The industry association has more than 200+ member companies, and is driving the move towards orchestrated communication services.
“As owners of the UKs most advanced wholesale-only network, we have been at the forefront of Partner enablement through our 1Portal and suite of API’s, so joining the MEF is the next logical step for us,” said Virtual1 CEO Tom O’Hagan. “With our continued focus on the international carrier market, these standards are a key part of demonstrating the maturity of our proposition, alongside our ISO27001 and ISO22301 certifications.”
Now members of the MEF, Virtual1 will be carrying out a program to internationally certify both its Ethernet portfolio and API capabilities.
“We are excited about joining MEF, we firmly believe that APIs and integration with the supply chain will be critical to the future of our industry,” added James Hickman, Virtual1 CTO. says They will be essential to delivering an outstanding customer experience. That is a conversation we are keen to be a part of and to help shape on the global stage.”
Under the terms of the collaboration, MEF will use ONUG’s hybrid multi-cloud enterprise and end user requirements to accelerate development of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN managed services standards and related certification programs for services, technologies and professionals.
Any technology vendors and service providers that are MEF members and interested in helping shape what SD-WAN services will be offered to enterprises, will be able to participate and gain complete visibility into the development of SD-WAN requirements and standards.
