The new centers will allow all other vendors to bring their products to be tested against Ericsson's complete system.
Interoperability testing is a way of securing interworking of equipment from different vendors.
Ericsson is doing this with joint customer projects in mind. The integration activities include customer support and service all the way up to the point of operational network status. Ericsson has an outstanding history of performing integration and has successfully supported customers worldwide with their integration of GSM, GPRS, intelligent networks and satellite systems, as well as Internet application servers and WAP gateways. This broad competence will also be used for 3G integration. Ericsson has already started 3G MVI test activities with other vendors for a number of customers in Japan and Europe.