UBM TechWeb's (News - Alert) Light Reading, a research-led media company serving the communications marketplace, will be announcing Phase 2 results of its Advanced Global Interconnect Test Program at Ethernet Europe in London.

This service provider interoperability test and showcase program, by EANTC in collaboration with ancotel (News - Alert) andLight Reading, will provide insight into current service offerings, and help accelerate the market.

The phase covers how to map carrier Ethernet service offerings to those of other service providers; how to interconnect with many partners efficiently towards global coverage; how to manage a wholesale Carrier Ethernet service end-to-end, using advanced CPEs; and how to provide and verify global service-level agreements across interconnects.

Interconnect sponsors at Ethernet Europe 2010 are Interconnect Switch Sponsor Alcatel-Lucent; Test and Measurement Sponsor Spirent Communications; and NID Sponsor MRV.

Service Provider Participants are Belgacom (News - Alert) ICS, Equinix, Expereo International, Level 3 Communications, P&TLuxembourg, Teragate, Tinet, and Ucomline.

Ethernet Europe 2010 is the premier event covering the hot topic of carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Light Reading's (News - Alert) tenth Ethernet event, this year's event will assemble dozens of experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for where Ethernet is likely to take us in the coming decade.

Ethernet is one of the most important communications technologies developed in the last 30+ years. High-performance Ethernet, known commonly as Carrier Ethernet, is rapidly becoming the technology of choice for controlling network communications costs, consolidating services onto a common infrastructure, and enabling more tailored services for consumers, enterprises, and operators.

Light Reading's research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provides a comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, and TelcoTV Asia, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Europe.