SCOPE Press Release
The SCOPE Alliance closes its inaugural year with nearly all major NEPs on board, elects new slate of officers
Piscataway, New Jersey, December 18, 2006 - The SCOPE Alliance, an association of leading network equipment providers today, following its first general membership meeting, announced that at the conclusion of its inaugural year, the world’s leading NEPs are members of the Alliance along with twelve leading technology providers. SCOPE, consistent with its charter, also announced the election of a new slate of officers and co-chairs:
During 2006 fourteen industry leading companies joined the Alliance including: Diversified Technologies, Emerson Network Power, Flextronics, GoAhead Software, HP, Huawei, Intel, Interphase, Kontron, Lucent Technologies, RadiSys, Samsung, Sun Microsystems and Wind River.
On December 1, 2006, Alcatel-Lucent began representing the former Alcatel and Lucent Technologies companies in the SCOPE Alliance. For more information see www.alcatel-lucent. com.
About SCOPE Alliance
The SCOPE Alliance is an association of Network Equipment Providers aimed at accelerating the deployment of Carrier Grade Base Platforms for service provider applications. Its mission is to enable and promote the availability of open Carrier Grade Base Platforms based on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware & software building blocks, and to promote interoperability to better serve Service Providers and consumers.
For more information about the SCOPE Alliance, visit: www.SCOPE-Alliance.org.
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