COVID-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

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Broadband 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

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Fibre 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

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Calix 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

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Focus 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,

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Broadband 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),

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Broadband 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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Fibre speeds with minimal network upgrades? With TR-355, it’s possible

In an industry environment where operators are looking to launch new, competitive ultrafast services and vendors are evolving to meet an ever-changing customer base, the need for a defined set

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Broadband Forum issues ‘landmark’ technical specification to define first virtualised Residential Gateway

The first ever specifications for the virtual Residential Gateway have been released by the Broadband Forum as it concluded work on what is said to be a landmark project to

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Broadband Forum and ON.Lab collaborate on CORD to advance broadband networks built on SDN, NFV and Cloud

The Broadband Forum has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Open Networking Laboratory (ON.Lab), with the aim of accelerating the development of future broadband requirements and standards in close

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