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Broadband Forum Offers Standardized Path for an Application Service Architecture for ISPs

July 26, 2023

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Internet service providers can now manage individual smart home applications separately and without the need for complicated firmware updates, thanks to Broadband Forum launching significant upgrades to two key standards today.

New features added to USP 1.3 and TR-181 Device 2.16 establish a standardized, interoperable method for deploying and supporting value-added applications in a containerized framework for the first time. The features can be used on all broadband subscriber connected devices, including Wi-Fi routers,...

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Broadband Forum and UNH-IOL Gfast Certifications Continue to Grow Driven by 212 MHz Profile and Expanding Use Cases

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November 12, 2019

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Broadband Forum today announced that ADTRAN, Broadcom, Cisco, and Nokia have joined the expanding list of companies and equipment to have successfully completed its Gfast certification program, including its new 212 MHz certification. These additions widen the options available for carriers to confidently deploy Gfast technology globally.

This series of certifications was recently completed at Broadband Forum’s official Gfast test house, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). In addition to a...

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Broadband Forum and UNH-IOL expand Gfast certification to include highly anticipated 212 MHz technology

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March 12, 2019

Fremont, California, 12 March 2019: The first five devices to have successfully completed Broadband Forum’s and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory’s (UNH-IOL’s) new 212 MHz Gfast certification program were revealed today, representing an important landmark for operators looking to deliver enhanced gigabit services over copper.

Carried out by Broadband Forum’s approved Gfast test laboratory, the UNH-IOL, the certification demonstrates interoperability between 212 MHz Gfast products, indicating market readiness for multi-vendor deployment – a primary factor...

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BBWF 2018: Broadband Forum to premiere USP and OB-BAA demos at Interop Pavilion and host strategic Executive Workshop

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October 19, 2018

BERLIN, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakthrough solutions from 17 of Broadband Forum's innovative member companies – including the first-ever live demonstrations of the Broadband Forum's ground-breaking User Services Platform (USP) and its open source Open Broadband – Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) initiative – will be showcased at the Broadband World Forum 2018 Interop Pavilion.

In addition, the Broadband Forum will host an Executive Workshop on the morning of Tuesday, 23...

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Three-fold jump in Gfast certifications aligns with service provider momentum

September 6, 2017

Fremont, California, 6 September 2017 - The Broadband Forum announced today that the number of certified-interoperable Gfast solutions has jumped from 7 to 24 in less than three months, as mass deployment of the ultrafast access technology builds.

ADTRAN, EXFO and Viavi have been added to the list of companies whose products have successfully completed the Gfast certification program from the Broadband Forum and University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).

“From recent leading provider deployment...

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Broadcom Reaches Shipment Milestone of One Million G.fast Lines

June 13, 2017

Service providers are expanding DSL and fiber connectivity with Broadcom solutions. Today, Broadcom announces that its Central Office (CO) chipsets BCM65200 and BCM65400 as well as Consumer Premise (CPE) chipset BCM63138 have shipped in more than one million G.fast lines to date. Echoing the success of the industry’s standardization and ongoing enhancements to G.fast technology, both of these chipsets are utilized in G.fast systems now being certified via the Broadband Forum’s (BBF) G.fast test program at the University of New...

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Broadband Forum Brings Fiber Closer to Home

November 23, 2015

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Bringing optical fiber speeds and applications to customers around the world became significantly more achievable for service providers this week, as the Broadband Forum completed innovative work on the management of Fiber to the Distribution Point (FTTdp).

Managing fiber-fed nodes in the periphery of the access network using advanced software-based techniques not only opens the way to ultrafast broadband services but also provides further stimulus for developing technologies such as G.fast – which achieves fiber-like...

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VECTORING ADVANCES NEED BEST PRACTICE PROCESSES, SAYS BROADBAND FORUM

June 18, 2014

17 June 2014, The Hague, Netherlands - Vectoring has gone from the drawing board to vendor product, trials and deployment faster than most in the industry thought possible, but now is the time for steady progress in deployment with the use of industry best practice in standards and testing. This was the clear message given to the market today by Broadband Forum Chairman Kevin Foster, who was Chairing the TNO DSL Seminar (16-18 June) in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Telebyte Opens World's First Independent G.vector Test Laboratory

October 23, 2013

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Telebyte, a US-based global xDSL test equipment solution provider, announced the opening of its G.vector Test Laboratory. The pioneering test lab, co-located at and operated by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), will utilize Telebyte's groundbreaking suite of VDSL2 Vectoring test equipment and UNH-IOL expertise to provide testing per the Broadband Forum's WT-249/TR-249 standard and beyond.

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Broadband Forum Holds Industry's First G.vector Interoperability Plugfest For VDSL2

March 28, 2013

FREMONT, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fifteen companies met in Durham, NH, USA during the week of February 25 – March 1, 2013, to participate in the first wide scale interoperability testing of equipment implementing ITU-T G.vector for VDSL2. This plugfest, the first of a planned series of interoperability events organized by the Broadband Forum, and hosted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), was focused on detailed testing of G.vector functionality.

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