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Broadband Access
NXTcomm 2008: Goodbye DSL Forum, hello Broadband Forum
New name addresses the carrier’s evolving last mile networking drive
by Sean Buckley
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Since being founded in 1994 initially as the ADSL Forum, the DSL Forum has helped to shape the worldwide broadband industry with various standards efforts and specifications for the carrier and vendor community. With all of this experience in hand, the Forum has decided to change its name and also expand its focus on helping operators manage not just the last mile fiber and copper networks, but also the home network.
In this special NXTComm Edition of Telecommunications' Audiocast Series, Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief, talks to George Dobrowski, Chairman & President of the newly-renamed Broadband Forum about its objectives for the rest of 2008 and beyond.
Dobrowski answers the following questions:
After 14 years helping to develop standards and related initiatives for
the broadband industry, the DSL Forum is changing its name to the
Broadband Forum. To start, what is facilitating this change?
It’s clear that the broadband industry is expanding globally. Earlier this
year, four new European operators joined the DSL Forum board. Talk
about the dynamics of the European broadband market and how this
reflects the growth in that region with new services such as IPTV?
Speaking of video, there’s a lot of activity on various fronts: IPTV, RF
over fiber and the latest craze, Over the Top or Internet video. What’s
your take on the telco video opportunity and the various methods?
As part of delivering a good video experience, the DSL Forum continues
to make inroads into the home network with its most recent initiative, TR-
143. How does TR-143 build on the foundation laid by the initial TR-69
standard and how it will help service providers be more proactive about
monitoring the home network experience?
While it’s clear the initial drive for DSL and broadband was over coax and
copper, there’s clearly a strong move to get to FTTX. DSL Forum has
responded with extending TR-69 for PON networks. How did that come
about and how is it resonating with the FTTX community?
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