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Article: ETNA OK'd To Start Ethernet Network Parameters Work.
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- TelecomWeb News Digest
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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The Ethernet Transport Networks Architectures of Networking (ETNA) European consortium, comprised of top-ranked technology companies and universities on the continent, got the European Commission's blessing to start a program it says will "analyze, design and validate future metro and core networks based on Ethernet technology."
The ETNA consortium now pledges to invest $5.3 million during the next two years, of which the EC will contribute $3.4 million.
Says Ilya Vershkov, ETNA project coordinator, "This project serves as a further example of the commitment the ETNA partners to develop new and innovative solutions and to demonstrate a prototype of ...