MEF, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit international industry consortium, of network, cloud, and technology providers.[1] MEF, originally known as the Metro Ethernet Forum, was dedicated to Carrier Ethernet networks and services, and in recent years, significantly broadened its scope, which now includes underlay connectivity services such as Optical, Carrier Ethernet, IP, along with overlay digital services including SD-WAN Services, as well as APIs to support orchestration of the service lifecycle (termed Lifecycle Service Orchestration, or LSO APIs based on MEF 55 Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO): Reference Architecture and Framework, for connectivity and digital services). Along with this change in scope, MEF re-branded from the "Metro Ethernet Forum", to simply "MEF". "MEF Forum" is MEF's legal name.
The forum is composed of service providers, incumbent local exchange carriers, network equipment vendors, cloud providers and other related organizations, within the information and communications technology industry, that share an interest in connectivity services, digital services, automation, orchestration and standardization to pragmatically enhance and accelerate the industry's digital transformation. There are approximately 200 MEF members, many of which have achieved MEF 3.0 certification of their MEF-standardized services or technology.
MEF comprises multiple technical committees to develop, evolve and promote the adoption of MEF standard services and interfaces. The forum regularly makes recommendations to, and collaborates with, existing standards bodies, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
this change in scope, MEF re-branded from the "Metro Ethernet Forum", to simply "MEF". "MEFForum" is MEF's legal name. The forum is composed of service...
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that supports Ethernet services. An EVC is defined by the Metro-Ethernet Forum (MEF) as an association between two or more user network interfaces that identifies...
Versa, and VMware as having a unified SASE platform. MEF, originally known as the Metro Ethernet Forum, has become a next generation standards organization...
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practices 25 November 2019: ADVA jointly won MEF 19 Proof of Concept (POC) award in the category of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Implementation. 14 October 2019: ADVA...
is a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and was the first independent wireless carrier in the world to gain MEF certification for its Layer 2 Ethernet...
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administration, and management (OAM) protocol defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) for Carrier Ethernet networks. It provides information that enables auto...
was American Daniel Pipes, who heads the Philadelphia-based Middle east Forum (MeF) "Factsheet: Counter-jihad Movement". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University...
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Press. ISBN 1-58705-096-X. Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) The Challenges of Ethernet Access "Carrier Ethernet Forum". discussion group web site. Retrieved August...
used in wide area networks (WANs). The efforts of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) in defining best practice and standards for metropolitan area networks...
a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). It also held a TL 9000 certification which it received from the QuEST Forum in May 2007. In January 2016, Overture...
2010. Profile at Hungama.org Neeraj Roy appointed chairman of Asia Board, MEF Neeraj Roy on mobile entertainment; amateur content vs branded content Neeraj...
Virgin Media Business re-certified its Ethernet portfolio under MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) 9 and 14 service validation structure. Later that month, it committed...
"「CHEMISTRY」とのコラボレーションについて". kddi.com. Retrieved March 24, 2021. First ever MEF Special Recognition Award goes to the pioneer of the mobile ringtone business...
Washington, D.C. This and other preparatory sessions culminated in a 17-nation MEF meeting, as part of the 35th G8 summit which Italian Prime Minister Silvio...
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