Huawei Completes ASON Interoperability Tests with France Telecom and China Telecom

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has successfully performed the interoperability tests for its world-leading ASON (automatically switched optical network) solutions with France Telecom and China Telecom. The tests were conducted by the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) at its Worldwide Interoperability Demonstration 2009. The OIF unveiled the results in June, which demonstrated Huawei' s capability in offering interoperable ASON solution to operators.

Huawei' s optical equipments were interoperated with the likes of the top industrial equipment supplies in route, signaling and service. The OIF interoperability results were presented at International Conference on IP+Optical Network (IPOP2009) in Tokyo Japan and WDM & Next Generation Optical Network 2009 held in Nice France on June, 2009.

Mr. Christian Chua, President of Transport Network, Huawei, said: "The completion of the tests has proved the interoperability of our ASON equipments. We will continue our investment in optical transport technology and work closely with operators worldwide to address their challenges and pressures with our customized solutions."

Seven of the world' s largest telecommunications companies (China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KDDI, NTT, Telecom Italia, and Verizon) have united under the banner of the Optical Internetworking Forum to showcase multi-vendor interoperability in a multi-carrier environment at the OIF' s Worldwide Interoperability Demonstration – Enabling Broadband On-Demand Services. The OIF' s fourth worldwide interoperability test and demonstration was conducted simultaneously in China, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and the United States. The event highlights network-interoperable solutions among participating vendors, including “Huawei Technologies", employing OIF UNI 2.0 and E-NNI implementation agreements. The demo addressed Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Services over multiple, control plane-enabled intelligent optical core networks with technologies ranging from Layer 2 transport to OTN.

As a leading provider in global transport network field, Huawei has constructed 160 ASON networks in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and North America, among which 12 are WDM ASON networks.