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September 14, 2005
HATTERAS NETWORKS DEMONSTRATES CLEAR COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE WITH MEF SERVICE DEFINITION CERTIFICATION
Industry's leading Ethernet over bonded copper service
delivery platform certified for carrier grade service delivery,
further demonstrating its commitment to standards-based solutions
Research Triangle Park, NC – September 14, 2005
– Hatteras Networks, the leading provider of high-bandwidth,
last-mile Ethernet bonded copper access and service platforms,
today announced that its award-winning solutions have received
complete certification as compliant in its ability to deliver
world-class Ethernet services as defined by the Metro Ethernet
Forum's (MEF) Global Carrier Ethernet Service Definitions.
The certification was awarded after a rigid testing program
that included 262 individual test cases and was conducted
by Iometrix on behalf of the MEF.
“Hatteras continues to play an active leadership role in
the development of the key industry standards that will shape
the carrier Ethernet services market,” said Matthew Squire,
Hatteras Networks CTO and MEF board member. “Hatteras Networks
is committed to delivering standards-based solutions to our
global carrier customer base to help them streamline the introduction
of high-bandwidth, high-value Ethernet services into their
networks.”
The certification provides clear and important international
conformance guidelines and requirements for product development
cycle and includes service definitions for how Ethernet platforms
perform. MEF 9 defines a series of tests to verify that services
delivered to the subscriber across the UNI re conformant to
the MEF technical specifications. Specifically, the MEF 9
tests two sets of the MEF defined attributes of Ethernet services:
point-to-point E-LINE and multipoint-to-multipoint E-LAN.
Hatteras Networks products were tested by Iometrix in accordance
with the MEF-approved "Test Plan for Ethernet Services"
at the UNI. Hatteras Networks delivers a clear competitive
advantage by enabling its carrier customers to deliver Ethernet
Private Line (EPL), Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) and
E-LAN (Ethernet multipoint-to-multipoint) services that are
compliant with the MEF 9 technical specification. This is
the second certification process as part of Iometrix's Ethernet
program. In June 2004, Iometrix certified Hatteras Networks
solutions as compliant with the IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the
First Mile specifications for completing the mandatory compliance
tests associated with the IEEE 802.3ah EFM standards.
About Hatteras Networks
Hatteras Networks, a privately held company headquartered
in Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , offers carrier
solutions to deliver high-bandwidth business services to locations
that are not served with fiber. Hatteras Networks enables
carriers to fully deliver the requisite high-bandwidth, access
infrastructure to support converged voice, video and data
network services to business customers. Carriers can use Hatteras
Networks' standards-based solutions to extend fiber-based
Ethernet services over copper or upgrade private line customers
to higher-performance services. Hatteras Networks' platform
is built to operate in central offices (COs), controlled environmental
vaults (CEVs), remote terminals (RTs) and on poles, allowing
carriers to deliver Ethernet to nearly all business buildings
on their copper and fiber infrastructure. For more information,
visit www.hatterasnetworks.com .
Note to Editors: Hatteras Networks is a
trademark of Hatteras Networks. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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