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MEF anuncia os vencedores de 2011 do prêmio CALA “Service Provider Awards”
Vencedores de cinco categorias de premiação diferentes foram nomeados
Rio de Janeiro, 19 de janeiro de 2011: Os vencedores do prestigioso MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet CALA Service Provider Awards foram anunciados em um jantar de apresentação no restaurante de rodízios “Porcão Ipanema”, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Conhecida como uma celebração de excelência e liderança no desenvolvimento, comercialização e prestação de serviços de Carrier Ethernet, estes prêmios são apresentados anualmente na América do Norte, Ásia-Pacífico, Europa, Oriente Médio e África (EMEA), América Central e Latina (CALA) e regiões globais.
Os prêmios incluem cinco categorias específicas para incentivar a mais ampla gama de concorrentes, independente do tamanho ou área de cobertura. O trabalho de julgamento foi realizado por analistas seniores da Heavy Reading, IDC, Infonetics, Ovum e Pyramid Research.
O “Best Business Ethernet Service" abrange serviços de varejo e empresarial, tendo em conta a base do cliente, a proposição de valor, o valor agregado e o apoio ao estudo de caso. Entre os finalistas - Internexa, Level 3 e Verizon Business - o prêmio foi para o forte portfólio de serviços de metro e de longa distância através de uma rede end-to-end de fibra óptica da Level 3.
O “Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” inclui aplicações para retorno móvel, centro de dados e provedor de interconexões para o provisionamento de serviços ponto-a-ponto de Ethernet gerenciados aos seus clientes bem como a contribuição global para ubiqüidade de Ethernet. O vencedor deste ano foi a Internexa, que superou os companheiros finalistas, a Globenet e a Level 3.
O "Marketing Best", como nos anos anteriores, reconhece o valor de divulgação dos muitos benefícios do Carrier Ethernet. Os juízes estiveram olhando as metas da campanha e os objetivos, como isso diferenciou os serviços e os resultados obtidos. A Internexa, a Level 3 e a Verizon foram os três finalistas, mas foi a campanha educadional "Think Forward" da Verizon que ganhou as maiores honras.
Para cada uma das quatro regiões - América do Norte, APAC, EMEA e CALA - o "Prestador de Serviço do Ano" é atribuído em função da pontuação acumulada a partir das três categorias acima, mais qualificações adicionais com base na cobertura dos serviços Ethernet globais e interconexões com outros prestadores de serviço. O vencedor para o título CALA deste ano foi o Level 3, com seus quinze centros de dados de nível internacional e amplas operações na Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Equador, Panamá, Peru, México, Venezuela, Estados Unidos (Flórida) e na região do Caribe .
Além disso, o prêmio "Prestador de Serviços Regional do Ano" foi apresentado para prestadores de serviços com sede no Caribe e na América Latina (CALA) e que principalmente oferecem serviços de Ethernet dentro dessa região. A Internexa passou à frente da Globenet para ganhar este prêmio inaugural.
Michael Howard, co-fundador da Infonetics Research e principal analista das redes de Carrier, comentou: "Os prêmios de prestador de serviço deste ano refletem a crescente maturidade dos serviços de Carrier Ethernet. Vemos uma maior granularidade nos portifólios do prestador, com mais ofertas locais e específicos estudos de caso locais. O número e a qualidade destas indicações de prêmio também refletem o papel fundamental dos serviços Ethernet em ofertas atuais do prestador de serviços."
Sobre o MEF:
O MEF é uma aliança global da indústria com mais de 185 organizações, incluindo prestadores de serviços da área de telecomunicações, cabo de MSO, equipamentos de rede / fabricantes de software, fornecedores de semicondutores e organizações de teste. A missão do MEF é acelerar a adoção mundial das redes e serviços de Carrier Ethernet. O MEF desenvolve especificações técnicas de Carrier Ethernet e acordos de implementação para promover a interoperabilidade e a implantação de Carrier Ethernet em todo o mundo.
Para mais informações sobre o fórum, incluindo uma lista completa de todos os membros atuais da MEF, favor visitar o site da MEF na página http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
For the full press release click here (MS Word)
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MEF Anuncia los Ganadores de los Premios a Proveedores de Servicios en CALA (el Caribe y América Latina)
Ganadores nominados en cinco categorías diferentes |
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Río de Janeiro, 20 de enero de 2011: Los ganadores de los prestigiosos Premios a Proveedores de Servicios Carrier Ethernet en CALA (el Caribe y América Latina) otorgados por el MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) fueron anunciados en una cena presentación en Porcão Ipanema, Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Reconocida como una celebración de excelencia y liderazgo en el desarrollo, comercialización y provisión de Servicios Carrier Ethernet, la entrega de estos premios se realiza anualmente en las regiones de América del Norte, Asia-Pacífico, EMEA (Europa, Medio Oriente y África), CALA (el Caribe y América Latina) y en el resto del mundo.
Los premios incluyen cinco categorías específicas para estimular a la más amplia variedad de competidores, independientemente de su tamaño o presencia en el mercado. La evaluación fue realizada por analistas principales de Heavy Reading, IDC, Infonetics, Ovum y Pyramid Research.
El “Mejor Servicio de Negocios Ethernet” abarca servicios minoristas y empresariales y tiene en cuenta la base de clientes, la propuesta de valor, las características de valor agregado y el soporte de casos prácticos. Entre los finalistas –Internexa, Level 3 y Verizon Business–, el premio fue concedido a Level 3 por sus sólidos servicios Metro y long-haul (de largo recorrido) proporcionados sobre una red de fibra óptica extremo a extremo.
El “Mejor Servicio Mayorista Ethernet” incluye aplicaciones backhaul (red de retorno), centros de datos e interconexiones con proveedores para la provisión de servicios Ethernet gestionados punto a punto a sus clientes, así como el aporte general a la omnipresencia de Ethernet. El ganador de este año fue Internexa, quien aventajó a los finalistas Globenet y Level 3.
La “Mejor Comercialización”, como en los años anteriores, reconoce el valor de propagar por el mundo los muchos beneficios de Carrier Ethernet. Entre los objetivos y metas de la campaña, los jueces tuvieron en cuenta cómo ésta diferenciaba los servicios y los resultados obtenidos. Internexa, Level 3 y Verizon fueron los finalistas, pero fue la campaña educativa de Verizon “Pensar Más Allá” la que obtuvo la mejor distinción.
Para cada una de las cuatro regiones –América del Norte, APAC (Asia-Pacífico), EMEA (Europa, Medio Oriente y África) y CALA (el Caribe y América Latina) – el “Proveedor de Servicios del Año” fue otorgado sobre la base de la puntuación acumulada de las 3 categorías anteriores sumada a las calificaciones adicionales basadas en la cobertura de servicios Ethernet y en las interconexiones con otros Proveedores de Servicios. El ganador para el Caribe y América Latina de este año fue Level 3, con sus quince centros de datos de nivel internacional y sus amplias operaciones en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú, México, Venezuela, los Estados Unidos (Florida) y la región del Caribe.
