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Latest Releases

January 12, 2012
Broadband Delivers Strongest Growth Since 2009
Now serving more than 581 million subscribers

December 15, 2011
Broadband Forum Honors three of its Top Contributors
Greg Bathrick and J. Rao Cherukuri named Distinguished Fellows, while Thomas Haag is inducted into the Forum’s Circle of Excellence.

December 8, 2011
Broadband Forum Announces Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul in 4G/LTE Networks
The Broadband Forum’s new “Technical Specification for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks” (TR-221) is set to become a key enabler for mobile operators as they migrate from traditional TDM networks to packet-based transport technologies and from 2G/3G to 4G and LTE services.

December 1, 2011
Another ONU added to growing list of Broadband Forum G-PON ONU Certification
ZTE joined an elite group of companies that now have certified G-PON products, after successfully completing the Broadband Forum's rigorous BBF.247 testing program.

November 24, 2011
Broadband Forum CEO Robin Mersh among Top 100 in Telecoms
Global Telecoms Business recognizes Robin Mersh in its GTB Power 100 listing of the most powerful people in telecoms.

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Bilel Jamoussi of the ITU, congratulating the Broadband Forum on first G-PON Certifications (Geneva, October 2011).

  

LAN and Iometrix, the official BBF G-PON test houses, on G-PON Testing Plans (Paris, September 2011).

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Media Highlights

Lan Magazine, December 2011
Interview with Robin Mersh about the Broadband Forum (in Russian)

Intercomms Issue 17, October 2011
Future-Proofing Next Generation Mobile Backhaul Networks By Robin Mersh and Nikhil Shah

Total Television video interview
Robin Mersh announces first G-PON Certifications at ITU Telecom World

Christophe Alter & Heather Kirksey named in Global Telecom Business, 2011 Forty under Forty

The full list of Under Forty award winners is available here

China Post, June 2011
Asia is Fastest Growing Market for Fixed Broadband

CSI Magazine, April 2011
Homeward Bound "TR-069 is the magic protocol"

Telecom Asia, March 2011
Interview with Robin Mersh on IPv6

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