SINGAPORE: Broadband has become a necessity for people around the planet –despite the economic downturn. That’s the message delivered in Singapore today by Broadband Forum Chief Operating Officer Robin Mersh.
Mersh was giving a keynote address at the giant CommunicAsia conference and exhibition in Singapore, where more than 2,000 exhibitors were gathered to discuss and debate the latest issues surrounding telecom and broadcast technology.
“Broadband is no longer a luxury in the home –- it is a necessity -– and we are seeing that despite everything going on in their lives, people are depending on their broadband,” he said.
“This is an extremely positive sign for the industry, although we must not be complacent and the next quarter’s market penetration figures will give us further evidence, or otherwise, of the rise of the broadband phenomenon.”
Mersh backed his view by highlighting the latest statistics for broadband and IPTV which were published earlier in the week. He pointed out that 20 countries had grown their broadband by 10 percent or more, with India and China particularly showing potential. IPTV’s growth to 24 million lines was also helping broadband reach the next level.
He explained that while new technologies were coming onstream to support broadband, DSL remained stable and ADSL2+ had in fact seen the highest technology increase of all the access options.
Broadband lines in the world are now approaching 430 million. India experienced the biggest growth percentage at 13.4, while China added 4.8 million lines, to top more than 88 million lines.
Mersh told the audience of top ranking telecommunications figures from across Asia that for fast broadband rollout and effective network management, operators needed three things -– a single architecture across all transport options, a single WAN management protocol and common Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement specifications.
“The consumer doesn’t care how the service is delivered –- they just want to know it’s dependable and that they can buy their service with confidence,” said Mersh.
He explained that the Forum, which has around 200 of the world’s top operators and equipment and chipset vendors among its membership, focused its work on three main areas.
The first was the network, which included core, access aggregation and last mile options. The second was management specifications, which focussed on operational excellence, and the final area was remote management of the user, which spanned from digital homes, offices and cell towers.
He also called for standards bodies to follow their initiative in co-operating among themselves and highlighted the work the Forum recently completed in cooperation with 3GPP and the Femto Forum, which resulted in the first industry standard for Femto Access Point management.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Triple play triumph for Broadband Forum!
UK: Quality of Service on IPTV networks, for both operators and their customers worldwide, can now be greatly improved thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of experts at the Broadband Forum.
The approval and release of "Splitter Testing" Technical Report 127 (TR-127) creates -– for the first time -– the opportunity for network operators and independent test labs to carry out a system level test across four key IPTV network elements; the DSLAM, the CPE modem, the Central Office Splitter and the CPE Splitter. Testing splitters as part of a complete system assures the new TR-127 compliant splitters will prevent disturbance of the video signal by a telephone signal on the same line.
“Video signal interruption by on-hook, off-hook telephone usage has plagued Triple Play delivery since the concept first became reality,” explained Broadband Forum Chief Operating Officer Robin Mersh. “I’m absolutely delighted that after such a thorough effort by our Testing and Interoperability Working Group we are able to help the industry and its customers deal with this issue.”
The new TR-127 enables high quality delivery of triple play services by maximizing the interoperability of splitters and in-line filters with xDSL transceivers in an active, dynamic telephony environment, including the previously troublesome on-hook, off-hook, ringing, and ring trip events.
TR-127 addresses VDSL2 technology as well as ADSL2/2plus, and relates to the previously issued Technical Report 100 (TR-100), which covered ADSL2/ADSL2plus Performance Test Plans.
The Broadband Forum sees TR-127 being used as a new reference criterion for the specifications of splitter equipment and testing worldwide. Among the drivers for this series of dynamic splitter tests were:
· Telephone ringing and answering (Ring trip) events had been proven to have an adverse effect on the quality of IPTV services.
· VDSL2 and ADSL2plus needed separate dynamic test procedures.
· There was a need to analyze how splitters might affect the xDSL performance, in terms of achievable bitrate and margin.
The TR-127 addresses these issues with dynamic splitter test procedures. Splitters compliant with these requirements will offer significant reduction of IPTV pixelization on the TV screen image and will eliminate the “re-starting” of the DSL modem. The result is that service providers and customers will soon be able to request TR-127 tested splitters, which deliver better picture quality and a more robust service.
TR-127 was announced by Robin Mersh, COO of the Broadband Forum, at this week's FTTx Summit where the Broadband Forum was host organization.
The approval and release of "Splitter Testing" Technical Report 127 (TR-127) creates -– for the first time -– the opportunity for network operators and independent test labs to carry out a system level test across four key IPTV network elements; the DSLAM, the CPE modem, the Central Office Splitter and the CPE Splitter. Testing splitters as part of a complete system assures the new TR-127 compliant splitters will prevent disturbance of the video signal by a telephone signal on the same line.
