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- Magyar Telekom Converges Advanced Services Over a Cisco Metro Ethernet Network
- With an eye to the future, Magyar Telekom began building a network foundation that could deliver high-speed Internet, voice, and cable television services across Hungary. The Cisco Metro Ethernet solution is helping Magyar Telekom realize rapid growth in subscriber base and market share. Featuring hierarchical QoS and traffic shaping, intelligent...
- Tags: Cable Television, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., VLAN, Magyar Telekom, Cisco Metro Ethernet Solution, Ethernet, Cable, LANs, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
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- The Value of Subscribing to Managed Metro Ethernet Services From Service Providers With Cisco QoS Certification
- The paper begins by describing how Ethernet has evolved from a technology exclusive to LANs to one equally at home in WANs - the "Metropolitan area." By extending Ethernet to the WAN, one can better control the communications; take advantage of converged voice, data, and video services; and save money,...
- Tags: Certification, QoS, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Managed Metro Ethernet Services: Business Advantages for the Enterprise
- This white paper summarizes the advantages of Metro Ethernet for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses SMBs and explains the advantages of out-tasking to a managed service provider. The paper concludes with case studies of companies that currently take advantage of a managed Metro Ethernet service from a member of...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Smb/Sme, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Metro Ethernet Service Delivers Higher Capacity, Controlled Costs, and Easier Upgrades
- The Cisco headquarters campus in San Jose, California, was served by four separate OC-3 links for Internet connectivity. When one of these links needed to be replaced, Cisco IT implemented a Metro Ethernet circuit with a Cisco 12404 Router as the gateway - yielding the company higher capacity and traffic...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Metro Ethernet Service, Ethernet, Networking
- Case studies 2007-12-18
- Charter Business Delivers Flexible Metro Ethernet-Based Services
- Charter Communications began as a cable provider in 1993. Today, it is a Fortune 500 company with a diversified portfolio of advanced digital networking services for consumers and business customers. Charter Business wanted to extend managed LAN services to customers over fiber transport. The challenge was to build network flexibility...
- Tags: Network, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Networking
- Case studies 2005-10-01
- Metro Ethernet Standards: Cisco's Commitment to Innovation and Interoperability
- Join several industry experts for a live, interactive discussion about the latest developments within the Metro Ethernet standards bodies. Review the importance of interoperability and Cisco's commitment to carrier-class solutions that are based on Metro Ethernet technologies. Learn why Metro Ethernet standards are vital to service provider success, and how...
- Tags: Innovation, Interoperability, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Standards, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- Webcasts
- Metro Ethernet Gives Danish Service Provider the Power to Deliver Triple Play
- To enable EnergiMidt to offer broadband, TV and telephony services for both residential and business customers. A carrier-grade Ethernet infrastructure covering the whole of the region, based on Nortel Optical Metro 5200 in the core and Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s in all core and aggregation sites. The Nortel...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2007-09-19
- Ethernet and India - Growing Together
- The telecommunications needs of the rapidly growing BFSI, IT, ITeS and the SME segments are bound to put a lot a strain on existing infrastructure, and Service providers will have to rapidly scale their operations to service these sectors. While Metro Ethernet services are the ideal solution to meet the...
- Tags: Industry, Metro Ethernet, Tejas Networks, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-12
- Performance Management of Metro Ethernet Services
- As more and more forms of communication are migrated to Enterprise and consumer networks (voice, video, database access, data storage, imagery, real-time applications) the demand for bandwidth is accelerating. Metro Ethernet offers the highest speed and lowest price-per-bit to date, making it a great opportunity to service providers and their...
- Tags: Performance, Metro Ethernet, Performance Management, Ethernet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- White papers 2006-07-06
- Metro Ethernet as a Wide Area Technology and Why It Must Be Secured
- Metropolitan Area Networks MANs have emerged as a key network infrastructure among enterprises looking to connect their users across vast networking topologies. A MAN sits between a Local Area Network LAN and a Wide Area Network WAN to enable sharing of resources across a region. As networks expand, both geographically...
