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First Quarter 2007
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In This Issue
Charting the Course
Letter from the Chairman & President
Author: Michael Brusca
As we launch our plans for 2007, it is time to acknowledge our achievements for 2006. Throughout the year, we strived to advance the deployment of broadband by committing the DSL Forum to be a preeminent broadband industry leader.
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A New Year and New Opportunities
Letter from the Chief Operating Officer
Author: Robin Mersh
The New Year brought the return of many familiar tasks; budgeting, vendor contracts reviews, staff reviews, meeting and event planning. After a very busy first six months in my role, I have learnt a lot and I am endeavoring to take that experience into the review and planning processes. My goal is to execute 2007 planning in the classic way: repeat what we do well consistently and rectify what we don't do so well. I am pleased to report that we have a lot of excellent work to build on.
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Technical Committee Update
Message from the Chair
Author: Gavin Young, Technical Committee Chair
As 2006 draws to a close, the Atlanta meeting of the technical committee marked the publication of some significant new Technical Reports and very good progress on the development of other Working Texts that are key to the development of the broadband industry. The DSL Forum has evaluated around 1000 contributions from member companies during 2006. This has greatly facilitated progress and we are seeing increasing interest from other bodies in leveraging our work, especially as interest grows in IPTV and remote management of consumer devices.
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Technical Work in Progress
Click here to view work in progress by the DSL Forum Technical Working Groups.
Upcoming Plugfest Information
Mark your calendars! The DSL Forum will be sponsoring an Interoperability Test Event in the first quarter of 2007:
The strong response from the First VDSL2 Systems Integrator Plugfest has accelerated VDSL2 plugfest activity in Q107 with two successive test events. The
5th DSL Forum VDSL2 Chip Vendor Interoperability plugfest, to be held the week
of January 29th 2007, will allow VDSL2 chip vendors to further improve the
interoperability of their VDSL2 implementations. System Integrators will again
have an opportunity to demonstrate and debug their VDSL2 products at the 2nd DSL
Forum VDSL2 Systems Integrator Plugfest, to be held the week of February 26th,
2007.
The release of Amendment 1 to DSL Forum TR-069 has spurred demand for more
testing. The 4th DSL Forum TR-069 Interoperability Plugfest will be successful
protocol and help industry leaders drive the interoperability of their TR-069
CPE and Auto-Configuration Servers.
These events will be held at the University of New Hampshire's
InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) group testing facility located in Durham, NH, USA. DSL Forum Plugfests are open to all DSL Forum members. For more details, you can vist the DSL Forum's Plugfest calendar or contact Matthew Langlois at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory at +1.603.862.3089 or by email at mjl@iol.unh.edu.
Marketing Committee Update
Message from the Chair
Author: Rich Cardone, Marketing Chair
In 2006 the DSL Forum aligned its marketing efforts around solutions - not technology - by focusing on three key battlegrounds in the next-generation network - the home, the access network, and the service control plane. The result was the creation and highly successful launch of the BroadbandSuiteTM (BBS) an end-to-end reference architecture that consists of three reference models: BroadbandControl, BroadbandAccess, and BroadbandHome.
Click here to read the entire article.
BroadbandHomeTM SuperWebinar with LightReading - Feb. 20, 2007
The DSL Forum's BroadbandHome work is having a fundamental impact on the rapidly evolving market of telecom services delivered into the home - namely the remote provisioning, management and maintenance of home networking devices. By providing a common and simplified way to automate the home network, the DSL Forum's home networking architecture empowers service providers to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering services into the home, while improving ease-of-use and service experience for the customer.
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DSL Forum in the News
2006 Press Activity Update
Click here to see the DSL Forum 2006 Press Activity Summary (pdf).
2006 Article Run Report
Click here to see the current DSL Forum Article Run Report (pdf).
Meetings and Events
Vancouver Registration and Information
The Annual Meeting will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia at the Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre from March 5 - 8, 2007.
- Click here to register now!
- To access hotel and room reservations information, please click here.
- To view the meeting agenda, click here. *Please take note of the schedule change for the Annual Meeting. Working group meetings will begin after the Opening Plenary at 3:30 PM on Monday, March 5th.
A Special Thank You to all the Sponsors of the Annual Meeting!
Annual Meeting
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Cocktail Reception Sponsored by:
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DSL Service Provider Action Council (SPAC) Meeting
Monday, March 5th - Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre - 8:00am to 12:00pm
**Please note: The first quarter SPAC meeting will be a Service Provider's Only meeting. There will be no open session in Vancouver.
DSL Forum New Members Orientation!
Tuesday, March 6th - Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre- 7:30am to 8:30am
Welcome New Members to your First DSL Forum Meeting!
