ETHERNET CERTIFICATIONS

39 systems from 16 vendors set the Carrier Ethernet Certification ball rolling

CEWC, Berlin, Germany, September 13th, 2005 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) held a special awards ceremony today to celebrate the first group of systems to comply with it’s global Carrier Ethernet service definitions. The ceremony took place at the 2005 Carrier Ethernet World Congress, Berlin, in the presence of Nan Chen, President and Director of the MEF, while the certificates were presented by Bob Mandeville, President and Founder of Iometrix, the company responsible for the conformance testing.

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METRO ETHERNET FORUM AND EANTC FIRST TO SHOW MULTI-VENDOR INTEROPERABILITY IN EUROPE

12 Companies to Demonstrate End-to-End Interoperability at Carrier Ethernet World Congress, Berlin, Germany

WINNERS OF SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Supercomm Chicago, June 8th, 2005 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is proud to announce the winners for their inaugural "US Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year" awards. AT&T received the "Service Provider of the Year - Best in Business" award and Yipes received the "Service Provider of the Year - Outstanding Innovation" award at a champagne reception held at Supercomm 2005, Chicago on Wednesday 8th June. More...

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MEF Certification Program to Accelerate Adoption of Carrier Ethernet

Irvine, California, April 12, 2005 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) today announced the launch of its Certification Program to support the explosive demand for Carrier Ethernet services. More...

Ethernet Takes On The World MEF announces Carrier Ethernet - evolution towards ultimate broadband

Irvine, California, USA, April 12th, 2005 - The next generation Internet will deliver business connectivity at tens of Gbps as well as broadcast-quality video on demand - just some of the benefits we can expect from 'Carrier Ethernet', the next major step in global communications announced today by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). More...

The Way Forward With Carrier-Class Ethernet Across the Enterprise

Latest RHK study confirms new application and cost saving expectations

CeBit, Hannover, Germany, March 10th, 2005 - A new study announced today by analysts RHK Inc. on behalf of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) confirmed that end users continue to demand ever greater bandwidths across the WAN and are prepared to spend more on WAN services so long as they can reduce overall IT costs. More...

Metro Ethernet Forum to take on Ethernet in the First Mile

OFC/NFOEC, Anaheim, CA, USA, March 8th, 2005: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) today announced it will expand its scope to promote standards-based Ethernet in the First Mile technologies and encouraged the utilization and implementation of Ethernet in the First Mile based upon the IEEE standard. More...

Irvine, CA, USA, January 11, 2005. The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced a new, industry-specific web portal to help service providers wanting clear, definitive facts and updates on carrier-class Ethernet equipment, OpEx, case studies and service definitions.  The new portal features an authoritative database of metro Ethernet networking equipment, test equipment and management tool suppliers... More...

Irvine, CA, USA, November 15, 2004. The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), today announced the ratification of three new MEF technical specifications for Carrier-class Ethernet - providing an interface model between element and network management systems, an implementation agreement for circuit emulation services and test procedures for point-to-point (E-Line) and any-to-any (E-LAN) services. More...

Metro Ethernet Forum Announces APAC Provider of the Year Award 2005

Beijing, November 12th, 2004. Nan Chen, Founding President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), today announced details of their prestigious "Asia Pacific Metro Ethernet Service Provider of the Year 2005 Awards". The awards are sponsored by the MEF, following the success of their 2004 European Service Provider awards - in which UK based Fibernet won the "Best in Business" award and Athens based, Attica Telecom, won the "Outstanding Innovation" award. More...

NEW ASIA-PAC STUDY SHOWS OPEX SAVINGS SOAR WITH METRO ETHERNET

Newport Beach, CA - June 21st, 2004. Announced today - an extensive study conducted on behalf of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) by PointEast Research, highlights that the deployment of metro Ethernet will deliver significant and increasing OpEx savings over legacy private line, Frame Relay and ATM services. From six Asia-Pacific countries, eighteen service providers with already established metro Ethernet networks provided data to create a real-world forecast model for a typical metro area over three years. Not only did this reveal an average 21% reduction in operating costs over the period, but the savings increased year on year. The results were backed by two providers with significant Ethernet services deployments who are already seeing savings in the 20 percent range

London, UK - July 7th, 2004 - The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and Enterprise Networks are proud to announce the winners for the prestigious "European Metro Ethernet Service Provider of the Year" awards. UK based Fibernet won the "European Metro Ethernet Service Provider of the Year - Best in Business" award and Athens, Greece based, Attica Telecom, won the "European Metro Ethernet Service Provider of the Year - Outstanding Innovation" award. More...