VSNL Achieves Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) 14 Certification

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) on June 25, 2007 has announced that its Ethernet over SDH / SONET and its India Ethernet services are the first global Ethernet services to achieve Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) 14 Certification. MEF 14 Certification is an internationally recognized test suite that verifies conformance to the Quality of Service (QoS) standard attributes defined by the MEF. These attributes are the required foundation agreed to by the MEF membership for the implementation of complete and comparable operational and performance Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for the assurance of enterprise carrier Ethernet users.

The independent lometrix test laboratory certified the Company's Global Ethernet Service to be internationally compliant to the MEF 14 specification after an extensive 4-week testing process that evaluated the Company's Ethernet Service performance between New York, London, Tokyo, Mumbai and Chennai. The lometrix Test Plan for Traffic Management is comprised of 170 test cases covering EPL (Ethernet Private Line), EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line), and E-LAN (Ethernet- LAN) services.

The Company was also the first global and Indian service provider to achieve MEF 9 UNI (User-Network-Interface) certification after successful performance against 244 test cases that were applied against its Ethernet services, also between New York, London, Tokyo, Mumbai and Chennai. MEF 14 complements MEF 9 certification by adding requirements and test procedures for Performance and Bandwidth Profile Service Attributes.

"Our MEF 14 and MEF 9 certifications assure our customers that our Ethernet Service is fully measurable, manageable, and robust, meeting criteria jointly defined by the world's leading Ethernet service providers and infrastructure suppliers," said Vinod Kumar, President, Global Data Solutions of the Company. "VSNL's Global WAN Ethernet Services offer unparalleled global reach spanning India, Europe, the Americas, and Asia. These services give enterprises the assurance that their mission critical applications will be supported with proven performance, reliability, scalability and flexibility."

The Company's enterprise-grade Ethernet Services are provided seamlessly and securely across the Company's Global Network connecting Europe, North America, Asia and India. These global Ethernet services provide a highly granular selection of bandwidths, standard Fast-E and Gig-F interfaces and non-interrupting service upgrades-backed by the assurance of MEF compliance.

The MEF 14 certification was presented to the Company at a ceremony which took place at the at NXTcomm07 show in Chicago last week.

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