ZTE Corp. today claimed receiving Certification from Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) for its xPON platform (passive optical network) making it the third vendor to achieve the distinction and the first one in China.

MEF 9 ensures equipment conformance when deployed at user-network interface (UNI) for setting up Ethernet virtual circuits (EVCs) and VLANs. MEF 14 tests EVC-related performance of the services.

ZTE says that it has deployed 2,600 lines of xPON equipment for global mainstream operators’ high-end market networks, including in Hong Kong, Italy and the Netherlands.