Por otra parte, el premio “Proveedor de Servicios Regionales del Año” fue concedido a los proveedores de servicios ubicados en CALA (el Caribe y América Latina) que principalmente ofrecen servicios Ethernet dentro de esa región. Internexa aventajó a Globenet y ganó este premio, que se entrega por primera vez.
Michael Howard, co-fundador de Infonetics Research y analista principal de Carrier Networks, comentó: “Los Premios Proveedores de Servicios de este año reflejan la creciente madurez de los servicios Carrier Ethernet. Vemos una mayor especificidad en las carteras de proveedores, con más ofertas y concretos casos prácticos locales. La cantidad y calidad de las propuestas para estos premios evidencia el papel clave de los servicios Ethernet en las actuales ofertas de los proveedores de servicios”.
Acerca del Metro Ethernet Forum:
El MEF es una alianza mundial de industrias compuesta por más de 185 organizaciones, tales como proveedores de servicios de telecomunicaciones, Operadoras de Múltiples Sistemas de cable, fabricantes de equipos de redes/software, proveedores de semiconductores y organismos de pruebas. La misión del MEF es acelerar la adopción mundial de redes y servicios Ethernet de clase Carrier. El MEF desarrolla especificaciones técnicas Ethernet Carrier y acuerdos de implementación para promover la interoperabilidad y la implantación de Ethernet Carrier en todo el mundo.
Para más información sobre el Foro, incluido un listado completo de todos los miembros actuales del MEF, no dude en visitar el sitio web: http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
For the full press release click here (MS Word)
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MEF Announces Winners of 2011 Service Provider Awards
APAC and Global finalists and winners named
Los Angeles, December 12th 2011: The winners of the prestigious MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for the APAC and Global regions were announced recently at a gala dinner in Sentosa, Singapore – held in conjunction with the MEF’s participation at Carrier Ethernet APAC Congress. Recognized as a celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Central & Latin American (CALA) and Global regions.
The 2011 awards include five specific categories – to encourage the widest range of entrants, regardless of size or footprint. The judging panel for the APAC awards comprised leading industry analysts: Rosemary Cochran, Vertical Systems Group; Camille Mendler, Informa; Tim Dillon, IDC; Jayesh Easwaramony, Frost & Sullivan and Matt Walker, Ovum.
The judging panel for this year’s Global Service Provider of the Year Award was comprised of Michael Howard, Infonetics Research; Jennifer Pigg, Yankee Group; Shin Umeda, Dell’Oro Group and Ian Redpath, Ovum.
“Best Business Ethernet Service” encompasses retail and enterprise services, taking into account the customer base, value proposition, value added features and case study support. This year’s APAC winner was Tata Communications, from fellow finalists SingTel and Verizon Business.
“Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” includes applications for mobile backhaul, data center and provider interconnects for the provisioning of managed point-to-point Ethernet services to their clients as well as overall contribution to Ethernet ubiquity.
This year’s winner was Telekom Malaysia with other finalists being named as PCCW Global and Tata Communications.
“Best Marketing”, as in previous years, recognizes the value in spreading the word about the many benefits of Carrier Ethernet. The judges were looking at the campaign’s goals and objectives, how it differentiated the services and the results gained. Philippine’s based PLDT’s “We’re changing lives” campaign took the honours, with SingTel and Tata Communications close behind.
The APAC Service Provider of the Year is awarded on the basis of the cumulative score from the above 3 categories plus ratings for factors such as coverage, partnerships/interconnects and access technologies. This year’s winner was Tata Communications, ahead of SingTel and Verizon.
In addition, the “Regional Service Provider of the Year” award was presented for service providers headquartered in APAC and primarily offering Ethernet services within that region. Finalists PCCW, PLDT and SingTel took up the challenge with SingTel emerging as the regional winner.
The Global Service Provider Award finalists were AT&T, Level 3 and Verizon, all of whom had excelled for their combined scores in Global Business, Wholesale Services and Marketing, as well as gaining points for coverage, global partnerships, access technologies and other outstanding qualifications. Verizon Communications was voted Global Service Provider of the Year 2011 by this year’s analyst judging panel.
Michael Howard, co-founder Infonetics Research and Principle Analyst, Carrier Networks, commented: “In this the MEF’s tenth anniversary, this year’s Service Provider Awards show just how far we have come in those ten years. Carrier Ethernet now spans the globe, with increasing granularity in providers’ portfolios, more local offerings and ever increasing continental interconnect. The number and quality of these award submissions also reflects the important role of Ethernet in today’s service provider portfolios.”
View the 2011 Service Provider of the Year winners at: http://www.metroethernetforum.org/mefspawards
About The MEF:
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 185 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
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MEF Announces North American Service Provider Award Winners
New category & criteria for a growing global communications environment
November 17th, Los Angeles: The winners of the prestigious MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet North American Service Provider Awards were announced at a Gala Dinner held in conjunction with MEF’ participation at the recent Light Reading Ethernet Expo in New York. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA and the Carribean and Latin American regions.
The 2011 awards include five specific categories – to encourage the widest range of entrants, regardless of size or footprint. The judging panel for the North American awards comprised leading industry analysts: Erin Dunne, Vertical Systems Group; Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading; Nav Chander, IDC; Michael Howard, Infonetics Research and Roopa Shree, Frost & Sullivan.
“Best Business Ethernet Service” encompasses retail and enterprise services with an emphasis on innovation combined with real business benefits. The judges’ criteria include service portfolio, customer base, value added features – SLAs, portal, CoS and bandwidth granularity – together with case study examples. From the finalists AT&T, TW Telecom and Verizon Business, AT&T was announced as the winner.
“Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” includes applications for mobile backhaul, data centre and provider interconnects for the provisioning of managed point-to-point Ethernet services to their clients as well as overall contribution to Ethernet ubiquity.
This year’s winner was Verizon and the other finalists were AT&T and XO Communications.
“Best Marketing”, as in previous years, recognizes the value in spreading the word about the many benefits of Carrier Ethernet. The judges were impressed by AT&T’s marketing over the past 12 months – the way it met goals and differentiated the services – making it the winner from a finalist line up including Verizon and Optimum Lightpath.
For each of the four regions – North America, APAC, EMEA and CALA – the “Service Provider of the Year” is awarded on the basis of the cumulative score from the above 3 categories. The North American winner was named by the anlalyst juding panel as AT&T.
In addition, the “Regional Service Provider of the Year” award was presented for Service providers headquartered in North America and primarily offering Ethernet services within that region. Finalists Level 3 Communications, Optimum Lightpath and TW Telecom took up the challenge with Optimum Lightpath emerging as the regional winner.
