IP-PBX type approval laboratory was founded in autumn 1389 on a 120 m2 space, located in engineering faculty of Ferdowsi university of Mashhad, which was financially supported by Communications and Information Technology Researches Institute (Iran Telecommunication Research Center). All of the processes concerning audit and establishment of ISO17025 standard were performed in the laboratory. Following goals were taken for establishment of the Lab:

- Creating an appropriate basis in order to perform case confirmation of IP-PBX various equipment tests according to concerning standards.

- Controlling and standard evaluation of equipment based on the laboratory's special duty for avoiding from emission of damaged product.

- Providing a proper environment to test IP-based telephone equipment and creating a bed for national technology's growth.

- Unremitting survey on productions of active firms and ranking them.

- Reassuring the security of IP-PBX equipment for avoiding eavesdropping, calls and identity theft.

- Helping to create a professional and scientific environment and improving academic industry of Triple Play.

- Providing a proper basis for testing various parts of NGN network, concerning voice and video transfer including Call Control, Media gateway and Access Gateway.

- Giving services to other centers including: military centers, state centers and etc. by IP-PBX equipment.

- Scheduling of educational plans to provoke organizations and offices' CEOs for utilizing IT tools via practical summits and employing scientific potentials of technical staffs and Lab specialists in order to improve knowledge.

- Preparing for great plans and sample environment in controlling and Triple Play in NGN.

- Providing laboratory environment for researches involving MSc and PhD levels.