IIR & MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards – EMEA 2011
Incorporating the MEF Service Provider Awards and IIR Carrier Ethernet Vendor Awards
On Wednesday 12th October 2011 the inaugural IIR & MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards EMEA gala dinner took place, combining the long-standing MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Service Provider Awards EMEA, and the newly introduced IIR Carrier Ethernet Vendor Awards EMEA.
Taking place at Hotel Okura in Amsterdam as part of IIR’s Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011, the awards were attended by 90+ guests, and were hosted by Camille Mendler, Analyst and Head of Industry Verticals at Informa Group, and Nan Chen, President of the MEF. The awards categories and winners were as follows:
MEF Service Provider Awards EMEA
Best Business Ethernet Service EMEA – Colt
Best Wholesale Ethernet Service EMEA – Verizon
Best Marketing EMEA – Broadnet
Regional Service Provider EMEA – GTS
Service Provider of the Year (sponsored by Cisco) – Colt
IIR Carrier Ethernet Vendor Awards EMEA
Best Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Product EMEA – Telco Systems
Best Carrier Ethernet Aggregation Product EMEA – Cisco
Best Carrier Ethernet Core Product EMEA – Juniper Networks
Best Carrier Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Product EMEA – RAD Data Communications
Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 has been a great success, with 500+ attendees, 36 exhibitors and 50+ international operator speakers.
For more information about Carrier Ethernet World Congress and the IIR and MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards EMEA, please visit http://www.carrierethernetworld.com and http://metroethernetforum.org
For photo, video and winners’ quotation requests, please contact Andrew Cleary, Senior Marketing Manager, IIR Telecoms & Technology on acleary@iir-telecoms.com
If you are interesting in entering next year’s awards, please contact Dr Jane Watson, Conference Director, Transmission, IIR Telecoms & Technology on jwatson@iir-telecoms.com
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