Clarian Health Deploys a Metro Area E-LAN Solution to Support Patient Care (PDF)

Clarian needed a reliable and secure network infrastructure with the bandwidth to support the evidence-based medicine that distinguished the hospital's clinical care. Connecting 12 locations in metropolitan Indianapolis, the Ethernet E-LAN service gives Clarian flexible, any-to-any communications among its metro locations. Clarian services, including long distance, local, and IP services, are bundled into an integrated networking solution offering a single bill, contract and commitment across a comprehensive portfolio of services.

IDAHO FALLS POWER - Century Old Utility Provider Moves in to the 21st Century (PDF)

In 1900 the Idaho Falls Powers (IFP) municipal electric Utility company was formed to deliver services within the corporate city limits of Idaho Falls, Idaho. More than 100 years later, Idaho Falls Power has moved into the new age of networking communications, by embracing the newest advancements in communications technologies. IFP has built a fiber optic network backbone and is utilizing metro Ethernet technology to deliver profitable new services such as voice, video, and data to expand their business reach within the community.

Korea-based PowerComm, a wholesale provider of metro Ethernet services (PDF)

The momentum of metro Ethernet adoption in Asian markets is moving forward fast. PowerComms strategy is to be the premier wholesale supplier of metro services for large carriers in Korea. PowerComm is an example of one such new generation Carriers Service Provider that has taken those steps to embrace the metro Ethernet services of tomorrow, today. By delivering carrier-class metro Ethernet services to the Seoul metropolitan area, PowerComm is enabling local competition to a variety of Service Providers.

Utility provider deploys metro Ethernet services (PDF)

A Northern-California-based energy provider adopts one of telecommunication' s most promising technologies - metro Ethernet. The metro Ethernet solution offers a low latency, scalable upon-demand, inexpensive solution for over 1,500 employees, supporting voice-over-IP traffic for interoffice call routing, and multi-cast video for training and presentations.This unidentified utility provider is another example of how an Enterprise organization is taking advantage of the advanced services metro Ethernet offers. The MEF has made special provisMay 1, 2007 join and participate in the privileges of MEF membership.

May 1, 2007e lead as a new generation CLEC by delivering carrier-class metro Ethernet services and has successfully penetrated the market thru Metro Ethernet services, providing mission critical applications to their financial, utility and healthcare industry customers through its Metro Ethernet networks.

One of Spain's major telecommunications service providers, Al-Pi's unique selling points are its in-depth market knowledge, the quality of its services portfolio, and the simplicity of its service offerings, all of which bring it closer to end users, and provide solid foundations in a turbulent and highly competitive market.

Metro Ethernet solutions based on Fixed Wireless Access are rare, even more so when they are delivered by a wholesale business. That, however, is the case with Hertz Denmarks broadband solution.

Optical Ethernet and the City of Roanoke Virginia (PDF)

City of Roanoke ranked #1 in the nation for Egovernment based upon implementation of Metro Ethernet. Local governments and businesses are leveraging Optical Ethernet technology to enable convenient, online secure services for their citizens.

KT Delivers Ethernet in the Metro (PDF)

KT (formerly Korea Telecom) is the worlds ninth largest service provider has taken on an ambitious project to deliver Ethernet based services to over 5 million subscribers. The resulting network is proving the scalability, reliability and lower cost of ownership for Metro Ethernet.

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Growth Opportunities in the Test & Measurement Sector

Test & Measurement Sector e-Newsletter - Aug. 2003
Frost & Sullivan shares a recent study on metro area network (MAN) test equipment in the latest issue on Growth Opportunities in the Test & Measurement enewsletter which looks at the Insight into the Metro's Future (Part 1) . This monthly industry e-Newsletter is published by Frost & Sullivan's Test & Measurement Group. It aims to provide valuable insights into the issues that the analysts believe are shaping today's competitive Industry. This report summary on metro area network (MAN) test equipment reveals that it is one area in the communications industry that is likely to witness revenue growth starting this year. MAN connects users with computer resources in a geographic area larger than that covered by a large local area network (LAN), but smaller than that covered by a wide area network (WAN).

Alt om Net Denmark - Teknik (PDF)

MEF joint briefing with Danish Service Provider ButlerNetworks (Danish Version)

Sprint introduces Ethernet Services in Las Vegas

Sprint realizes that if they dont role out Ethernet services, their competitors will do it for them. Gigabit services are being rolled out in the Las Vegas market as they follow AT&T and MCI who have both rolled out Metro Ethernet services in the past several months.

Metro Ethernet Services: Is Anyone Buying this Stuff?

The Yankee Group presents a Telecommunications Strategies (TS) Audio Conference

Hosted by Nick Maynard, Senior Analyst, Telecommunications Strategies and Mark Bieberich, Senior Analyst, Communications Network Infrastructure Research and Consulting.

Description:
Over the last 18 months, all of the major carriers have rolled out Ethernet
services and have begun offering more than simple point-to-point services. There is work to be done for carriers to create a migration path for customers, but there has been a general acceptance of the service within the industry and end-users have begun asking for the service by name. But no one's raking in the revenue so far and one has to wonder whether this is just another hyped technology that won't stick outside its niche. And so questions remain about when (or if) the market is really going to take off and who (if anyone) is best positioned to win the market. This audio conference will take a look at where the metro Ethernet market stands today, the players offering the service and the outlook for growth.

Metro Ethernet Services Could Change the Face of Telecom,but Will They Have the Chance? (PDF)
Yankee Group, July 2003

Description: "Are people buying this stuff?" The short answer is,"Yes,but not a lot yet." This report covers the evolution of Ethernet service in the U.S. market from a point-to-point best-effort offering into a carrier-class networking solution. Also covered is the relative position of the carriers competing for the segments of the Ethernet market. Yankee Group provides a case study of a major financial institution that migrated to Ethernet from ATM. The report also contains the profiles of individual providers, their services, and their strategies.

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Document Summary: This business case illustrates how these advantages combine to provide enterprises with the following substantial hard dollar savings over traditional private line and Frame Relay-based Internet Access and metro private data service alternatives.