Timing the shift to Ethernet in mobile backhaul - FierceTelecom

Carriers are rapidly reducing TDM's role in mobile backhaul, says Jim Theodoras, Ethernet Forum president. An April 2010 Infonetics report illustrates the change in thinking.

The firm's August 2009 survey of 18 mobile operators and transport providers indicated that 60 percent were taking a hybrid approach to backhaul that leverages both Ethernet and TDM. At that time, only 47 percent intended to commit to pure Ethernet.

Infonetics' survey in March 2010--just six months later--showed a near flip in the ratio: 45 percent hybrid, 65 percent Ethernet-only.

Timing the shift to Ethernet in mobile backhaul - FierceTelecom