The Metro Ethernet Forum strives to develop carrier-class standards for metro Ethernet services. President Nan Chen explains recent developments.

Anyone who uses a computer, printer, or server knows wireline and wireless Ethernet are the connectivity media of choice. Even in the face of so many options for metro- and wide-area connectivity ...

Metro Ethernet cruises toward mainstream New standards should help phone carriers and ISPs offer Ethernet services over existing networks.

* Mid-band Ethernet makes its debut Last time, we mentioned that there is a lower-speed version of metro Ethernet, commonly called “mid-band” Ethernet, which is starting to be rolled out.

If you're using a carrier's data services but bandwidth is always in short supply, consider metro Ethernet.

The Metro Ethernet Forum also came up with 16 standards–or technical specifications. All of the specifications fit into at least one of the five attributes. So what we're really saying is that we've ...

Ethernet metropolitan-area networks offer cheaper, more flexible bandwidth than traditional Sonet-based technologies, but the services are still a work in progress.

JDSU today expanded the industry's most complete Metro Ethernet test portfolio with several new products addressing one of the industry's fastest-growing technologies. JDSU claims its Ethernet ...

Cisco expands metro Ethernet offering The networking giant is beefing up its enterprise Ethernet portfolio. Analysts predict the market to pick up over the next few years.

Metro Ethernet, as it is called, is also expected to save carriers money. Telephone companies could cut their operating costs by 23 percent annually by using Ethernet services in their metro ...