Atrica Certified by MEF

BERLIN -- Atrica™, the Carrier Ethernet Company(TM), today announced that its industry-leading Carrier Ethernet Systems have received official compliance certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). The certification, which was announced during a special awards ceremony today at the 2005 Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Berlin, Germany, signifies that Atrica’s Carrier Ethernet Systems comply with the MEF’s Global Carrier Ethernet Service Definitions.

The Certification Program is a key step for the MEF in its mission to facilitate the provision of consistent Carrier Ethernet services worldwide. It is designed to help service providers better and more easily evaluate multiple vendors’ equipment, respond more rapidly to new orders or upgrades, and keenly focus on delivering the full benefits of Carrier Ethernet services.

Atrica’s products were tested by Iometrix in accordance with the MEF-approved “Test Plan for Ethernet Services at the UNI”, with the results showing that Atrica delivers Ethernet Private Line (EPL), Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) and E-LAN (Ethernet multipoint-to-multipoint) services compliant with the MEF 9 technical specification for such services.

“Receiving this certification is a natural step for Atrica as we continue to drive the Carrier Ethernet market forward,” said Nan Chen, VP of Marketing for Atrica. “We’ve worked very closely with the MEF on this important program, with the goal of giving service providers another tool to help them more quickly deliver exciting new Carrier Ethernet service portfolios. With the MEF certification, carriers and service providers can have even greater confidence in our Carrier Ethernet product portfolio.”

Atrica Inc.