Asia Pacific (APAC) is leading the market adoption of metro Ethernet services, as Japan and South Korea companies are entering the mass adoption stage, reports In-Stat. The APAC market registered 0.632 mln business metro Ethernet service subscribers in 2005. Most of them were in Japan and South Korea, and consisted mainly of small and medium-size enterprises that value the cost-effectiveness of metro Ethernet services for inter-office connectivity and high-speed Internet access. The number of metro Ethernet service subscribers among APAC enterprises is forecasted to grow to over 2.648 mln by 2010.