TekVizion Sets Up VOIP Interop Lab

RICHARDSON, Texas -- tekVizion(TM) PVS, Inc., the new standard for systems integration, announced today it has established the first independent test lab, tekVizion Labs(TM), to offer third-party interoperability testing and certification of products and services for the exploding market in voice over IP (VoIP) communications.

tekVizion Labs offers several types of testing services involving both remote and on-site testing. Remote testing can be used for pre-certification or ad-hoc test scenarios, whereas formal certification is conducted on-site at tekVizion Labs. Certification can be provided between two products or in a multi-product solution. All lab services are available to both vendors and service providers.

Jerry Mistrot has been named program director for tekVizion Labs. Prior to joining tekVizion, Mistrot played a prominent role in the founding of two of the most well-known and successful partner interoperability programs in the industry: the INIP Powered(SM) program and lab, and the Sonus Open Service Partner Alliance(SM) (OSPA). Several other tekVizion executives and engineers were instrumental in those programs as well. Leveraging this extensive interoperability test experience and hands-on expertise with more than 150 next-generation products, combined with tekVizion's experience integrating and testing multi-vendor solutions for service providers, tekVizion is able to streamline the process leading to successful and repeatable product certification testing.

"Interoperability issues continue to be one of the largest pain points for service providers migrating to a packet infrastructure," said Danny Klein, Yankee Group senior analyst, communications network infrastructure. "Many service providers find it valuable to outsource much of this expertise. Although especially true for Tier 2 and 3 operators, incumbent service providers have also turned to outside firms to assist them with their testing needs."

TekVizion PVS Inc.