“Video signal interruption by on-hook, off-hook telephone usage has plagued Triple Play delivery since the concept first became reality,” explained Broadband Forum Chief Operating Officer Robin Mersh. “I’m absolutely delighted that after such a thorough effort by our Testing and Interoperability Working Group we are able to help the industry and its customers deal with this issue.”
The new TR-127 enables high quality delivery of triple play services by maximizing the interoperability of splitters and in-line filters with xDSL transceivers in an active, dynamic telephony environment, including the previously troublesome on-hook, off-hook, ringing, and ring trip events.
TR-127 addresses VDSL2 technology as well as ADSL2/2plus, and relates to the previously issued Technical Report 100 (TR-100), which covered ADSL2/ADSL2plus Performance Test Plans.
The Broadband Forum sees TR-127 being used as a new reference criterion for the specifications of splitter equipment and testing worldwide. Among the drivers for this series of dynamic splitter tests were:
· Telephone ringing and answering (Ring trip) events had been proven to have an adverse effect on the quality of IPTV services.
· VDSL2 and ADSL2plus needed separate dynamic test procedures.
· There was a need to analyze how splitters might affect the xDSL performance, in terms of achievable bitrate and margin.
The TR-127 addresses these issues with dynamic splitter test procedures. Splitters compliant with these requirements will offer significant reduction of IPTV pixelization on the TV screen image and will eliminate the “re-starting” of the DSL modem. The result is that service providers and customers will soon be able to request TR-127 tested splitters, which deliver better picture quality and a more robust service.
TR-127 was announced by Robin Mersh, COO of the Broadband Forum, at this week's FTTx Summit where the Broadband Forum was host organization.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Telecoms operators support "new" broadband forum
UK: Top telecommunications operators BT, Orange and Verizon have already welcomed yesterday’s announcement of the union between the Broadband Forum and the IP/MPLS Forum.
The news, which will see a “new” Broadband Forum emerge, was announced in Valencia, Spain, yesterday, where the two organisations came together for the first time. This consolidation in the standards and specifications community creates a Broadband Forum with more than 200 members, comprising service providers, vendors, chip manufacturers and regulatory bodies from across the world.
Kevin Foster, Head of Wireline Access at BT, said: “This union means we will all benefit from a greater end-to-end approach for network and protocol standardisation, and that includes end-to-end performance, interoperability, architecture and protocols. It is good news for the industry”.
His views were echoed in the United States, where Verizon’s Stu Elby, Vice President of Network Architecture, said that Verizon had been an active member of both organisations and applauded the move.
“As broadband convergence continues, the Broadband Forum will be a key organisation to ensure providers’ needs are met with a holistic end-to-end perspective, ensuring no gaps in critical network specifications,” he added.
The new Broadband Forum will cover a much wider scope of activity. It is expected that it will be increasingly influential in defining interoperable network equipment for local broadband access, advancing mobile backhaul solutions and empowering the next wave of business services, IPTV, gaming, and other applications as they arise.
Consolidation in this part of the industry was welcomed by Orange.
“We are very enthusiastic to see the industry defragmenting,” said Philippe Lucas, Vice President, International Standards and Industry Relationships at Orange.
“The union will allow better efficiency and coherence for some key topics for this industry, such as transport equipment interoperability, mobile backhaul, access and core networks integration,” he added.
The news, which will see a “new” Broadband Forum emerge, was announced in Valencia, Spain, yesterday, where the two organisations came together for the first time. This consolidation in the standards and specifications community creates a Broadband Forum with more than 200 members, comprising service providers, vendors, chip manufacturers and regulatory bodies from across the world.
Kevin Foster, Head of Wireline Access at BT, said: “This union means we will all benefit from a greater end-to-end approach for network and protocol standardisation, and that includes end-to-end performance, interoperability, architecture and protocols. It is good news for the industry”.
His views were echoed in the United States, where Verizon’s Stu Elby, Vice President of Network Architecture, said that Verizon had been an active member of both organisations and applauded the move.
“As broadband convergence continues, the Broadband Forum will be a key organisation to ensure providers’ needs are met with a holistic end-to-end perspective, ensuring no gaps in critical network specifications,” he added.
The new Broadband Forum will cover a much wider scope of activity. It is expected that it will be increasingly influential in defining interoperable network equipment for local broadband access, advancing mobile backhaul solutions and empowering the next wave of business services, IPTV, gaming, and other applications as they arise.
Consolidation in this part of the industry was welcomed by Orange.
“We are very enthusiastic to see the industry defragmenting,” said Philippe Lucas, Vice President, International Standards and Industry Relationships at Orange.
“The union will allow better efficiency and coherence for some key topics for this industry, such as transport equipment interoperability, mobile backhaul, access and core networks integration,” he added.
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