A dedicated services model is not cost-efficient for either service providers or customers. Providers have to build multiple network infrastructures to support different networking technologies. Customers with multiple service requirements need to purchase each service separately. As a result of these inefficiencies, service providers start to look for new technologies and equipment which can provide a converged solution using a single backbone network which can serve different customers requirements. This book, Designing and Implementing VPLS over MPLS shows the reader how a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) run over a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based multi-service network fulfills the need of one-network-fits-all, providing customers a significant cost savings. This is what Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out worldwide. No other vendor can offer this cost-savings technology.