- Tags: Metropolitan Area Network, Network, Metro Ethernet, Metro Ethernet Network, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-04-20
- End-to-End Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management in Metro and Access Networks
- OAM Operations Administration and Management refers to the tools to monitor and troubleshoot a network. Ethernet OAM is seen as a pre-condition for efficient rollout of Ethernet services. Alcatel has recognized the lack of OAM functionality today in the original native Ethernet and has proposed VPLS OAM for MPLS encapsulation...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Alcatel, Ethernet OAM, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Carrier-Ethernet Puts Triple-Play Provider in the Lead
- Lyse Tele wanted to increase revenue with bundled services for installed base of utility customers and build out an access network with better throughput and reach than afforded by Digital Subscriber Lines DSL over copper. The challenge was to avoid an increase in operations staff by minimizing network complexity. Lyse...
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Carrier-Ethernet
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Cisco Catalyst 3750 Metro Series Switch Enhanced Services Ports Deliver Advanced QoS Features for Metro Ethernet Service Providers
- Cisco Catalyst 3750 Metro Series switches are built with two types of ports - customer ports and Enhanced Services ports. Customer ports connect to end customers and have the same features as Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches. The main QoS features available on customer ports include single-rate ingress policer, egress...
- Tags: Cisco Catalyst, QoS, Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc.
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Understanding Metro Ethernet Forum Standards for Services
- One of the highest priorities for the Metro Ethernet Forum MEF has been the establishment of standards for Ethernet services. These standards will allow subscribers to successfully plan and integrate Ethernet services into their overall networks - and to be able to do so with services from more than one...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Standards, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Metro Ethernet WAN Services and Architectures
- To provide a common framework for metropolitan-area or metro and wide area Ethernet, this paper presents a service-centric approach to Ethernet WAN services and defines four canonical services. Service-related attributes that enable and enhance Ethernet WAN services are also described in detail. Reference network architectures, including those being discussed in...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Service, Ethernet, WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2003-03-19
- Carrier Grade Metro Ethernet Networks
- This paper gives an overview on actual trends and deployments of carrier-grade Ethernet in metro, access, and core networks. This includes the related motivation, concepts, and technologies as well as open issues regarding research, development, and standardization. Ethernet as a packet-based, connection-oriented technology is deployed for metro networks worldwide today....
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Network, Metro Ethernet, Alcatel, Carrier, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-19
- Nortel Network Case Study: TeleCable
- TeleCable wanted to empower a leading regional service provider to deliver flexible, resilient, high-bandwidth connectivity to an important regional savings bank. Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networking portfolio, comprising the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and the Metro Ethernet Services Units 1800 and 1850. Provider Backbone Bridges (IEEE 802.1ah) deliver massive scalability,...
- Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Networking
- Case studies 2007-03-07
- Defining the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform
- The global success of the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP enabled higher bandwidth in metropolitan-area metro networks and created the need for a new metro-optimized MultiService Switching Platform MSSP for aggregating and switching higher bandwidth traffic. This led Cisco to introduce the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP in 2002. Providing high density,...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc.
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Metro Ethernet Provision
- Many reasons have made Ethernet today's dominant technology, and it is now making a challenge for the Access and Metro areas. Ethernet has been used for short-range and high-bandwidth networking. Remote site connections have been based on leased lines, FR and ATM; all of them relying on SDH. The challenge...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Trend Communications, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Metro Ethernet Services Business Overview for Service Providers
- Demand for bandwidth in the Metropolitan-Area Network MAN or metro is expanding exponentially, the result of myriad factors, including data-intensive applications, new business models that rely on the Internet, the growth of broadband services, distributed applications, Web services, IP convergence, streaming content, multimedia, new computing models, networked storage, and business...
- Tags: Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
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