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Service Providers:
?– Immediate assurance that vendor??™s equipment complies to MEF specifications.
?– Saves money and time on complex testing between vendors, especially on global
accounts.
?– Establishes solid foundation for Carrier Ethernet ubiquity and interoperability.
?– Removes confusion caused by proprietary names and descriptions
?– Conformance to MEF 9 allows customers to specify their service requirements
unambiguously using standards.
Equipment vendors/Manufacturers:
?– Globally recognized interoperability standard improves approval process
?– Increases tender opportunities and competitiveness.
?– Independent validation of function and conformance that their equipment is
MEF compliant; this helps with positioning and deployment at Service Provider
customers.
?– Dramatically reduces testing costs, time-to-market, as well as installation time.
?– Provides a performance and behaviour benchmark.
?– It forms the basis for RFP requests and helps manufacturers focus on their
features that distinguish them from competition
The MEF certification program was rolled out in two phases and has focused on MEF
9 and MEF 14:
?– Phase 1 The focus here was on equipment and systems that deliver Carrier
Ethernet, specifically on whether they are compliant with the MEF-defined services.
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