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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2621)	4/15/1999 2:20:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 3178

The things that make them interoperable are adherence to industry standards. Such as ANSI-ITU SS7, SNMP/CMOT, TNM, IETF, and so on. In some types of situations, at a more physical level, many generic types of network elements are supposed to conform to plug-in specs and pinnout specifications in their physical form factors, as well, so as to make even a given box or carrier-specific solution contain pieces from disparate vendors. These lead to support problems, though, unless interworking agreements are reached between vendors. Standards of all kinds are at play here.