Ericsson was one of the ten world’s leading optical networking equipment vendors that are making control plane technology and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) services a top priority by dedicating three months to interoperability test in the following Carrier labs since March 2009: China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange Labs -France Telecom Group, KDDI R&D Labs, NTT, Telecom Italia and Verizon.

Thanks to their carrier-class functionalities, the Ericsson POTP platforms demonstrated the interoperability of EVPL services in the control and data planes over Packet transport technologies using MPLS-based transport.

The Ericsson’s successful participation to the OIF tests proved our capability of supporting the newest standards and technologies which are continuously evolving.

The demo culminated in regional live showcases at iPOP (June 11, Tokyo, Japan), OIF Carrier Day (June, USA - invitation-only); and IIR WDM and Next Generation Networking (June 25, Nice, France).

A white paper with detailed test results is available in the OIF website (pdf).

Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billion subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company’s portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

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Launched in April of 1998, the OIF unites representative from data and optical networking disciplines, including many of the world's leading carriers, component manufacturers and system vendors. The OIF promotes the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through the creation of Implementation Agreements (IAs) for optical, interconnect, network processing and component technologies, and optical networking systems. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of standards bodies with the goal of promoting worldwide compatibility of optical internetworking products. Working relationships or formal liaisons have been established with the Ethernet Alliance, IEEE 802.3, IETF, ITU-T Study Group 13, ITU-T Study Group 15, IPv6 Forum, MEF, ATIS OPTXS, ATIS TMOC, Rapid I/O, TMF, UXPi and the XFP MSA Group. Information on the OIF can be found at http://www.oiforum.com.