Nan Chen is president of the Metro Ethernet Forum, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based consortium of equipment manufacturers and service providers developing standards for providing carrier-class Ethernet ...

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 ...

According to a recently published report by Kubernan, Metro Ethernet is poised to be the next generation of access technology. The report, based on an extensive survey of both enterprise customers and ...

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 ...

The International Telecommunications Union has announced a set of new standards designed to make it easier for telephone and Internet service providers to offer Ethernet services over their existing ...

Metrobility Optical Systems has a strategic initiative to deliver carrier Ethernet metro access solutions to service providers through its AccessEthernet, AccessMPLS, and AccessTDM technologies ...

Comcast is expanding its services to medium-sized businesses by introducing metro Ethernet connections at up to 10-Gigabit speed, launching Monday in more than 20 U.S. cities. The services include ...

BellSouth is making Metro Ethernet services available across its entire network. The capability enables customers to link their local area networks across the BellSouth nine-state coverage area at a ...