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What our analysts are saying...
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"When judging the 2013 MEF Carrier Ethernet awards for service providers, it was clear that numerous finalists and winners regarded CE 2.0 certification, planned certification, or compliance as an important competitive differentiator."
Rosemary Cochran, Principal
MEF Certification Programs Growing - press release
March 4, 2014
"The Cable MSO segment had meteoric growth in 2013, and there were several changes on the Cable MSO Ethernet Leaderboard over the past year."
Rick Malone, Principal
Carrier Ethernet News
March 28, 2014
"Market leaders AT&T and Verizon have successfully nurtured their large enterprise and global customers with Ethernet-enabled solutions, while encountering more aggressive competition in the mid and small business markets across the U.S." Rick Malone, Principal Fierce Telecom March 24, 2014
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Ethernet Innovation Summit
March 25 - 27, 2014
Silicon Valley, CA
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MEF Global Ethernet Networking Conference / GEN14
November 17 - 20, 2014
Washington DC
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for this event.
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Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARDs
Year-End 2013
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Vertical Systems Group's LEADERBOARDs are industry benchmarks for measuring Ethernet market presence based on port installations. Our biannual LEADERBOARDs publicly rank the market share leaders. Other providers with Ethernet share are cited in either the Challenge or Market Player tier. Detailed share results are available to subscribers of Vertical's ENS @Ethernet Market Analysis Program.
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 Orange Business regains top position from BT Global Services. The share margin between the two is razor thin as both companies push Ethernet into their extensive bases of global IP VPN customers. Global Provider press release
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 Aggressive service pricing intensifies in metro markets and Cable MSOs gain ground. The fastest growing application for 2013 continues to be Ethernet access to IP/MPLS VPNs.
U.S. Carrier Ethernet press release
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U.S Incumbent Carrier Segment
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 AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, and Windstream attain Incumbent Carrier LEADERBOARD positions. Market leaders encounter more aggressive competition in the mid and small business markets across the U.S.
Incumbent Carrier press release
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U.S Competitive Provider Segment
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 tw telecom, XO, Level 3, Cogent and Zayo hold the leading Competitive Provider LEADERBOARD positions. All showed solid performance in 2013, despite experiencing unprecedented pricing pressures from Cable MSOs and other Ethernet players selling fiber-based metro services.
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 Time Warner Cable, Cox, Comcast, Charter Business, Lightpath and Bright House Networks attain top Cable MSO LEADERBOARD positions. Cable MSOs headlined the Carrier Ethernet market in 2013 with meteoric growth.
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