A group of 37 communications companies, including Cisco, Intel, and Nortel, today announced the formation of the San Francisco-based Metro Ethernet Forum. The new non-profit organization aims to push ...

Based on its simplicity and low cost, Ethernet technology is expanding beyond its local-area network heritage to emerge as a compelling alternative to traditional frame relay/asynchronous transfer ...

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 ...

Verizon Business Tuesday announced that it had boosted its Metro Ethernet capabilities that the company says will let enterprise customers link to more locations through Ethernet. Verizon Business ...

New Aggregation Product and Two New Edge Switches Leverage Atrica's Industry-Leading Technology to Enable Service Providers to Reduce Costs, Simplify Operations, and Rapidly Deliver Ethernet-based ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study by Network Strategy Partners (NSP) compares the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a metro Ethernet optical transport network built ...

A lot has happened with Ethernet in service provider networks in the past 10 years. And the Metro Ethernet Forum has been behind a lot of that progress. From promoting and education the industry on ...

Cisco launched a range of network products on Tuesday to help drive adoption of Metro Ethernet -- a technology hailed as an ideal means for providing large numbers of high-speed broadband and VPN ...

Network World Canada – Nortel Networks Corp. has agreed to sell its metropolitan Ethernet and optical networking units to Ciena Corp. for $769 million, $248 million more than its initial offer ...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recently announced an open tender to procure NT$999.21 million (US$31.32 million) worth of super-fast Ethernet switches. The equipment is for triple-play (integration of voice, ...

Comcast Corp. is moving into the mid-sized business data market in Michigan. The Southfield office of the Philadelphia-based cable and telecom giant Monday announced Metro Ethernet services for metro ...