Backhaul providers are in a prime position to capitalize on the growing market for delivering Carrier Ethernet services to MNOs. Residential users have demonstrated tremendous demand for mobile bandwidth, while enterprises worldwide seek to leverage wireless connectivity to access new business applications flexibly. In turn, MNOs can deliver Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud computing, and other services over high-speed mobile broadband connections using LTE-based networks. MNOs can take advantage of a common, consistent way to significantly accelerate and automate service creation and activation—and establish a competitive differentiation.