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		<title>Mobile Backhaul Needs Class of Service, MEF Argues</title>
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		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/mobile-backhaul-class-service-mef-argues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile backhaul links using Ethernet protocols should take advantage of class of service mechanisms to prioritize traffic, since doing so improves end user experience,  the Metro Ethernet Forum argues. Though such advice makes lots of intuitive sense to network engineers, it is a contentious political issue in some markets.
In fact, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission essentially bars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market to Grow 22% in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/mobile-backhaul-equipment-market-grow-22-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demand for microwave links is driven largely by the roll-out of mobile broadband and the increasing need for bandwidth. Researchers at Dell&#8217;Oro Group believe that mobile bandwidth will grow as much as 80 percent a year, on average, driving the need for higher capacity backhaul links.
The microwave transmission gear market turned a positive growth rate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accedian Hits Milestone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethernet]]></category>
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Accedian Networks, which bills itself as the leading provider of &#8220;High Performance Service Assurance&#8221; solutions for Carrier Ethernet and IP networks, says it now has shipped more than 100,000 network demarcation units shipped worldwide.

This comes on the heels of being recognized as the &#8220;Fastest Growing Company in Canada,&#8221; and second fastest across North America in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEF Launches Ethernet 2.0 Certification Program</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/mef-launches-ethernet-20-certification-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/mef-launches-ethernet-20-certification-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 23:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has launched a Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification program for equipment vendors and service providers, complementing the recent launch of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0).
CE 2.0 expands the number of services from three in Carrier Ethernet 1.0 to eight services, and supports manageability across interconnected service provider networks – unlike the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2012 EtherNEWS – Cloud Will Drive Ethernet Access</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/ethernews/may-2012-ethernews-cloud-will-drive-ethernet-access/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/ethernews/may-2012-ethernews-cloud-will-drive-ethernet-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Craig Easley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTIA Wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethernet Business Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEF Carrier Ethernet Seminars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile backhaul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[small cells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Also in this issue:
Light Reading Webinar
Accedian Live
Cloud Will Drive Ethernet Access
by Gary Kim

U.S. business spending on communications services will be lead over the next four years by business Ethernet services, principally Gigabit Ethernet, stemming from ongoing growth in cloud computing, this according to the latest market review by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
Notably, data communications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>68% CAGR for Microwave Backhaul, Through 2016</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/68-cagr-microwave-backhaul-2016/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/68-cagr-microwave-backhaul-2016/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new iGR study shows that demand for microwave backhaul forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 68 percent from 2011 to 2016. 
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		<title>Long-Haul Carrier Ethernet Pricing Drops</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/longhaul-carrier-ethernet-pricing-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/longhaul-carrier-ethernet-pricing-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carrier ethernet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethernet services are most readily available, and prices are lowest, in Europe and North America, according to TeleGeography Research. In the first quarter of 2012, the median monthly price of a GigE EoMPLS pseudowire circuit between Frankfurt and London was $3,448, down 29 percent from the first quarter of  2011, while the median price from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Point-to-Point Microwave Gear Market to Reach $11 Billion by 2016</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/pointtopoint-microwave-gear-market-reach-11-billion-2016/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/pointtopoint-microwave-gear-market-reach-11-billion-2016/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The point-to-point microwave backhaul equipment market should hit $11 billion within five years, riding on the wave of small cell build-outs and migration to Ethernet/IP, according to Maravedis-Rethink.

The point-to-point microwave backhaul equipment market was flat in 2011 compared to the year before, totalling $4.72 billion in value.
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		<title>Ethernet 2.0: Theory Different from Practice?</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/ethernet-20-theory-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/ethernet-20-theory-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Metro Ethernet Forum’s “Carrier Ethernet 2.0” initiative, which aims to enable a standardized way of handling multiple classes of service, might make more sense to some suppliers than to some service providers. 
“Multi-COS” is a key part of Carrier Ethernet 2.0. It defines three classes of service over eight services types &#8212; VLAN and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTE Subscribers Double, Quarter over Quarter, in 4th Quarter 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/lte-subscribers-double-quarter-quarter-4th-quarter-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.accedian.com/blog/news/lte-subscribers-double-quarter-quarter-4th-quarter-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary.kim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4g]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, the worldwide Long Term Evolution subscriber base nearly doubled quarter over quarter to reach 12 million subscribers worldwide, according to Maravedis-Rethink. The quarter over quarter subscriber increase for LTE and WiMAX was 92 percent and 14 percent, respectively, over that reported at the end of the [...]]]></description>
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