Broadband Forum
Verizon and China Unicom join Broadband Forum board as work on 5G and connected home services accelerates
Broadband Forum has welcomed two new members to its board of director – from Verizon and China Unicom – as its work continues to develop and standardise next-generation broadband services.
Read moreCOVID-19 shows value of broadband but we can do more, says Forum
Broadband Forum CEO, Robin Mersh has congratulated the broadband industry on its response to COVID-19 and how it has risen to the challenge of the unprecedented spike in traffic it
Read moreBroadband Forum agrees two new 5G standards to give operators a deployment roadmap
Operators looking to leverage their fixed networks to deliver on the promise of 5G will soon have new tools at their disposal as Broadband Forum wraps up the development of
Read moreIn search of a managed IoT ecosystem that works
It’s no accident that the promise of the IoT has been slower than the headline Hungry tech media has reported over the years. Several factors – including security and privacy concerns, lack
Read moreFibre and cable account for three-quarters of global fixed broadband subscriptions
Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the Global
Read moreBroadband Forum forges ahead with holistic approach to broadband network development
A new conception of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of
Read moreCalix senior director Bernd Hesse elected to Broadband Forum’s Board of Directors
Calix, Inc. announced Bernd Hesse, Calix senior director of technology development, has been elected to the Broadband Forum’s Board of Directors during last week’s quarterly meeting in Athens, Greece. Hesse brings his extensive
Read moreFocus on next-generation networks fuels Broadband Forum membership growth
Pioneering development work in 5G, CloudCO and network virtualisation was cited by Kevin Foster, Chairman of the Broadband Forum as one of the key reasons for its growth in 2017,
Read moreBroadband Forum and NTT launch key 5G project
The Broadband Forum announced it is working on a landmark project with NTT to standardise the virtualisation of operators’ PON networks to support the delivery of Time Critical Applications (TCAs),
Read moreBroadband Forum launches two Open Broadband projects and publishes the virtual Business Gateway standard
The first standard for distributed virtualised Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE) has been published by the Broadband Forum as it continues to accelerate its work on Open Broadband, CloudCentral Office (CO)
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