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Mid-Year 2017
U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD
“While the pace of growth has slowed from the market ramp years, demand for Carrier Ethernet services remains very strong in 2017.”

Rick Malone, Principal

LEADERBOARD (in rank order) :
AT&T, Level 3, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, CenturyLink, Comcast, Windstream and Cox.

Challenge Tier (in alphabetical order) :
Altice USA, Cogent, Frontier, Sprint and Zayo.

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Telecom Exchange NYC to Address the Latest in Optical Fiber in CEO Roundtable Featuring Panelists from Facebook, Microsoft & More

June 13, 2017

Active optical fiber is the most widely deployed access technology for delivery of Carrier Ethernet services in the U.S., and preferred for higher speed connectivity to the Internet, Clouds, Data Centers, Hybrid VPNs, and emerging SDN-enabled services. Continue reading...

2016 Global Provider Ethernet Port Share Results

March 2, 2017

Detailed year-end 2016 U.S. Carrier Ethernet market share results are available now on Vertical Systems Group's syndicated ENS Research Program portal. New and expanded research coverage includes... Continue reading...

NEW: 2016 U.S. Carrier Ethernet Port Share Results

February 22, 2017

MEF16: Energy + Urgency + Collaboration

November 29, 2016

Takeaways from MEF16 can be summed up with three words - energy, urgency and collaboration. High energy was palpable throughout the four-day event, generated by attendees who represented more than 250 organizations from 30+ countries. Continue reading...

SDN, Big Data: Real World Perspectives

September 15, 2016

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is transforming the telecom industry toward more open, more flexible, more scalable - and more data-driven network services and solutions. Big Data is increasingly becoming an essential component of this transformation.
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