Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet certification validates compliance with the latest Mplify standards and test requirements, confirming a technology product’s ability to deliver consistent, standards-based performance across global networks.
Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet standards define the technology-agnostic layer-2 services used by enterprises, or between access, transit, and retail service providers, for backhaul, cloud access, and multi-provider end-to-end services—for seamless on-net and off-net connectivity—supporting both traditional enterprise and AI-driven applications across multi-provider environments.
Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet certification covers services optimized for both business and AI-driven use cases.
Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet Certification for Technology validates performance excellence, provides competitive differentiation, and gives service providers the confidence they need using certified products—establishing a standards-compliant presence within a federation of automated networks.
All certified products and their providers are listed in the Technology Certification Registry
Mplify’s certification tests the functional, bandwidth, and performance attributes—verifying that Carrier Ethernet services can be optimized for business or AI-driven workloads.
Attributes and values below are currently used in CE Certification:
Maximum Frame Size: ≥ 1522 B, 1526 B
Bandwidth: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical
Information Rate & Burst Size: Committed, Best Effort
Tiers: PT0.3, PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4, PT5
CoS Labels: High, Medium, Low
Performance Objectives:
Not tested
Not tested
Attributes and values being specified by the Test & Certification Committee:
Maximum Frame Size: ≥ 9000 B
Bandwidth: Symmetrical
Information Rate & Burst Size: Committed
Tiers: PT0.3 (future PTs to be added as standardized)
CoS Labels: High
Performance Objectives:
Max Throughput Speed: ≥ 99 % of EI Speed
Uptime Percentage: ≥ 99.999 %
Supports data-intensive, latency-sensitive AI applications that require predictable, high-throughput transport across distributed environments.
Carrier Ethernet can guarantee the highest performance for connecting subscriber premises running AI applications to AI Edge Providers.
AI apps for industrial automation or high-frequency trading require the predictability and the performance delivered by Carrier Ethernet for inference and real-time control.
Carrier Ethernet provides the perfect balance between the high-performance demands of AI and the practical needs of a global, scalable network.
Carrier Ethernet is the optimal transport technology for interconnecting AI Edge to AI Data Centers.
Carrier Ethernet is a high performance, cost-effective solution for AI Data Center to Data Center Interconnections.
Large number of Data Centers already have Carrier Ethernet ENNIs in place with one another.
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Enables reliable, secure, and high-performance connectivity for enterprise applications, cloud access, and inter-provider services.
Carrier Ethernet is ideal to interconnect corporate sites like headquarters to branch offices, offering predictable, private, and scalable connectivity.
Carrier Ethernet offers tremendous operational simplicity, predictability and ubiquity which makes it optimal for connecting enterprises to remote cloud resources or for service providers to extend their footprint.
Carrier Ethernet connectivity delivers the perfect combination of high performance, and security that traditional Data Center inter-connections are demanding.
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Carrier Ethernet for Business Certification Product Brief — 2026 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet Certification
Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business Certification validates the performance, predictability, and interoperability of Carrier Ethernet services based on open, industry-defined standards. This product brief provides an overview of certification scope, requirements, and the value of independent, standards-based validation for enterprise and inter-provider networking.