The MEF Speaks - Carrier Ethernet - The New Ethernet for All (Cont'd)

Compliance: Recent legislation in North America and Europe means that all enterprises, not just financial institutions and the like, have a growing requirement for storage and archiving. The requirement for disaster recovery systems is also growing, with recent tragic events underlining just how important this application is This need must be met by growth in widely-dispersed, mirrored data centers, a key application for technologies such as Carrier Ethernet.

Consolidation: As enterprises move towards greater server consolidation and virtualization, hardware resilience will grow, boosting the need for backup and mirroring.

Other business applications, including business telephony, videoconferencing, and broadcasting, in addition to the growth in broadband take-up, all drive a need for gigabit links both within and between businesses.

Residential services
Here Carrier Ethernet, with 20+Mbit/sec per subscriber, allows service providers to make triple play service offerings, which can take advantage of Carrier Ethernet, in addition to high-speed Internet access.

This means delivery of high-definition IPTV and VoD to hundreds or millions of subscribers, as well as enabling interactive video entertainment and remote learning. As the number of appliances such as TVs, DVRs and PVRs proliferates in the home, the MEF believes Carrier Ethernet is the only infrastructure that can support this growing level of demand.

Mobile services
With growing demand for third-generation mobile services comes the requirement for robust, high-speed 3G back-haul. Analysts predict that data traffic on 3G networks will surpass voice, just as it has with wired traffic.

In addition, analysts foresee growth in high speed wireless services such as WiMAX and other next generation services. In terms of volumes and revenues, Carrier Ethernet is a natural fit for these applications.

All of these broadband requirements drive the need for a new packet-friendly infrastructure, positioning Carrier Ethernet as the universal infrastructure in business, residential and mobile segments.

Carrier Ethernet is becoming universal transport to deliver ultimate broadband to business, residential and mobile customers worldwide. Its companion Certification Program is rapidly accelerating worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services. The MEF leads the industry to drive compliance, interoperability, and deployment of Carrier Ethernet.

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