Metro Ethernet is getting increased interest lately, perhaps becoming a big-growth area for telecom spending. Recently, the MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance set better interworking among frame relay, ATM and ...

Foundry last week launched a router and switch products aimed at the core and edge of carrier metropolitan area networks. The NetIron Internet and Metro Router (IMR) 640 is targeted at the networks of ...

BellSouth is making Metro Ethernet services available across its entire network. The capability enables customers to link their local area networks across the BellSouth nine-state coverage area at a ...

Nortel Networks moved to beef up metro Ethernet networks on Tuesday at the Globalcomm carrier-equipment show in Chicago, rolling out a recently developed technology designed to make them more ...

Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced a pair of switches that support Ethernet-based metropolitan-area networks and are aimed at network service providers looking to offer new capabilities to their ...

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — Optical Ethernet start-up Atrica Inc. this week rolled out a high-end switch for the core of metropolitan-area networks (MAN) designed to overcome the limitations of current ...