... sentence:With a sustained and expanding economic downturn, the Company is experiencing significant pressure as Carrier customers cut back their capital expenditures further than previously expected and certain Enterprise and Metro Ethernet customers defer new IT and optical investments.Complete Story ?

... and also look at ways to limit risks from investing in 4G products. A "comprehensive review" of its business is underway, and Nortel has already decided to put its Metro Ethernet Networks unit up for sale. The MEN business includes optical and carrier Ethernet products and generated revenues of USD 378 million in the second quarter. "Monetization of ...

Customer design activity gets hot, as volume production and fastest design-in rate in company history is achieved by 10GbE Metro-Ethernet Mapper Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) announced today it shipped several thousand units of its Pemaquid/S19258 10-Gigabit Metro-Ethernet Mapper device to more than 20 customers since the product's January 2008 launch. The chip is [...]

Nortel Networks is set to abandon the optical and carrier Ethernet markets as tough economic times forced the Canadian telecom provider to lower third quarter revenue expectations. Nortel is offering for sale its Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) as part a significant revamp, according to Mike Zafirovski, president and CEO of Nortel. "It is clear that the business [...]

What service do you need? Metro Ethernet?Took some time working out, but my current understanding is that because you are providing some sort of video service out of your location, you will need a GigE private line from your location to the colo and then from there you will backhaul it to the network. Let me review the list of colos you will work out of. Although ...

... the aggregation service capacity of the 7600 series metro Ethernet router with a new 40Gbps IP-over-wavelength division ... -access network traffic from the cell site over Carrier Ethernet, which may be more cost-effective that TDM circuits for backhaul.Cisco ... network-availability service-level agreement for its Carrier Ethernet products. This contractual agreement between Cisco and service providers ...