All 11 attending vendors demonstrated equipment, which represented 5 multimedia terminal adapters (MTA), 5 call agents, 3 gateways, and 2 test equipment platforms, developed according to PacketCable specifications.

This round of testing at CableLabs focused on establishing voice, fax, and modem calls over multi-vendor networks. Different codecs were examined, as well as several class features. In total, more than 75 experiments were conducted, including voice calls, multi-codec calls, fax transmissions, modem transmissions, class feature demonstrations and testing over a virtual private network (VPN).

"We are beginning to enter a new phase in the PacketCable project, where we make the transition from specification to implementation," noted Ed Miller, Director of PacketCable. "It is exciting to see the PacketCable architecture come to life as the suppliers demonstrate increasingly higher levels of functionality and interoperability during our PacketCable testing events."