Speaking at the conclusion of the award ceremony, Nan Chen, MEF President, commented: “The number and quality of award submissions is a reflection of the accelerating importance of Ethernet services to today’s service provider product portfolios, in a global business service market on target to reach $44.3B by 2015, according to data from Vertical Systems Group.”
View the 2011 Service Provider of the Year winners at: http://www.metroethernetforum.org/mefspawards
About The MEF:
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 185 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF web site at http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
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| MEF Announces Winners of 2011 EMEA Service Provider Awards |
| Finalists and winners of all EMEA categories named |
Los Angeles, November 2nd 2011: The winners of the prestigious MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet EMEA Service Provider Awards were announced at the recent Carrier Ethernet World Congress, Amsterdam. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA and the Caribbean and Latin American (CALA) region.
The awards include five specific categories – to encourage the widest range of competitors, regardless of size or footprint – and an overall regional award whose winner will be entered into the finals of a Global award to be announced at Carrier Ethernet World APAC, Singapore, December 2, 2011. The judging was provided by senior analysts from Current Analysis, IDC, Infonetics, Informa and Ovum.
“Best Business Ethernet Service” encompasses retail and enterprise services, taking into account the customer base, value proposition, value added features and case study support. Among the finalists – Colt, Tata Communications and Verizon Business – the award went to Colt’s broad Ethernet services portfolio of scalable and flexible business solutions.
“Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” includes applications for mobile backhaul, data centre and provider interconnects for the provisioning of managed point-to-point Ethernet services to their clients as well as overall contribution to Ethernet ubiquity. This year’s winner was Verizon, who took the lead over fellow finalists Colt and GTS Central Europe.
“Best Marketing”, as in previous years, recognizes the value in spreading the word about the many benefits of Carrier Ethernet. The judges were looking at the campaign’s goals and objectives, how it differentiated the services and the results gained. Broadnet, Colt and Verizon made the finals but it was Broadnet’s “we get the world talking” campaign that won this year’s award.
For each of the four regions – North America, APAC, EMEA and CALA – the “Regional Service Provider of the Year” is awarded on the basis of the cumulative score from the above 3 categories plus additional qualification relating to the company’s location and specific regional coverage. The winner for this year’s EMEA title was GTS with its exceptional coverage across Central and Eastern Europe plus links to Russia and the West.
Colt edged ahead of finalists Tata Communications and Verizon to take the overall EMEA Service Provider of the Year 2011 award – making this the company’s seventh successive year for gaining recognition in the MEF awards.
Michael Howard, co-founder Infonetics Research and Principle Analyst, Carrier Networks, commented: “This year’s Service Provider Awards reflect the growing maturity of Carrier Ethernet services. We see greater granularity in the provider portfolios, with more local offerings and specific local case studies. The number and quality of these award submissions also reflects the key role of Ethernet services in today’s service provider offerings.”
About The MEF:
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 185 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
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MEF Announces Details of 2011
Service Provider Awards
Judging panels keen to reward recent service innovations |
Los Angles, August 29th 2011: The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) today announced details of their Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards – 2011. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Caribbean & Latin American (CALA) regions. Full details and application forms are available now from the MEF website http://www.metroethernetforum.org/mefspawards
“The MEF Service Provider Awards are attracting increasing numbers of participants each year” stated Kevin Vachon, MEF Chief Operating Officer. “This year’s categories continue to reflect the maturity and growth of the Carrier Ethernet market with clear differentiators between business and wholesale service offerings, largely as a result of the impact of the MEF’s Global Interconnect Program and the emergence of Ethernet Exchanges” he added.
For each region there are now five categories to encourage the widest range of service provider submissions, regardless of size or footprint with scoring heavily biased towards innovations that have been introduced over the past 12 months. “Best Business Ethernet Service” encompasses retail services with an emphasis on innovation combined with real business benefits. “Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” rewards the service provider with the most robust wholesale service offering extending the reach of Ethernet services including mobile backhaul and Ethernet Business Services. “Best Marketing” recognizes creativity and proven results in marketing of Ethernet Services.
The “Service Provider of the Year” in each region will be awarded on the basis of the cumulative score from the above 3 categories plus additional qualifications relating to the company’s specific regional coverage and the “Global Service Provider of the Year” award will recognize the service provider with the most comprehensive Ethernet product portfolio and service coverage.
Finally, the newly introduced “Regional Service Provider of the Year” award will be presented to the provider that is headquartered in and offering Ethernet services primarily within the EMEA region, who has highest cumulative score for the Business, Wholesale and Marketing categories,.
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MEF Celebrates 10th Anniversary & Looks to the Future
Founding visionaries honored at Gala Dinner |
Los Angeles, August 17th 2011: The MEF has celebrated ten impressive years of growth with its largest ever annual meeting and 10th Anniversary gala award ceremony in San Francisco. Among the awards were recognition for founding MEF members, excellent contributions in marketing, technical development and certification, as well as technical and business leadership.
“Carrier Ethernet is one of the remarkable success stories of the telecoms industry over the past 10 years,” explains Michael Howard, principal analyst at Infonetics Research. “From a standing start in 2001, Ethernet Business Services revenue earned by service providers was already a $26B market in 2010 and we expect it to grow to $49B in 2015,” he added."
The first acknowledgement of the evening went to the visionary companies that identified the Metro Ethernet opportunity and initiated the formation of the Metro Ethernet Forum – Atrica, BellSouth, Cisco, Extreme, Nortel, Riverstone, SBC, Telseon and Yipes. An additional commendation was given to the 45 companies who have been members for 5 or more years and whose committee, financial and leadership contributions have been instrumental in generating the critical mass and membership continuity of the MEF.
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MEF Names Board of Directors for 2012
Challenging role to oversee continued global growth of MEF & Carrier Ethernet Services markets |
Los Angeles, August 17th 2011: The MEF announced the names of the Fiscal 2012 Board of Directors following elections at their recent annual meeting in San Francisco. The Board represents a cross section of the industry with members from both vendor and service provider communities. Nan Chen, President, CENX, serves as President, with Mike Volgende, Director, Advanced Networking Product Transformation, Verizon being appointed Chairman of the Board. Kevin Vachon remains Chief Operating Officer to the MEF.
Other director appointments include: Margaret Chiosi, Executive Director of Optics and Ethernet Development, AT&T; Craig Easley, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Accedian Networks; Lionel Florit, Senior Manager, Cisco Systems; Arie Goldberg, CEO and Co-founder, Omnitron Systems; Robert Kuse, Director of Commercial Engineering, Cox Communications; Scott Mansfield, Principal Engineer, Ericsson; Kevin O’Toole, Senior Vice President of Product Management & Strategy, Comcast; Raghu Ranganathan, Senior Advisor (Office of CTO), Ciena; Ralph Santitoro, Director of Carrier Ethernet Market Development, Fujitsu Network Communications.
