Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. An Optical Services Strategy

3. Ethernet as the Plug in the Wall

4. The First Mile to Service

5. The Path to Services Today

6. Conclusion

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Service providers are ready to unlock the revenue potential of their optical networks with a new generation of packet services. The local loop is the remaining bottleneck, and it must now give way to next-generation solutions that enable:

• Highly granular, on demand packet service offerings;
• Simplified service delivery with best time to market;
• The efficiencies and economic benefits of packet switching; and
• Smooth migration from today's infrastructure and network services.

A new class of intelligent optical service edge platforms is emerging to enable this migration—providing a path from today to the services that represent substantial revenue and growth well into the future.