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Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) One other group that may be
involved is OIF. OIF is a group of carriers, system vendors, and com-
ponent vendors that focuses on interoperability and agreements for
the deployment of optical networks. OIF is led by a strong Carrier
WG that provides carrier requirements for optical technology, both at
the system and component levels, and includes major service providers
such as AT&T, Verizon, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, China
Telecom, and NTT. An example of OIF’s work on requirements is the
work that was done on the definition of a framework for service ...