Craig Thomas, Vice President Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Broadband Forum
We will continue to see a shift to a service-orientated ecosystem over the next 12 months, according to Craig Thomas, who advises on the important role that standards will play.
2020 has shown standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow, and that’s something to be excited about, argues Bernd Hesse
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The Plugfest was held at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
Broadband Forum has published two documents aimed to help operators reduce the time and cost associated with onboarding new optical network unit (ONU) vendors.
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Broadband Forum’s latest YANG data model has been released to aid the automation of the control and configuration of access network elements.
Cap: The pandemic has fuelled demand for the internet due to digital education, remote working, telehealth, and social connectivity (credit: Josep Suria/shutterstock.com)
Regulations and standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow. Here, two industry experts offer their view on what to expect
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Broadband Forum has revealed its latest project, Open Broadband – WWC Reference Implementation for 5G-RG (OB-5WWC).
Broadband Forum’s latest technical report has highlighted how fibre-based access could be provided using existing copper infrastructure instead of installing fibre to end-users’ premises.
Keely Portway looks at why network automation could be key to delivering that all-important bandwidth
Broadband Forum has published the latest release of its Open Broadband – Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) open-source project.
Some of the hottest topics from the OFC conference in San Diego
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What are the top trends, challenges and technologies driving data centre networks in 2023 and beyond?
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How North and Latin America are faring when it comes to fibre deployment
We round up the latest high-capacity optics for coherent optical transmission in 2023.
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The optical technology and techniques that terrestrial network operators need to consider to achieve high-performance in challenging conditions
Nesa Scopic advises on the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) fire safety standards for fibre cables, and how to choose the optimal cabling for the correct setting
Mattias Fridström offers his take on the telecoms topics that are going to matter in the next 12 months
Teresa Monteiro, director solution marketing, network software and automation, Infinera
Teresa Monteiro reveals why there is more to open networking than physical device interoperability