Zhao Huiling, Vice President, China Telecom has also been appointed as an Advisory Director by the Board.
Carlos Benavides (Verizon) and Phil Tilley (Alcatel-Lucent) continue in the role of Global Marketing Co-Chairs. Bill Bjorkman (Verizon) & Raghu Ranganathan (Ciena) will Co-chair the Technical Committee, while Eric Puetz (AT&T), Chris Donley (Cable Labs) and Biren Mehta (Cisco) were named as Certification Committee Co-Chairs.
Carrier Ethernet deployment continues to keep pace with the analysts’ bullish predictions in recent years, as Nan Chen, MEF President, explained: “Two key tipping points have been reached in this our tenth year: for the first time Carrier Ethernet equipment sales have exceeded the combined total of legacy and alternative technologies; U.S. Ethernet bandwidth has surpassed legacy bandwidth. Ethernet Services for business-class applications is still on track to exceed their predicted $40 billion by 2014”.
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First MEF Certified Professionals Announced
On-line registration for MEF-CECP certification now available
Los Angeles, July 6th 2011: Following the March announcement of the MEF Professional Certification program, the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) is pleased to announce that online registration for the MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP) exam is now available at www.metroethernetforum.org and www.ethernetacademy.net. The 4 month pilot phase of the certification has been successfully completed and the names of the first Carrier Ethernet professionals to pass the exam and be certified as MEF-CECPs has been published at http://www.ethernetacademy.net/index.php/MEF-CECPs.html
“My congratulations to our first group of 58 MEF-CECP certified professionals around the world as the MEF reaches another milestone in accelerating the adoption of Carrier Ethernet” commented Nan Chen, MEF President. “With Ethernet Business Services revenues forecast to be $40 - $50bn by 2015, service providers, equipment vendors and enterprises are now able to recruit talent to internationally recognized Carrier Ethernet knowledge and skill levels. Individuals also now have a path to varying levels of professional recognition and accomplishments.”
To qualify as an MEF-CECP, candidates must pass a 105 minute multiple choice examination covering the fundamentals of Carrier Ethernet, including: MEF technical specifications, access technologies, MEF certification, target applications, circuit emulation over Ethernet, SOAM and comparison with other network services. This exam can be taken online at home or the office, or in an MEF approved test facility. Individuals may choose, before taking the exam, to complete an MEF-approved training course provided by MEF Accredited Training Partners (MEF-ATP).
One training provider - Telefocal Asia - has now been formally accredited by the MEF with at least four more MEF-ATPs due to be announced in the coming months.
Full details of the process for MEF-CECP certification are available on the MEF website www.MetroEthernetForum.org/ or www.ethernetacademy.net.
About The MEF:
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 180 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF web site at http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/ |
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MEF Launches Certification Program for Carrier Ethernet Professionals
Industry recognition for individuals with knowledge and skills to drive growth in Carrier Ethernet services
April 7th, Malaysia: The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) has today formally launched the third part of its widely adopted MEF Carrier Ethernet certification program. The new MEF Professional Certification program is designed for individuals whose Carrier Ethernet technology, services and application expertise meet MEF criteria. The MEF’s Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP) test validates knowledge of Carrier Ethernet technology, standards and applications.
Speaking at the NetEvents 2011 APAC Press Summit in Malaysia, Nan Chen, MEF President, said: “With thirteen new services and five providers certified in the last quarter of 2010 alone, we are witnessing a strong and growing appreciation of the value of MEF certification. For the individual, this new aspect of MEF certification helps career advancement by providing industry recognition of their knowledge and expertise. For the employer, it simplifies the choice of candidates and helps to define standard training requirements. For the industry, it will enable growth via better trained sales, marketing, product management and technical professionals.”
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To qualify for the MEF-CECP certificate, suitable individuals must sit a two-hour multiple choice exam covering topics that include: MEF definitions, access technologies, MEF certification, target applications, circuit emulation over Ethernet, SOAM and comparisons with other network services. This exam can be taken online from the home or office – regulated by web based proctoring technology to ensure the security and integrity of the examination, at an approved test center or at an MEF Accredited Training Provider’s facilities following the completion of their training course. The first five of these accredited third party training providers were announced today at NetEvents – Accedian Networks, EANTC, Perpetual Solutions, Tech 2000 and Telefocal Asia. The first group of MEF Certified Professionals (MEF-CECPs) will be announced in the first half of this year.
In addition to receiving the MEF certificate, successful candidates will be automatically listed on the on-line Directory of MEF Certified Professionals posted on the widely visited EthernetAcademy.net website. Typical candidates for this initial certification will be: technical marketing or product managers, pre-sales engineers, product planners, network consultants, technical sales, network operations engineers and application consultants.
“This professional certification could not be timelier” commented Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research. “We anticipate healthy growth in the market as organizations increasingly look to Ethernet for the lowest cost-per-bit – with Ethernet services revenues forecast to hit $40 billion by 2014. There will be a growing demand for professionals with MEF certified Carrier Ethernet expertise.”
Details of the certification process including registration are available now on the MEF website http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
About The MEF:
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 175 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF web site at http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
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MEF Announces CALA Service Provider Award Winners
New categories & criteria for a growing global communications environment |
The winners of the prestigious MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) – 2010, were announced at the recent MEF Quarterly Meeting in Miami. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA and – for the first time this year – the CALA region.
”The entries submitted for these inaugural CALA awards highlight the extent to which enterprises in the CALA region are already reaping considerable benefits from using Ethernet services” commented Camille Mendler, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, and member of the award judging panel.
The MEF Service Provider Awards continue to evolve with the rapidly expanding Carrier Ethernet service provider landscape, and the dynamic growth and potential in the CALA region has been recognized in the 2010 awards. With the MEF’s Global Interconnect program bringing greater international reach to the global telecoms market, the awards now include four specific categories – to encourage the widest range of competitors, regardless of size or footprint – plus an overall award for the region’s Service Provider of the Year. The judging panel for the CALA awards comprised leading industry analysts: Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading; Michael Howard, Infonetics Research; Ian Redpath, Ovum; and Camille Mendler, Informa.
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COMPTEL PLUS Spring Convention to Feature the MEF Theater in Expo Hall
MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) to Program Two-Day Series of Presentations on Carrier Ethernet
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – COMPTEL, the leading trade association for the competitive communications industry, today announced that it has partnered with the MEF, an industry alliance focused on accelerating the global adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services, to provide additional educational programming in the Expo hall during the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2011 Convention & EXPO, March 20-23, at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
“Following our successful show in Dallas, our attendees indicated that they were very interested in learning more about Carrier Ethernet,” said Roger Haisman, vice president, Membership and Conference Services at COMPTEL. “Teaming up with the MEF to deliver these sessions at COMPTEL PLUS in Las Vegas will demonstrate once again that COMPTEL listens to its members needs and continues to evolve show programming to include leading-edge content and unparalleled opportunities for expanding their business.”
