Service providers are moving rapidly to migrate both residential and business services to Ethernet/IP networks. IPTV, video-on-demand, and business VPN services will lead to significant growth in network traffic over the next five years. These services will demand highperformance network infrastructures that not only minimize capital expenses in the short term, but also decrease OpEx and drive longterm profitability by reducing time to revenue; promoting better customer value; providing cost efficiencies; complementing service innovation; and showing a tangible business benefit. Therefore, it is essential that service providers deploy scalable and cost effective Ethernet aggregation and provider edge routers in next-generation networks to ensure the growth of profitable services, provide flexibility to develop and deploy high-value services, and offer the required end-user experiences.