2021.06.08 – Broadband Forum welcomes surge of new members

Broadband Forum welcomes surge of new members

VanillaPlus – 2021.06.08

‘The increasingly crucial role global open standards are playing in driving forward the broadband industry is behind the recent growth in new members of the Broadband Forum. This follows a successful 2020 that saw a rise in worldwide participation and industry interest in the group and highlights the open standards organisation’s continued influence and support.

Broadband Forum continues to see a surge of new companies from around the globe. This year Airties, Alethea Communications Technologies, APS Networks, Ciena, General Mobile, Genew Technologies, Google Fiber, H3C, Harmonic Inc, Heights Telecom, Hitron Technologies Inc, KPN, Liberty Global, Merocom Solutions, Microsoft, RDK, Technetix, Tellabs, TP-Link, Travelping GmbH, and Vecima Networks Inc have been welcomed in the first few months of 2021.

Stephen Kelly, connectivity architecture lead at Liberty Global says, “We are delighted to join Broadband Forum as we recognise the importance of sharing our knowledge and collaborating with other members to progress the development of open standards. Being a member of the Broadband Forum ensures we are ideally placed to benefit user experience in the connected home and play a key role in contributing to the broadband user services work area.”

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