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MEF Introduces Certification Program for Industry Professionals
Expands Industry’s Successful Program for Equipment and Services Certification
The MEF certification programs are the telecommunication industry’s reference for Carrier Ethernet excellence. Launched in 2005, the MEF cerfication program verifies equipment and service provider conformance with the MEF specifications. With its new program for professionals, the MEF will certify individuals who possess a baseline of Carrier Ethernet knowledge. The new program will support the explosive growth of Carrier Ethernet world-wide by making it easier to identify experts in the field.
Professional Certification is awarded to individuals who successfully pass tests developed by distinguished leaders and experts in the Carrier Ethernet industry. MEF is in the process of authorizing training providers to offer Carrier Ethernet training courses that prepare individuals to successfully complete MEF exams.
MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP)
The MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional consists of a comprehensive written exam covering Carrier Ethernet technology and service fundamentals from an applications perspective and is suited for product and technical marketing managers, pre-sales and application engineers, product planners and technically oriented sales professionals. MEF Certified Professionals will be awarded an official MEF certificate and listed in the on-line Directory of MEF Certified Professionals posted on the MEF and EthernetAcademy.net websites.
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MEF Outreach Underlines India’s Global Role
Ethernet services are transforming the communications landscape
January 20th, Bangalore, India: India’s growing strength in the global business landscape was underlined today by Kevin Vachon, COO of the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum). Speaking in advance of the MEF’s Ethernet Business Services Seminar in Mumbai, he spoke of the dramatic growth in Ethernet services across the world as providers embraced the flexibility, performance and cost advantages of Carrier Ethernet. India, in particular, was singled out as an industry leader, with TATA Communications being named APAC Service Provider of the Year 2010 at the MEF’s prestigious Service Provider Awards ceremony in Hong Kong last December.
“The demand for high bandwidth, low latency and lower cost networks has been the driving force behind the phenomenal growth of Ethernet Services” said Kevin Vachon. “Ethernet is becoming the delivery technology of choice for today’s bandwidth-hungry applications, and leading service providers including Tata Communications, Reliance and others continue to extend their Ethernet Business Service offerings. The pressure to provide sufficient backhaul for ever-increasing mobile data traffic is a prime example, with mobile operators such as Bharti also deploying Carrier Ethernet for the backhaul of their ever-increasing mobile data traffic requirements.”
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MEF APAC & Global Service Provider Award Winners
New categories & criteria for a growing global communications environment
Los Angeles, 7th December, 2010: The winners of the prestigious MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet APAC and Global Service Provider Awards were announced at last week’s Carrier Ethernet World APAC, Hong Kong. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA and, for the first time early next year, the Latin American (CALA) region.
This year’s service provider awards have been restructured to reflect the evolving service provider landscape, as the MEF’s Global Interconnect program is bringing a new international emphasis to the global telecoms market. The expanded awards include four specific categories – to encourage the widest range of competitors, regardless of size or footprint – and a newly introduced Global Service Provider of the Year Award.
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Ethernet Business Services Key to Indian Enterprise Expansion MEF webinar/seminar outreach explains why and how
Los Angeles, December 6th 2010: Enterprises in India now have access to a wide range of world-class Ethernet services, and the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) will outline the business benefits of migrating to Ethernet Business Services during a Webcast on Thursday, December 16th. Registration for this free webcast is available by clicking here
“Businesses increasingly rely on bandwidth-hungry applications plus the need for greater network security, speed and storage with wide network access” explains Nan Chen, President of the MEF, the industry alliance responsible for developing standards for and promoting Carrier Ethernet worldwide. “Yet the scrutiny over IT budgets, technology spending and scarce IT resources remains a top issue for business and IT leaders. This demand for low cost, high bandwidth, low latency, flexible networks has been the driving force behind the phenomenal growth of Ethernet Services globally.”
The webinar is designed for intermediate to senior IT representatives of medium to large enterprise and public sector institutions, and is timed for 11:00 hrs on Thursday 16th December. As well as explaining the greater competitive advantages of Ethernet services’ flexibility, scalability, features and cost benefits, the seminar will showcase services and SLAs already available on the Indian market and how they are already being deployed. The important role of MEF standards, what they mean and how to recognise them, will also be explained in this 70 minute webinar presented by the MEF in partnership with TATA Communications, Ciena and NetO2.
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The Best Business Ethernet Service Award finalists were AT&T, Optimum Lightpath, Verizon and XO Communications with AT&T named as the winner.
AT&T, Cox, Verizon and XO Communications were named finalists for the Best Wholesale Ethernet Service Award with Verizon announced as the winner.
The Best Marketing Award finalists were AT&T, Optimum Lightpath and Verizon. Optimum Lightpath was announced as the winner.
The coveted Service Provider of the Year Award 2010 – North America finalists were AT&T, Optimum Lightpath and Verizon. AT&T was voted by the industry analyst judging panel as the winner.
A number of the judges, comprised of senior analysts from Frost & Sullivan, Heavy Reading, Infonetics Research, Ovum and Vertical Systems, commented on the quality and close scoring of this year’s submissions as reflected in the fact that four companies were named as finalists for both the Best Business and Best Wholesale Award categories.
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MEF Announce Winners of the 2010 Service Provider Awards – EMEA
Record number of entries lodged for this year’s contest.
Warsaw, Poland, 23rd September 2010: The winners of the prestigious MEF Service Provider Awards 2010 – EMEA, were announced this week at a dinner hosted by the MEF at Carrier Ethernet World Congress, Warsaw, Poland. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards are presented annually in Asia-Pacific, EMEA, North America and, for the first time this year, the Caribbean and Latin American (CALA) region.
This year’s service provider awards have been evolved to reflect the evolving service provider landscape, as the MEF’s Global Interconnect program is bringing a new international Ethernet emphasis to the global telecoms market.
The awards include three specific categories and an overall regional award for the service provider judged by a panel of industry analysts, to have the most comprehensive range of Ethernet services within the region.
“Best Business Ethernet Service” encompasses retail services with an emphasis on innovation combined with real business benefits. Among the finalists, Colt, Interoute and Verizon, Colt was announced as the winner.
“Best Wholesale Ethernet Service” includes applications for mobile backhaul, data centre and provider interconnects for the provisioning of managed point-to-point Ethernet services to their clients. This year’s winner of this new category was Verizon with Eurofiber and GTS announced as the other finalists.
