Ericsson’s Marconi OMS family participates in Mobile Backhaul Interoperability events 2008

Thanks to the latest Packet Transport features of the Marconi OMS 2400 (in this case T-MPLS), Ericsson is now part of the Mobile Backhaul multi-vendor network organized in 2008 by EANTC (European Advanced Networking Test Center) and supported by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and the IP/MPLS Forum.

The Marconi OMS family is part of the Ericsson mobile backhaul solution, which offers a complete end to end architecture for RAN backhaul, including optical and microwave transport.

The multi-vendor network already tested and presented during the hot-staging event in Berlin on January 17 at EANTC lab, will be showcased at the following events:

MPLS and Ethernet World Congress (Paris, February 5-9)
Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, February 11-15)
CTIA (Las Vegas, April 1-3)

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EANTC
The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) offers vendor-neutral consultancy and test facilities for network equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprise customers. Primary business areas include interoperability, conformance, and performance testing for IP/MPLS, Carrier Ethernet and Triple play technologies and applications. For more information contact Carsten Rossenhovel, Managing Director, at +49 30 31805950 or via e-mail at cross@eantc.com.
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IP/MPLS Forum
The IP/MPLS Forum is an International, Industry-wide, non-profit association of service providers, equipment vendors and enterprise users. The focus of the Forum is to advance the deployment of multi-vendor, multi-service packet-based networks, associated applications, and interworking solutions for telecommunications and networking. The Forum is driving the convergence of ATM, Frame Relay and IP/MPLS technologies in the global telecom industry through interoperability initiatives, implementation agreements, and educational and marketing resources and programs. For more information contact Alexa Morris, Executive Director, at (510) 492 4057 or via e-mail at amorris@mfaforum.org.
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