Oct. 14, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethernet Expo Americas 2009, hosted by Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading online publication for the telecom industry, and Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), its prestigious market research division, has its most distinguished service provider speaker lineup to date. Light Reading's ninth Ethernet Expo, chaired by Heavy Reading Senior Analyst and Ethernet expert Stan Hubbard, 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 through the rest of this decade. Ethernet Expo 2009, which includes a conference and exposition, will take place at the Hilton New York on November 3 & 4.

Ethernet Expo will feature keynote speakers from AT&T Labs, Ciena, Level 3, the MEF, Reliance Globalcom, and Verizon. Other service provider speakers participating are from AboveNet, COLT, Cox, Equinix, Global Crossing, Hibernia Atlantic, Interoute, Lightower, MetroNet, Mzima, NTT Communications, Optimum Lightpath, RCN Metro, Time Warner Cable Business Class, TW telecom, and XO Communications.

"I could not be more pleased with the extraordinary level of service provider interest in directly participating in this year's event," says Hubbard. "We truly have assembled a Who's Who team of experts from the domestic and international carrier community who have extensive experience in providing high-performance Ethernet services for enterprise, residential, and wholesale wireline and wireless customers. This definitely is a must-attend event for end-users of Ethernet business and wholesale services and for investors who want to keep up with key trends in this fast-moving market."

Ethernet Expo 2009 will also include the 2009 Ethernet Expo Awards and the MEF Service Provider Awards. The Ethernet Expo Awards recognize outstanding leadership in four categories, demonstrated by Carrier Ethernet equipment vendors in the Americas since last year's Ethernet Expo. Awards categories include: Carrier Ethernet Vendor of the Year, Americas - Best Access Solution; Carrier Ethernet Vendor of the Year, Americas - Best Switch/Router Infrastructure Solution; Carrier Ethernet Vendor of the Year, Americas - Best Packet Optical Infrastructure Solution; Carrier Ethernet Vendor of the Year, Americas - Best Marketing. The deadline for Ethernet Expo 2009 awards submissions has been extended until Friday, October 16. The Ethernet Expo awards will be announced on November 3 at the Ethernet Expo conference.