Broadband Forum has realigned its work areas to ensure every new project and specification focuses on enabling services-led and intelligent broadband that provides the applications and services most demanded by users.

The Forum’s five work areas will cover topics including access networks, connected users and subscriber networks, network architecture, cloud and autonomous networks, and most importantly service requirements helping to direct that work. They will be supported by an advisory group providing the necessary expertise to produce high-quality YANG data models and management specifications. The work areas and advisory group will be led by directors from Adtran, Calix, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Huawei, Nokia, QA Cafe, Vantiva and Vodafone.

“The broadband industry’s focus remains firmly on delivering a richer, more tailored broadband experience for the end-user rather than fast speeds alone,” said Broadband Forum CEO Craig Thomas. “Our new work areas reflect this, giving members from across the globe the opportunity to come together and develop the most relevant readily-adoptable broadband specifications. The intention is to simplify the organisation and how our members can integrate in standards work to deliver a more effective and services driven broadband user experience. We invite companies, small and large, to join our efforts.”

These new work areas are named Access, Connected User, Network Architecture, Provider Cloud, and Service Requirements. The newly-formed Service Requirements Work Area will address real-world broadband challenges and align with evolving industry priorities to bridge the gap between the network adopter and subscriber needs and technical innovation. Service Requirements acts as the guide for Broadband Forum’s broader initiatives and work areas, creating a foundation for future advancements and innovations.

“The restructuring of the work areas to align with our services-led broadband focus will ensure our ongoing work remains as relevant as ever,” said Broadband Forum Technical Chair Lincoln Lavoie. “We recently celebrated thirty years of collaboration and innovation, and we believe this alignment will further pave the way for the Broadband Forum’s future success.”

• Access Work Area – The Access Work Area focuses on delivering multi-vendor interoperability for last mile broadband deployments across fibre, copper, and wireless networks.
• Connected User Work Area – Connected User develops specifications for the deployment, management, and consumption of services by the end-users.
• Network Architecture Work Area – Network Architecture develops the architecture and nodal requirements for end-to-end broadband deployments across traditional and converged networks to ensure the best possible quality of experience for users.
• Provider Cloud Work Area – Provider Cloud develops frameworks and specifications to enable broadband services and networks to utilise cloud-based deployment approaches, including automation and autonomous systems that will utilise machine learning and AI.
• Service Requirements Work Area The Service Requirements Work Area defines user-centric, actionable service requirements and specifications for subscriber, access, and Broadband Service Providers’ (BSPs’) core networks.

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