Verizon (News - Alert), a company that has relied on innovative technologies to revolutionize the information and communication infrastructure, has recently been honored with Global Service Provider of the Year award, from the Metro Ethernet Forum (News - Alert).

The Metro Ethernet Forum Carrier Ethernet awards are given away to companies that demonstrate the best headship, innovation and quality in the development, marketing and delivery of carrier Ethernet business services around the globe. The panel in charge of selecting the finalist involved senior industry analysts from Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IDC, Infonetics (News - Alert), Ovum and Vertical Systems Group.

Verizon won this award for five consecutive years for offering the best grade carrier Ethernet business services. Apart from this, Verizon was recognized as the best wholesale Ethernet service provider in North American and best marketing in the Caribbean-Latin American region.

“Enterprises and government agencies worldwide rely on carrier Ethernet services to provide the flexibility and reliability they need to power their network infrastructure,” said Guru Pai, senior vice president and chief product officer, Verizon. “These awards from the Metro Ethernet Forum underscore Verizon’s commitment to lead the market with advanced, fast and reliable services in today’s highly competitive and dynamic marketplace.”

Consumers around the globe including enterprises, government agencies and wholesale customers rely on Verizon’s Ethernet for bandwidth, security and reliability to support widespread operations and to deliver mission-critical business applications and information.

In addition, Verizon’s Ethernet solutions can provide users with a range of cost-effective alternatives. Starting with geographical coverage, Verizon claims to have one of the most expansive global data and IP networks in the world with On-Net capability to thousands of lit buildings worldwide, as well as Data Centers, POPs and Collocation arrangements. Verizon’s highly recognized network quality and resiliency delivers a competitive advantage to customers with an Ethernet Virtual Private Line solution.

Quintin Lew, senior vice president of marketing, Verizon Global Wholesale said,“Our wholesale clients around the globe turn to Verizon for the Ethernet solutions that enable them to provide their customers with effective and dependable advanced networking.

According to Lew, their Ethernet services continue to be recognized as the industry gold standard and deliver the differentiation, scalability and reliability that their customers want and need.