DSL Forum becomes The Broadband Forum
June 17, 2008 - The DSL Forum has unveiled its new name and identity as The Broadband Forum, designed to better reflect its work across the broadband space and its involvement in technologies such as IPTV.
The organisation reports that it has expanded the scope of its work over the years to move from pure DSL solutions to include access agnostic management specifications, PON solutions, digital home optimisation models and real time application support.
"Broadband has already changed lives considerably since our organisation first began in 1994 - but now the world stands on the brink of a giant leap forward in converged communications," said George Dobrowski, Chairman and President of The Broadband Forum. "For some time now, we have been dealing with much more than DSL. Yet we discovered that because of the DSL in our name, many of our specifications that are access agnostic, management related or provide solutions to broader broadband issues, were being missed by the standards community because they mistakenly thought our work was just DSL specific. With the upcoming release of BroadbandSuite Release 3.0, we provide our commitment to simplifying the management and architecture of the hybrid DSL and fibre networks that are emerging, and our continuous focus on expanding the TR-069 BroadbandHome family of work."
The Broadband Forum née DSL Forum has produced over 150 technical reports since inception, helping to drive industry progress.
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