The Metro Ethernet Forum announced technical progress resulting from its quarterly meeting last week in Denver. The organization’s Metro Ethernet Services Model document advanced to the letter ballot stage. Once a document reaches the letter ballot stage it is essentially complete, needing only a final vote to make it officially approved. Also, the Ethernet Services Definitions specification is expected to move to letter ballot at the October 2003 MEF Technical Committee meeting; and the Ethernet Traffic Management specification could move to letter ballot by the January 2004 MEF Technical Committee meeting.
The Metro Ethernet Forum announced the addition of eight new members: Tellabs, Foundry Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Marconi Communications, Ensemble, Transwitch, Axerra Networks, and ADVA Optical.
Also, the Metro Ethernet Forum appointed a new board of directors, headed by Board Chairman Mark Fishburn, vice president of technical strategy at Spirent Communications. Nan Chen, vice president of corporate/product marketing for Atrica, will continue serving as MEF President.
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