Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Revealed - Internet Telephony

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Featured Articles » Vobal Technologies Looking to Change On-Ship Telephony for the Better » Growth in VoIP Traffic Powering Telecom Equipment Investments » Fonality CEO Looks to the Future of the Cloud   Sponsored By: Panasonic SIP Corded and Cordless Phone Systems Thanks to Panasonic, there are now a variety of SIP phone options designed specifically to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. Customers can choose from cordless and and corded lineups, the latter of which just added its newest model, the KX-UT670, Panasonic's Smart Desk Phone. Panasonic is making a big splash in the SIP market. Last year, Panasonic's SIP UT Series was named Best-of-Show in the Open Source Category at ITEXPO West 2011. Introducing Panasonic's SIP phones - the perfect communications tool for businesses or home offices.http://sip-phones.tmcnet.com/   Top Stories » As Demand for Hosted PBX Services Increases, Alteva Teams with Parallels » VoIP: Conquering Mobile Calling after It's Disposed of Mr. Bell's Telephone » SIP Phones Company Panasonic Honored for Office Technology, Equipment   From The Expert Corner February 23, 2012 Metro Ethernet Forum, Metcalfe Unveil Carrier Ethernet 2.0 By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC Carrier Ethernet has had great success to date, and now it’s poised to get even better. That’s at least in part because the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF (News - Alert)) this morning formally is unveiling Carrier Ethernet 2.0. The effort brings to the table new certifications, definitions and specifications that will allow for standardized multi-class of service, interconnection, and manageability features for carrier Ethernet. As a result, MEF representatives tell TMCnet, enterprises will benefit from more efficient bandwidth utilization and predictable carrier Ethernet performance; small and medium businesses will benefit from hosted applications integrated via interconnectivity over single connections; and service providers will benefit from more affordable mobile backhaul, more predicable quality of service, and simplified wholesale relationships among carriers. For example, MEF leaders tell TMCnet, mobile backhaul applications can realize a higher than 25 percent savings as a result of Carrier Ethernet 2.0; that’s in part because 2.0 allows carriers to assign different classes of service for different traffic on their mobile backhaul connections, so part of the link can be used for real-time traffic while another part can be used for premium data services... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Xmartek   TMCnet Free Premium Content » The Why, When, and How of Network Convergence » Cloud-based Telecom Testing: Why and How    Latest Blogs » Metaswitch Brings SBCs to the Cloud » Mobile UC More than FMC   Featured Channels » SIP Trunking - SIP Trunking » Cloud Telephony » IP Call Recording   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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