European-based carriers Exponential-e, Hibernia Atlantic and Tinet have signed up to take part in the Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange platform, bringing to nine the total number of participants.
The platform is a development program to define enhanced solutions for the exchange of data traffic between carriers providing Ethernet services.
This will establish a platform for multi-provider carrier Ethernet interconnection that meets Metro Ethernet Forum standards.
Also, the project focuses on Ethernet network-to-network interconnection (E-NNI) as well as complementary features to enable a variety of benefits to participants.
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