CP-TA Blog is Now Live!

The new CP-TA blog is now live on the CP-TA Web site! You can access the blog at http://blog.cp-ta.org/.

The CP-TA blog is designed to be an informative, interactive forum for issues that matter to CP-TA members and other ecosystem proponents of open standards, interoperability and freedom of choice for Network Equipment Providers, Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturers and Service Providers. Bloggers include members of the CP-TA Board of Directors and Work Groups.

ATCA: Freedom of Choice Through Best-of-Breed

Industry consolidation strengthens foundation for standards based solutions utilizing flexible, open platforms

The market for Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA), Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) and MicroTCA products has changed over the last year. Vendors and customers both have gone through a consolidation phase, with new companies forming to take advantage of open platforms and compete for market share. Read more...

CP-TA Releases Interoperability Compliance Levels

CP-TA announced the release of its interoperability compliance level definitions for modular communication building blocks tested with CP-TA validated tools. The release of the compliance levels and their corresponding criteria is a key milestone in advancing CP-TA's goal of providing freedom of choice to Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) via an ecosystem of interoperable commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) building blocks. Read more...

Telecom Leaders Drive Mainstream Market for Open Industry Standards-based Communications Platforms

The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) is an association of communications platform and building block providers dedicated to accelerating the adoption of SIG-governed, open specification-based communications platforms through interoperability certification. With industry collaboration, the CP-TA drives a mainstream market for Open Industry Standard Communications Platforms by certifying interoperable products.

CP-TA has addressed interoperability issues for AdvancedTCA products and is now focusing on MicroTCA and AMC. Visit the certification page to download the free Interoperability Compliance Document (ICD). You can also learn more about the Test Procedure Manual (TPM) and its fee structure.