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The MEF, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit international industry consortium, dedicated to worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services. The forum is composed of leading service providers, major incumbent local exchange carriers, network equipment vendors, and other networking companies that share an interest in Metro Ethernet. It had 217 members as of September 2015. The MEF is a combination of a technical and a marketing forum to promote the adoption of Metro Ethernet. This is a key differentiator from other standard bodies such as the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The forum makes recommendations to existing standards bodies and creates specifications that are not being developed by (or fall within the scope of) other standards bodies. ==History== The MEF was preceded by the Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance (EFMA), also a nonprofit international industry consortium. It was established in 2001〔(Extreme Launches Ethernet Alliance ), ''Light Reading'', December 11, 2001〕 to promote standards-based Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) technologies and products and position EFM as a key networking technology for an access network. In 2005, with the completion of the 802.3ah standard by the IEEE, the EFMA became part of the MEF.〔(MEF Absorbs EFMA ), ''Light Reading'', March 8, 2005〕 In 2015, the MEF voted to change its official legal name to MEF Forum to reflect its expansion in setting standards for virtualized networks.〔(MEF Grapples With the ‘Chaos’ Facing Service Providers ),''SDxCentral'', July 29, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MEF Forum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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