Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) brings several benefits to Internet Protocol networks, including increased packet forwarding performance, traffic engineering mechanisms to maximize resource ...

Today, I had the opportunity to speak with an industry analyst about several topics. Mostly he was gushing about multiprotocol label switching (MPLS). The future is MPLS, a standard developed by the ...

WAN, MPN, and NaaS, the question for enterprises and MNOs is how these models fit together in a hybrid WAN landscape.

Last time, we discussed the Multi-protocol Label Switching/Frame Relay Alliance’s work on an MPLS User-to-Network Interface and the fantastic promise that this holds for true end-to-end quality of ...

In our last newsletter, we continued the discussion of MPLS service-level agreements that we started in late April.The focus of the last newsletter was a description of how service providers typically ...

Mankato-based Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech, began installing an integrated MPLS network for Minneapolis-based Hawkins Inc, with operations in 10 states. Hawkins said it chose Enventis for its ...

With the ever growing demand for bandwidth primarily being driven by the wireless-mobile market, the communication equipment suppliers are on a quest to transform the existing cell-based grid into ...

Enterprises will be hoping that two warring standards bodies can next week sort out a problem with the widely used MPLS protocol that threatens to cause widespread disruption in companies' wide area ...

Covad Communications is adding MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) to its wholesale network to help operator customers deliver the quality of service required for applications such as voice and video ...

Plans to deploy virtual private networks using a new technology have sparked recent controversy, with the debate illustrating the need for technology managers to tune in to different ways carriers ...

A sea change in networking that happens every ten to 11 years saw the arrival of multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) in 2000, and another inflection point in the industry is set to break existing ...

The migration from networks based on multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) to the more agile and affordable alternative, software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN), continues apace, as revealed by ...