“Best Marketing” recognizes the value in spreading the word about the many benefits of Carrier Ethernet. Broadnet, Tata Communications and Virgin Media Business were announced as finalists with Broadnet being named as the winner of this very close contest.
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MEF Announces 2011 Board of Directors
Broad Global Industry Cross Section Represented
August 10th 2010, Los Angeles: Following their recent quarterly meeting in Vancouver, Canada, the MEF has announced details of its 2011 Board of Directors, once again reflecting a representative cross section of the industry with members from both vendor and service provider communities. Nan Chen, President, CENX, serves as President, with Dennis Kruse, Vice President Network Solutions, Orange Business Services, continuing in his role as Chairman of the Board and Kevin Vachon remaining Chief Operating Officer to the MEF.
In acknowledgement of the growing importance of the APAC region, Zhao Huiling, Vice President China Telecom, has been elected to the Board, and Beijing will be hosting the next MEF Quarterly meeting in October of this year. Robert Metcalfe, 3Com Founder, Polaris Partner and inventor of Ethernet continues as Advisory Director, while Robert Kuse, Transport Planning & Architecture, Cox Communications has been appointed to the role of Treasurer and Arie Goldberg, CEO, Omnitron Systems, remains as Director and Secretary
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Applications Invited for 2010 MEF Service Provider Awards
New categories & criteria reflect the evolving landscape of
Carrier Ethernet Services
July 29th 2010, Los Angeles: Applications are now invited from forward-looking service providers offering Carrier Ethernet services to compete for the MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards – 2010. The MEF’s Global Interconnect program is already changing the face of worldwide telecoms, and the awards have been restructured to reflect the evolving service provider landscape. Recognized as an annual celebration of excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services, these awards and presented annually in North America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and for the first time this year, the dynamic Caribbean & Latin American (CALA) region. Full details and application forms are available now from the MEF website: http://metroethernetforum.org/mef-service-provider-awards
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“Global Interconnect” Dominates MEF’s NetEvents Message
NetEvents Singapore delegates get update on Carrier Ethernet achievements
NetEvents, Singapore, 20th May 2010: Delegates attending NetEvents Asia-Pacific Press Summit 2010 in Singapore were updated on the MEF’s (Metro Ethernet Forum) Global Interconnect program and the recession-defying global growth of Carrier Ethernet services. Highlights included the ratification of Phase 1 of MEF 26, the ENNI (External Network to Network Interface), Ethernet’s growing role in mobile backhaul networks, and the recent launch of the first Ethernet Exchanges, offering a cost-effective alternative to the one-to-one connections between service providers.
According to MEF COO, Kevin Vachon, speaking about the MEF’s Global Interconnect Program: “Among the many business opportunities created by the recently ratified MEF 26 standard, is the opportunity for providers to now offer wholesale services, upgrading their Ethernet offerings to certified Carrier Ethernet networks and interconnecting with multiple providers. This increases providers’ options as well as delivering obvious savings from the use of standardized connections and processes as opposed to the current lengthy and uneconomical individual interconnect agreements.”
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MEF Expands Latin American Programs
Carrier Ethernet World’s first ever Latin American conference highlights importance of global connectivity
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11th May, 2010: The MEF’s (Metro Ethernet Forum) participation at this week’s Carrier Ethernet World Americas in Sao Paulo underlines the world’s growing confidence in the region’s economic resilience as well as the vital role of global connectivity in supporting its business growth. Speaking today during the conference, MEF President Nan Chen outlined the significance of Carrier Ethernet’s explosive growth in Asia, Europe and the USA and the opportunities that MEF membership offered for Service Providers to become part of a new global partnership of interests.
“As highlighted in the recent OECD Economic Outlook 2010 report, Latin America is rebounding from the economic crisis more rapidly than the majority of developed economies” Nan Chen pointed out. “As they begin to reap the long-term benefits of globalization, there is a vital need for their business communities to enjoy the same connectivity benefits that the developed nations have established through Carrier Ethernet services”.
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MEF Puts Spotlight on EMEA in April
MEF Quarterly Meeting in Prague Offers Euro Say Into MEF Global Programs
March 25th 2010, Los Angeles: As the MEF Global Interconnect Program gathers momentum this year, the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) will be holding its next quarterly members meeting in Prague, running from Monday April 19 through Thursday April 22nd at the Marriot Hotel Prague. In addition to traditional global representation, the meeting will draw significant Carrier Ethernet stakeholder groups from across Europe and the Middle East. A key meeting objective is to obtain important input from these regions into future MEF technical, certification and marketing programs.
The meeting begins with plenary reports from the MEF Chairman and President, an analyst presentation on Ethernet Business Services from IDC and keynotes from European Service Providers. Technical Committee proceedings will focus on progressing a record volume of work in the areas of Carrier Ethernet Architecture, Services, Management and Testing...
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Service Provider Interconnect Standardized to Bring Global Reach to Carrier Ethernet
ENNI ratification has profound implications for Carrier Ethernet services and the future of global networking
February 11th, NetEvents Barcelona: The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) today announced that its latest quarterly meeting had ratified the key MEF 26 specification, defining Phase 1 of the External Network to Network Interface (ENNI). This specification, which standardizes the reference point between service providers’ MEF Certified Carrier Ethernet networks and services, marks a significant advance in the MEF’s Global Interconnect Program. It will greatly accelerate the current lengthy and complex process of matching different providers’ Carrier Ethernet services. By supporting standardized interconnect and Ethernet services spanning multiple-operator Ethernet networks, and bringing issues such as CoS, SLAs and management into line, the ENNI will have a major impact on the industry, with new global business opportunities for service providers and vendors. It will also generate even wider opportunities for world business with its promise of fast and cost-effective global interconnection.
“ENNI is absolutely key to the future growth of Carrier Ethernet” according to Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Carrier and Data Center Networks, Infonetics Research. “As operators increasingly migrate to all-packet networks, they are investing heavily in delivering Ethernet services to their customers. The ability to span these services in a timely and economical manner over multiple operator networks is a multi-billion dollar opportunity in waiting”
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MEF Announce Winners of 2009 Service Provider Awards
APAC, Americas and International finalists and winners named.
Los Angeles, November 11th 2009: The winners of the prestigious MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for APAC, Americas and International – 2009, were announced at concurrent MEF service provider dinners in Kuala Lumpur and New York, held in conjunction with the MEF’s participation at Carrier Ethernet World APAC Congress and Light Reading Ethernet Expo respectively.
This year’s service provider awards, with an expanded range of categories, attracted a record number of entries from service providers all keen to be awarded the recognition by the judging panels of industry analysts.
