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Sep 03, 2019, 03:28 ET Broadband Forum leaps forward in the pursuit of better broadband quality of experience with its QED and ALT initiatives

Significant progress in efforts to enhance the quality of the broadband user experience was reached today at the Broadband Forum Q3 meeting in Milan. ...

Jun 27, 2019, 09:09 ET Broadband Forum's 2019 Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar (UFBB BASe) emerges as Europe's must-attend event for connectivity technology innovators

Discussing the latest broadband advancements and featuring some of the industry's most renowned figures, the Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration...

Jun 10, 2019, 09:00 ET Growing momentum behind Connected Home, 5G and broadband experience initiatives drives influx of new Broadband Forum members

Broadband Forum today revealed that growing momentum around its Connected Home and broadband experience related projects has been the driver behind a ...

May 20, 2019, 11:22 ET Broadband Forum publishes open source USP Agent, accelerating interoperable Connected Home deployments

Faster time-to-market for interoperable, standards-based Connected Home solutions which help operators unlock additional income was today made...

May 15, 2019, 04:02 ET Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar (UFBB BASe) 2019: Broadband Forum adds global tech leaders to line-up

Broadband Forum continues to expand its world-class agenda for the Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar (UFBB BASe) taking place June 25-27,...

Apr 16, 2019, 04:00 ET Broadband Forum reveals world-class line up of speakers for 2019 Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar (UFBB BASe)

Emerging trends in the broadband market, case studies of success, and strategies for how to innovate to deliver on growing consumer demand, carrier...

Apr 01, 2019, 10:43 ET Broadband Forum hosts third USP Plugfest, further bolstering connected home market and management of IoT experience

Interoperability in the rapidly changing connected home market advanced today as Broadband Forum hosts its latest User Services Platform (USP)...

Mar 28, 2019, 13:00 ET Broadband Forum launches open source USP Agent, fast-tracking connected home interoperability in the IoT age

Broadband Forum today announced it will provide an open source USP Agent implementation as it continues to evolve its User Services Platform (USP) to ...

Mar 25, 2019, 12:53 ET Broadband Forum initiates Broadband Network Gateway Disaggregation project for flexible network scalability

A new project designed to facilitate Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) scalability by creating a more agile architecture has been launched by Broadband ...

Mar 21, 2019, 11:30 ET Broadband Forum showcases Deutsche Telekom's vision for NETCONF/YANG standardization in future broadband networks at quarterly meeting

The importance of standardization within future broadband networks has been highlighted by Deutsche Telekom at Broadband Forum's Q1 Meeting as it...

Mar 19, 2019, 05:04 ET Registration open for Broadband Forum's 2019 Ultra-fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar (UFBB BASe) - 25-27 June in Den Haag

The latest breakthroughs in next-generation access technologies, the current state and future of the broadband market and best practices in advanced...

Mar 11, 2019, 13:19 ET Broadband Forum welcomes VMware and EANTC as technology partners to launch European Open Broadband Lab

Broadband Forum today announced VMware and the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) as technology partners in the launch of the European...

Mar 07, 2019, 07:14 ET Global fixed broadband subscribers continues rapid growth, expected to hit 1.2 billion by 2025

The markets and technologies which will drive continued rapid broadband growth over the next decade have today been revealed by Broadband Forum and...

Mar 04, 2019, 03:00 ET Broadband Forum reaches new milestone on path to accelerated migration to cloud-based access networks

The speed and ease at which service providers can deploy new, standardized and automated cloud-based access infrastructures improved significantly...

Feb 27, 2019, 08:00 ET Broadband Forum Releases First Home Wi-Fi Performance Testing Standard, Defining Carrier-Class Premium Wi-Fi Experience

Broadband Forum today announced the release of the industry's first Wi-Fi performance test standard – Technical Report 398 Indoor Wi-Fi Performance...

Feb 14, 2019, 04:14 ET Milestone moment for 5G as Broadband Forum delivers recommendations for converged 5G core network to 3GPP

A milestone moment in developing a converged 5G core network, addressing both fixed and mobile networks, has been reached after Broadband Forum...

Feb 13, 2019, 03:05 ET Broadband Forum publishes landmark standards to achieve modularization of Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment

Broadband Forum has released new standards for the modularization of the Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) function, representing a significant...

Feb 05, 2019, 09:17 ET Broadband Forum brings together industry luminaries to explore NG-PON2's role as a universal platform for broadband connectivity

Broadband service leaders Verizon, Google, SK Broadband, and AIT Greece and thought leaders from OVUM and the Fiber Broadband Association will speak...

Jan 30, 2019, 12:58 ET Broadband Forum Gfast solutions certifications jump to more than 40 as deployment success stories proliferate

Broadband Forum has revealed that there are now 42 certified-interoperable Gfast solutions for the 106MHz profile, as a new Gfast Market Update...

Jan 16, 2019, 12:46 ET Vodafone and PNSol champion new Broadband Forum "quality of experience" project focused on creating the "invisible" network

Broadband Forum has launched a new project – Broadband Quality Experience Delivered (Broadband QED) – which will be led by Vodafone and Predictable...

Dec 20, 2018, 11:39 ET Amazon Alexa Voice Services keynote evangelizes industry collaboration highlights productive Q4 Broadband Forum meeting

Amazon Alexa Voice Services UK General Manager Theunis Scheepers keynoted Broadband Forum's fourth quarter meeting last week in Glasgow, Scotland,...

Oct 24, 2018, 09:00 ET Broadband Forum: "The next era of broadband relies on open source and standards joining forces - now is the time to move forward together"

The unification of open source with open standards will be essential to the efficient and cost-effective delivery of emerging broadband access...

Oct 17, 2018, 05:35 ET BBWF 2018: Broadband Forum to premiere USP and OB-BAA demos at Interop Pavilion and host strategic Executive Workshop

Breakthrough solutions from 17 of Broadband Forum's innovative member companies – including the first-ever live demonstrations of the Broadband...

Oct 10, 2018, 09:00 ET Broadband Forum unveils agenda for next Broadband Acceleration Seminar (BASe)

Cutting-edge innovations and lessons learned from the companies that are leading disruption in the communications industry will be on display at the...

Sep 10, 2018, 13:21 ET Broadband Forum Appoints Renowned Tech Marketeer Geoff Burke

Highly-respected technology marketeer Geoff Burke has been appointed by the Broadband Forum as the standards organization continues to expand its...