Circuit Emulation products from Zarlink semiconductor wins MEF 18 certification

Zarlink Semiconductor has announced that its Circuit Emulation Services over Packet (CESoP) products achieved Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) 18 certification, that deliver TDM based services over packet networks and suitable for the applications such as wireless backhaul of TDM based services, Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) equipment, and Metro Ethernet networking equipment.

"Achieving MEF 18 certification provides manufacturers with a high level of confidence in our CESoP products," said Bruce Ernhofer, product line marketing manager with Zarlink's Timing and Synchronization product group. "Our CESoP products allow manufacturers to easily design MEF compliant equipment that enables global service providers to deliver revenue generating TDM services over lower cost carrier Ethernet networks."

"Zarlink's CESoP products successfully passed the very stringent compliance testing required for MEF 18 certification," said Bob Mandeville, president and founder of Iometrix. "MEF 18 certification is a new benchmark for services providers, with compliance providing manufacturers with a high level of confidence in the performance of Circuit Emulation products, including Zarlink's CESoP solutions."

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