Delivering On The Promise Of Ethernet: MEF Services Using Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture
White Papers The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), an influential industry organization, has defined a series of much-needed specifications equipment makers and service providers can follow to deliver Carrier Ethernet services in a consistent, if not equivalent...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Bandwidth Profiles For Ethernet Services
White Papers This paper provides a comprehensive technical overview of bandwidth profiles for Ethernet services, based on the work of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Technical Committee. The paper is intended to help buyers, users, providers of Ethernet services...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Mobile Operators Attack 'stifling' EC Legislation
News The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday that amendments to the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) Directive — which seeks to regulate new media content broadcasting — could restrict economic growth by imposing advertising controls...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
Ethernet Marches Towards Telecoms Domination
News The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced last week that it has launched its first standard. By letting telecommunications operators brand their Ethernet services as being compliant with this technical specification, the MEF hopes to drive forward...
[October 13, 2003, 11:50]
Telco-friendly Ethernet 'ready For Action'
News Service providers can do it now," said Nan Chen, president of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). The MEF's E-Line and E-LAN standards -- currently being voted on -- will allow service providers to adopt Ethernet, said Chen.
[March 5, 2003, 8:36]
Breaking Out Of Walled Gardens: The Promise Of Ethernet Interconnection
White Papers Our services are Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certified, and for two years running we have been the MEF European Service Provider of the Year. COLT has always been a pioneer in the delivery of Ethernet services.
[August 24, 2007, 1:00]
Ethernet Takes A Step Towards Service Providers
News The last decade has seen LAN capacity expand some 100-fold, and backbone capacity more like 300-fold, while the real bottleneck has been in the metropolitan area, with a bare 16-fold increase," says Nan Chen, president of the Metro Ethernet Forum...
[March 6, 2003, 14:34]
Ethernet Service OAM: Overview,Applications,Deployment,and Issues
White Papers The positive news is that IEEE 802.1, ITU SG 13, and the MEF have been working in close cooperation to develop complimentary standards for multi-domain Ethernet Service OAM. As the number of Ethernet service instances grows, service providers will...
[June 2, 2006, 1:00]
EC Rejects Mobile Broadcasting Fears
News The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday that amendments to the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) Directive - which seeks to regulate new media content broadcasting - could restrict economic growth by imposing advertising controls...
[July 28, 2006, 12:15]