- The DSL Forum will be holding a special meeting for its new members during the Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Laurie Gonzalez, Marketing Director, will be presenting a brief overview of the workings and accomplishments of the Forum and give you a rundown of DSL Forum quarterly meetings. All new members are welcome at 7:30am on Tuesday, March 5th at the Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre.
Annual Meeting Keynote Address
Tuesday, March 6th - Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre - 12:45pm to 1:30pm
- We are pleased to welcome Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of Telus as the Keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting! Stay tuned for more information on his presentation.
First Quarter Analyst Panel
Wednesday, March 7th - Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Panel: Matt Davis (IDC)
DSL Forum Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, March 7th - Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Join us for a Cocktail Reception in the Grand Foyer at the Sheraton Vancouver Wallcentre! Special thanks to PMC-Sierra for sponsoring a reception for this meeting! There is not cost to attend.
Upcoming Meetings
Second Quarter - 2007
Beijing, China
The Westin Beijing
May 21 - 24, 2007
*Click here for Beijing meeting Visa information.
Third Quarter - 2007
Nashville, Tennessee USA
Sheraton Nashville Downtown
August 27 - 30, 2007
Fourth Quarter - 2007
European Location, TBA
December 10 - 13, 2007
DSL Forum Recognition Program and Awards
The DSL Forum recognizes the exceptional contributions, leadership duties, and achievements through its quarterly recognition program. The awards categories are as follows: Circle of Excellence, Outstanding Contributor Award, Outstanding Service Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Student Scholarship Awards Program.
At the Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia the DSL Forum awarded the Circle of Excellence Award to Michael Hanrahan and an Outstanding Service Award to former Marketing Committee Chair, Vincenzo Gulla, formerly of Aethra, S.p.A.
The DSL Forum is pleased to recognize Michael Hanrahan with the highest honor the DSL Forum bestows for his consistent dedication and commitment to the industry and to the members of the DSL Forum.
Michael engaged with the DSL Forum Policy and Procedures Committee (PPOC) as a proactive volunteer in Munich in 4Q05. He was subsequently named to fill an ad hoc member seat in PPOC with the unanimous support of the PPOC members and the DSLF Board of Directors. In this relatively short period of time, Michael has established himself as a mainstream member and key contributor within PPOC. To read more about Michael Hanrahan, please click here.
The Outstanding Service Award was presented to Vincenzo Gulla (Aethra, S.p.A.) in recognition of his dedicated service as Marketing Committee Chair.
The Student Scholarship Awards Program kicked off in 2006 with its first ever Benefits of Broadband student paper contest. The Scholarship Award was presented to the paper that provided novel insight and vision into new applications and features for broadband services equipment. DSL Forum members may read the top three winning papers by clicking here.
DSL Forum Ambassadors
News from the Ambassador Working Group
The DSL Forum Ambassador Working Group would like to welcome and congratulate the following new additions:
- DSL Forum Consuls: Dov Zimring, Occam Networks for his expertise in TR-101 and TR-069
Please visit the Ambassador area of the DSL Forum website to view all of the DSL Forum Ambassador biographies and Consul biographies.
Recent and Upcoming Appearances
- To keep track of upcoming Ambassador Presentations, please visit the Ambassador Schedule online, which is updated regularly.
Recent Appearances
- Robin Mersh, DSL Forum COO, presented an update on the DSL Forum's BroadbandSuiteTM at the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics in Las Vegas, NV on January 14, 2006.
- Sven Ooghe presented "The Importance of Standards for Broadband Access Networks" at Broadband Week Europe 2006 in Berlin, December 2006.
Membership Information
The DSL Forum Welcomes New Members!
- Cameo Communications
- Funkwerk
- Work Systems
Click here to view the current DSL Forum membership list.
Interested in Joining the DSL Forum?
Please check out our 2007 information at http://www.dslforum.org/about/join.shtml
Refer a New Member & Earn a $100 Traveler's Check
If you know of anyone missing from the DSL Forum Family, then make the call for them to join. The DSL Forum Referral Program means that your membership leads could lead you to a $100 American Express gift check.
Special DSL Forum Membership Benefits
- Free DSL Web Content for your sites - Like something you see on the public side of www.dslforum.org? Link to us or import it into your own site for FREE, as long as you remember to source it to the DSL Forum. Private content and Working Texts are not to be referenced outside of the DSL Forum, except by approved Forum Ambassadors and Consuls.
- DSL Forum members may also place the DSL Forum logo on their websites with the text "Member of". Download Logo.
Board of Directors
Click here to read the biographies of the 2006 DSL Forum Board Members.
How to Contact the DSL Forum
DSL Forum Secretariat
48377 Fremont Boulevard
Suite 117
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: +1(510) 492-4020
Fax: +1(510) 492-4001
info@dslforum.org
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