December 22, 2004

Nortel Networks has become the first networking company to complete the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory phase II test regimen for IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, Nortel said today.

UNH-IOL is the industry's leading IPv6 lab, says Nortel, offering comprehensive testing for IPv6 compliance.

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The current Internet infrastructure, reliant on IPv4, has proven amazingly resilient," says Chuck Saffell, president of federal network solutions at Nortel.

"The growth of the Internet will be accomplished more easily with the new capabilities of IPv6, which will improve end-to-end security, provide support for mobile applications, simplify network operations and promote greater network scalability.

This validation, the latest evolutionary step in our IPv6 strategy, allows us to better meet the needs of our customers and to fulfill the objective of Nortel to secure and protect critical information."

Nortel also demonstrated its IPv6 capabilities in a multi-vendor environment by participating in the Moonv6 future Internet trials, recently conducted by the US Department of Defense, the Internet2 Consortium, the North American IPv6 Task Force and UNH-IOL.

"The University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab is recognized as one of the leaders in establishing IPv6 industry standards," says Larry Hettick, vice president for wireline solutions at Current Analysis, a research and analysis firm.

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"Their testing methodology proves IPv6 protocol compatibility and demonstrates performance capabilities. Nortel's Moonv6 trial results demonstrate that the company has viable, deployment-ready IPv6 solutions.

By being the first to pass the comprehensive UNH testing regimen, Nortel has taken a leadership position in IPv6 development."

Source: The WHIR