Speaking at the conclusion of the New York ceremonies, Nan Chen, MEF President, commented: “This year’s Service Provider Awards reflect the advances in Carrier Ethernet services and the expanding number of service providers in this growth segment of the telecommunications industry. The number and quality of award submissions is a reflection of the increasing importance Ethernet services are becoming within service provider product portfolios.”
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MEF Hosts Ethernet Business Services Seminars in Delhi & Mumbai
Reliable, scalable and lower cost network solutions for businesses in India.
Delhi, November 10th 2009: In Delhi and Mumbai this week, the MEF is hosting seminars expressly designed to meet the needs of IT managers of enterprise and public sector institutions, by providing a detailed overview of Ethernet services availability in India, their major benefits, and in particular, how to realize substantial cost savings by migrating legacy services to Ethernet.
Infonetics Research has forecast that between 2008 to 2013 providers will cumulatively spend $146 billion on purchasing Ethernet equipment and by 2013 annual service revenues from their Ethernet offerings will reach almost $40 billion. This is enabling enterprises to modernise their networks and transform their businesses by converging mission critical applications to improve revenue, operations, profitability, and the customer experience.
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MEF Announce Multiple Awards at CEWC '09
EMEA Service Provider Awards winners and first MEF 21 certifications both announced at Europe's premier Carrier Ethernet event
24th September, Berlin: The winners of the MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for EMEA -- 2009 were announced today at an MEF dinner held in conjunction with Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC) at Berlin's Maritim ProArte Hotel, together with the first round of results for the MEF 21 telecom equipment certification program. This year's service provider awards included new categories with COLT receiving Best Service Portfolio, Verizon Best Service Innovation, Exponential-e, Best Marketing and COLT the prestigious EMEA Service Provider of the Year award (click here for details). The MEF 21 telecom equipment certification program for Link Operations Administration Operation and Maintenance (Link OAM) implementations was launched in May 2009 and the first round of certifications of 23 systems from 8 vendors were announced today.
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New Zealand Gears up for Carrier Ethernet Expansion
Telecom New Zealand and Kordia become first NZ providers to join MEF
Los Angeles, Wednesday August 26th, 2009: Telecom New Zealand and Kordia have just been welcomed as the latest members of the global Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), marking their commitment to deliver standardized Carrier Ethernet services to the New Zealand and regional markets.
“We are delighted to welcome two of New Zealand’s premier service providers into the world of Carrier Ethernet services” says Nan Chen, MEF President. “With an established company like Telecom, and dynamic newcomer Kordia both recognizing Carrier Ethernet’s potential and equally keen to educate users on the substantial benefits now available to New Zealand business, government and SME users.”
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MEF Announces 2010 Board and New Industry Awards
Extended Categories for Prestigious Service Provider Awards
Los Angeles, Monday, August 3rd 2009: Following their recent Quarterly and Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, the MEF has announced details of its 2010 Board of Directors elections, reflecting a representative cross-section of the industry with members from both vendor and service provider communities. Nan Chen, founding and current President will continue to serve as MEF President, with Dennis Kruse, Vice President Network Solutions, Orange Business Services, continuing in his role as Chairman of the Board. Kevin Vachon remains as Chief Operating Officer of the MEF. Also announced is a new format for the prestigious service provider awards program, with added categories to reflect the significant industry advances in Carrier Ethernet services deployment and the diverse and expanding range of service providers taking advantage part in this growth segment of the telecommunications industry.
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MEF APAC Membership Continues to Grow
NetEvents Singapore delegates get update on recent MEF achievments
NetEvents, Singapore, June 4th 2009: Delegates attending NetEvents Asia-Pacific Press Summit 2009 in Singapore were updated on the MEF’s (Metro Ethernet Forum) recent activities and the continuing growth in the global market for Carrier Ethernet services. Among the highlights were: Ethernet’s growing role in mobile backhaul networks, a hardware certification program for MEF 21 internetwork automated OAM, further progress on the vital issue of inter-carrier connectivity and the E-NNI, and the launch of the Ethernet Academy website. Delegates also heard details about the increasing growth in MEF membership in the Asia Pacific region.
Among new members of the MEF there was a surge in membership last year from the APAC region. In the first six months alone there were 3 from Australia – Telstra, Optus and Pipe Networks – together with Maipu Communications (China), StarHub Limited (Singapore), Wipro (India) and Telekom Malaysia.
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MEF Unveils Industry Certification Program for Link OAM
MEF 21 is the first certification component of the next generation UNI
London, May 13th 2009: The MEF has announced details of the MEF 21 certification program that provides telecom equipment vendors independent testing to the highest industry standard for their Link Operations Administration Operation and Maintenance (OAM) implementations. 
It provides globally recognized validation for vendor implementations of the MEF's UNI Type 2 specification (MEF 20) and isafoundation for multi-vendor interoperability, speeding deployment, saving cost and reduces risk. This new element of the MEF certification program sets the industry benchmark for testing Link OAM. Participating vendors are requested to sign up for the pilot phase by 5th June 2009 with the first group of vendor certifications slated for September 2009.
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Bangalore hosts “MEF World Tour: Ethernet Business Services”
Communications platform to drive the next phase of India’s telecoms revolution
February 18th, Bangalore, India: The next phase of India’s remarkable telecommunications revolution was showcased  attoday’s MEF Enterprise Workshop at the Le Meridien Hotel, Bangalore, as delegates were updated on the latest advances inCarrier Ethernet services, provided with statistics on the phenomenal global growth in Carrier Ethernet services forbusiness,and presented with real life case studies of the benefits already being delivered across the world. The event, which included participation by two of India’s major service providers, Reliance Communications and Tata Communications, was the latest in the MEF’s “World Tour” launched in the USA and Europe last year.
We see Carrier Ethernet as a key enabler for extending India’s remarkable economic success, said Kevin Vachon, COO of the MEF. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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12th February, NetEvents, Barcelona: The future of mobile backhaul was redefined today when the MEF announced details of its recently approved “Carrier Ethernet for Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement” as MEF 22. The specification explains how to apply existing MEF specifications and industry standards to meet the increasing demands on RAN backhaul driven by the growth in mobile data and other high bandwidth applications.
By offering a practical migration path to 3G and 4G services, while preserving legacy services revenue, MEF 22 allows mobile service providers to take part in two rapidly expanding markets – the delivery of high bandwidth mobile applications and Carrier Ethernet. It also allows fixed network operators to provide wholesale services, tuned for backhaul applications, to mobile operators and increase use of existing plant.
“Ethernet is the only viable, cost-effective option for next generation mobile backhaul networks,” asserts industry analyst Michael Howard of Infonetics Research.
