HNI Certified

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- 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 for 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.

Hatteras Networks Inc.