BASKING RIDGE, N.J.,
Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon
has received top Metro Ethernet Forum awards around the world for
its leadership and innovation in developing and delivering Carrier
Ethernet business services. In addition to earning the Global
Service Provider of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year,
Verizon received two Carrier Ethernet Business Application Awards
for Asia-Pacific, the Best
Marketing award for the Americas and the North America Regional
Service Provider award.
The 2012 MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards ceremonies were held last
month in Rio de Janeiro,
Shanghai and New York.
This year's awards featured an enhanced business applications
category, which recognizes partnerships between service
providers and their clients in the delivery of Ethernet business
services. Verizon's submissions featuring Aicent (mobile data
services category) and Juniper Networks (manufacturing category)
were the winners in the inaugural Best Carrier Ethernet Business
Application Awards in Asia-Pacific.
Shawn Hakl, Verizon's vice
president for products and solutions, said: "To win the Carrier
Ethernet Global Service Provider of the Year award for the fourth
year in a row – on top of our other global accolades – is a
tremendous achievement and a testament to our continued innovation
in the Ethernet space. This year, we are also pleased to have been
able to showcase our capabilities through our relationships with
Aicent and Juniper Networks. Our work with both companies
demonstrates the breadth and depth of our capabilities in the
Ethernet space, and we are particularly delighted to have received
MEF awards in recognition of this."
The MEF awards recognize excellence and leadership in the
development, marketing and delivery of Carrier Ethernet Services.
The awards, judged by independent panels of senior industry
analysts, are presented annually in North
America, Asia-Pacific,
Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Caribbean and Latin American regions.
Verizon Enterprise Solutions creates global connections that
generate growth, drive business innovation and move society
forward. With industry-specific solutions and a full range of
global wholesale offerings provided over the company's secure
mobility, cloud, strategic networking and advanced communications
platforms, Verizon Enterprise Solutions helps open new
opportunities around the world for innovation, investment and
business transformation. Visit verizon.com/enterprise
to learn more.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,
Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New
York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other
wireless and wireline communications services to consumer,
business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless
operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96
million retail customers nationwide. Verizon also provides
converged communications, information and entertainment services
over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers
integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150
countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with
$111 billion in 2011 revenues,
Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 184,500. For more
information, visit www.verizon.com.
SOURCE Verizon