Carriers and equipment manufacturers virtually have stopped enhancing their ATM networks and equipment. Fortune 500 companies are considering incorporating MPLS services into their WANs.

About the survey Graphiant sponsored the 2023 State of the Network Edge survey. Eleven Research surveyed 200 network architects and network admins from large enterprises in North America.

AT&T Monday is expected to launch a data encryption enhancement for its MPLS-based IP VPN service, using Cisco's new Group Encryption Transport technology for VPN and data security.