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Tag: Metro Ethernet
Windstream Wholesale Sends 800GE on a Single Long Haul Wavelength
Windstream Wholesale said that it has successfully sent 800 Gigabit Ethernet of data over a single 800 Gbps wavelength over a 1,386-kilometer link across its live network. The company said in a press announcement that…
Arvig Boosts Speeds to 400 Gbps
Fiber broadband provider Arvig has announced completion of the construction of its first 400 Gbps-capable routes in parts of its Minnesota backbone. The routes, located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, offer the potential for…
White Boxes Underlie AT&T 400 Gbps Network Connection
AT&T said it has deployed 400 Gbps connectivity on its backbone network between Dallas and Atlanta using white box hardware – which the company said is believed to be a first. “This isn’t a proof…
MEF19: We See the Future and Its Got SD-WAN Written All Over It
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is holding its annual conference this week in Los Angeles and the focus is abundantly clear. SD-WAN, the emerging enterprise connectivity application standard, is all the rage here and MEF…
Comcast Gigabit Ethernet Enables Movie Theater Transformation
Comcast Business and NetLevel are partnering on an ambitious movie theatre transformation project. NetLevel is a two-year old company that offers a “nationwide, fiber-optic and wireless based, Out of Home Entertainment Network for theater operators,”…
MEF Aims to Enable Back Office Interconnection to Support Inter-Carrier Services
Two new initiatives from service provider standards organization MEF aim to streamline the process of establishing customer circuits that originate and terminate on different service provider networks. If this sounds familiar, that’s because MEF has…
MEF SD-WAN Specification Targets Service Provider Interoperability
A draft specification from the MEF aims to make it easier for enterprises to order software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services that span multiple network operators and to enable service to be established in…
Report: AT&T is Top Ethernet Provider Worldwide
AT&T is the top Ethernet provider worldwide, according to Vertical Systems Group’s Mid-Year 2018 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard. It’s the first U.S. company to hold the top global position. The carrier is followed by Colt…
Report: CenturyLink Tops in Carrier Ethernet Market Share
CenturyLink has the highest carrier Ethernet market share of U.S. companies, according to the latest Vertical Systems Group carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. Following CenturyLink were AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast, Windstream and Cox. All of those companies…
AT&T Airship Fueling Cloud, AI Initiatives, Including 5G Core
Newly launched, the AT&T Airship open infrastructure project aims to simplify site operation for cloud operators. The company is working with Intel Corporation, the OpenStack Foundation and Korean telecom provider SKT on the initiative. “Simply…
Report: U.S. Business Fiber Availability Increases to 54.8%
Fiber availability for large- and mid-sized commercial buildings jumped to 54.8 percent in the U.S. in 2017, according to a new report about business fiber availability from Vertical Systems Group As a result of this…
MEF 3.0: On-Demand Certification Beyond Ethernet, Emphasis on APIs, Community
The latest bundling of initiatives from the organization originally known as the Metro Ethernet Forum goes beyond the organization’s original focus to also encompass wavelength, IP, SD-WAN, security-as-a-service and possibly other areas. The new bundling…