Nortel Networks Inc. in Brampton, Ontario, revealed a new class of optical switches for the ever-more-attractive metropolitan-area network market on Monday, touting the switches’ power to cut carriers ...

Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) is a fibre-optic technology capable of delivering internet, voice, and video services ...

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

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

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

To overcome Ethernet's current limitation of 10 Gbps in metro aggregation applications, metro networks are built by layering Ethernet over DWDM systems, which rely on pre-provisioned point-to-point ...

If you're using a carrier's data services but network bandwidth is always in short supply and your technology road map tells you to expect more of the same, consider metro Ethernet. The first ...

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

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

Nortel Networks moved to beef up metro Ethernet networks at the Globalcomm carrier-equipment show in Chicago on Tuesday, rolling out a recently developed technology designed to make them more ...

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

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