Metro Ethernet for Government and Municipalities

Metro Ethernet is giving municipalities and local governments across our region a way to stimulate economic growth, while improving the quality of life in metropolitan areas. As a unified network infrastructure for next generation voice, video and data services, Metro Ethernet is the ideal foundation for advanced community services and a more interactive form of government. With high-speed real broadband connections, citizens and businesses can access government services in ways that were never before possible.

There are many ways that municipalities can get involved in the metropolitan Ethernet movement. In some cases, the government is the direct owner of the broadband infrastructure. In other cases, governments may partner with transport, utility or property developers, to achieve the right mix of resources and skills. Or a municipality may choose to fund private local broadband initiatives without direct ownership. Any of these models can succeed, depending on local conditions.

Please use the links below to learn about the opportunities and challenges of government and municipality involvement in Metro Ethernet infrastructure:

Planning Metro Ethernet:

• Metro Ethernet: Empowering society
  An overview of government and municipal participation in next generation Internet services.
  
  
• Social benefits: Feasibility Issues for Governments and Municipalities
  Which metropolitan areas are economically viable for next generation Metro Ethernet-based Internet services and why?
  
  
• e-Government
  How to deliver Internet opportunity across all socio-economic groups, using the six principles of interest to governments and municipalities across the world.

Case Studies - Click on a title below, to link to 'Success stories on Government and Municipalities"  and download your chosen file:

• Government and Municipality Case Study 1: About Infotech
  
  
• Government and Municipality Case Study 2: About InTechnology