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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study by Network Strategy Partners (NSP) compares the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a metro Ethernet optical transport network built ...

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 ...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recently announced an open tender to procure NT$999.21 million (US$31.32 million) worth of super-fast Ethernet switches. The equipment is for triple-play (integration of voice, ...

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 ...

The networking giant is beefing up its enterprise Ethernet portfolio. Analysts predict the market to pick up over the next few years. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

One of the least vulnerable networks is metro Ethernet, which has a multiple-ring architecture that lets data change directions and reroute if it runs into congestion or equipment failure. It also ...

Cisco Systems, the leader in enterprise Ethernet switching, is adding products and features to its portfolio to make the technology more appealing to an emerging service provider market. On Tuesday, ...