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Competition Intensified at MEF APAC Service Provider Awards
SingTel wins “Best in Business” and PCCW “Services Innovation”
17th November 2008, Los Angeles - SingTel from Singapore awarded 2008 ”Best in Business” while Hong Kong’s PCCW wins for ”Service Innovation”. The awards were presented at the Carrier Ethernet World APAC conference in Singapore before a field of eight finalists: KDDI, NTT Communications Corporation, PCCW, SingTel, Symphony, Telekom Malaysia, Verizon Business and Uecomm. This year’s Asia-Pacific entries for the MEF’s prestigious ”Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards were the strongest yet according to MEF COO Kevin Vachon.
“The global surge in MEF membership in the last three years is a sign of the industry’s commitment to standardized services and desire to speak the same language around the globe. In October we announced Phase Three of the MEF’s development – to promote Carrier Ethernet as a truly global interconnected service offering. Our finalists, and all the MEF service provider members now actively involved, show just how seriously the industry is embracing the rollout of Ethernet services, and what a major stake they have in working towards a seamless global service offering.” said Nan Chen, President, Metro Ethernet Forum.
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A New Operational Phase for Carrier Ethernet
“Interconnect, Management and Tools are the key components”
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. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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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, Telstra partners 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. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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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. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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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. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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Double Celebration for MEF at NXTcomm
3 vendors receive new MEF18 certification & “2008 Awards for North American Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” winners announced
 June 19th, Las Vegas, USA – Actelis Networks, MRV Communications and Resolute Networks have passed over 330 stringent test conditions verifying their conformance to MEF18 Abstract Test Suite for Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet (CESoETH) - a key component of the MEF Mobile backhaul initiative. The certificates of conformance to MEF18 were awarded today at NXTcomm by Nan Chen, president of the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) and Bob Mandeville president and founder of the MEF’s approved certification lab, Iometrix.
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. Click here for press release (MS Word)
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MEF Launches Global Services Directory
On-line guide to Carrier Ethernet service availability and multimedia channel now launched
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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MEF committed to APAC expansion
Carrier Ethernet is making large in-roads into the region
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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More Light at the End of the Backhaul Tunnel
Carrier Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Network: Breakthrough Demonstration at CTIA Wireless
 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.
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New Delhi MEF workshop to underline India’s role
in the Carrier Ethernet revolution
Latest market data and deployment studies on the sector’s hottest global topic
18th March, New Delhi – India’s potential to take a world lead in next generation telecom technology will be a keynote theme in the forthcoming MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) workshop to be held on Friday March 21st at Convergence India 2008, New Delhi. No other country can compare to India’s combination of soaring communications demand plus relative lack of legacy telecoms infrastructure.
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Carrier Ethernet Creates Breakthrough for Mobile Backhaul
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
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Carrier Ethernet European Service Provider of the Year Awards 2007
Awarded to Colt for “Best in Business” and Verizon Business for “Outstanding Innovation”
26th September, Geneva Switzerland – The winners of the Metro Ethernet Forum’s prestigious ”European Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year” awards were announced today – with Colt receiving the ”Best in Business” award and Verizon Business the ”Outstanding Innovation” award. The awards were presented by Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress yesterday evening. The award winners are selected by an independent panel of judges.
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MEF President Announces New Strategic Marketing Focus
Targeting the enterprise, new board members and details of forthcoming CE certification program
26th September, St George’s Bay, Malta – An exciting new initiative by MEF Marketing targeted directly at the enterprise, new board members from the cable industry, and details of the forthcoming MEF 18 Circuit Emulation certification – these were some of the changes revealed today by Nan Chen, MEF President, at NetEvents European Press Summit, St. George’s Bay, Malta.
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DON TAPSCOTT LAUNCHES MEF WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK
“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.
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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.
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July 19th 2007 - MEF invite service providers to enter the Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year awards 2007 for both the ASIA-Pacific and Europe. Entry for the awards is now open. (See above for Asia Pacific)
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Carrier Ethernet North American Service Provider of the Year Awards 2007
   
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Verizon Business
Tom Roche, Vice President, Business Data Products, Verizon Corporate Marketing, accepts the MEF’s 2007 National Award presented by Nan Chen, President, MEF
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Optimum Lightpath
Dave Pistacchio, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Optimum Lightpath accepts the MEF’s Regional Award from Nan Chen |
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The winners were announced at NxtComm, Chicago, June 20th, 2007. The awards were judged by a panel of six of the industry's leading analysts. A large crowd gathered to watch the ceremony on the MEF theater. The awards were preceded by presentation of MEF 14 service provider certification plaques and other recent certification notices. Click here for press release with 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) ... Click here for full the press release (MS Word)
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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 . Click here for full press release (MS Word)
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Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Awards 2007
Announced for North America
 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 Delhi rence at the Oberoi, New Delhi prior to the opening of the Convergence exhibition. India, though a relatively late starter compared with regions that have experienced explosive growth in Carrier Ethernet deployment over the last 18 months, is seen by industry analysts as potentially one of the top global Carrier Ethernet growth markets over the next 5 years. Those attending were treated to a preview of the very latest developments in Carrier Ethernet technology and the MEF’s plans for 2007, as well as seeing new deployment case studies from a number of Service Providers including VSNL... Click here for details (MS Word)
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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….
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MEF Update - Winter 2007 (PowerPoint 4.5Mb)
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MEF celebrates its 100th member
Milestone in Carrier Ethernet’s year of exceptional growth
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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…
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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
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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".
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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.
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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.
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 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.
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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.
Following requests, we have extended the deadline for applications for the European award until Friday September 15th.
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
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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.”
MEF 14 is a major step towards making Ethernet truly carrier-class...
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IMPRESSIVE RESPONSE MARKS SUCCESS OF WORLD’S FIRST SERVICE PROVIDER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
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...
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MEF SP certification award photos, London, UK – Wed 26 April 2006
    
 
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.
”Carrier Ethernet services are proving highly popular, both with end users and service providers. We now want to ensure one hundred percent reach-ability via any existing access medium,” said Mark Whalley, Co-Chair of the MEF Marketing Committee. “We are determined to deliver the full benefits of Ethernet services by opening access to anyone, anywhere, anytime. By 2010 there should be no excuse for not delivering Carrier Ethernet services to every office, every home and to mobile users too.”
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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.”
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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.
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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...
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.
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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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Metro Ethernet Ports Quadruple by 2008
Cisco #1 in Carrier Ethernet Market; New Equipment Class Emerges
Infonetics Research - 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
CEWC, Berlin, Germany, September 13th, 2005 – Europe's very first public Carrier Ethernet interoperability demonstration will be a feature of the Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Berlin, Germany, September 13-15, 2005. The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) announced today that twelve vendors will be demonstrating interoperability and scalability of Carrier Ethernet implementations, including E-Line (point to point) and E-LAN (multipoint) business applications plus residential triple play applications including voice over IP and video broadcasting traffic supplied by CPE devices and emulators.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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European Metro Ethernet Service Provider of the Year - "Best in Business" Award Announced
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.
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