Broadband Forum
The Broadband Forum is a non-profit global industry consortium dedicated to developing broadband network specifications. Its members include leading industry players covering telecommunications, equipment, computing, networking and service provider companies. Its service provider make-up is primarily fixed line operators.
Since it was established in 1994 as ADSL Forum, this forum has had a couple of name changes reflecting its evolving scope of work, first to the DSL Forum, and then to the Broadband Forum. The first name change was almost trivial, and was viewed as self evident at the time. However, the change to the "Broadband Forum" was carefully evaluated and launched in summer of 2008, two years after it officially expanded scope of work[1]. DSL-related specifications, while still a key part of the forum's work, are no longer its only work. For instance, the Forum has produced work specific to PON, and its Auto-Configuration Server specification, TR-069, has been adapted for use with Set-top box and Network Attached Storage units.
In March 2009, IP/MPLS Forum merged with the Broadband Forum. All technical work of IP/MPLS Forum continued in a newly created "IP/MPLS and Core" Working Group of the Broadband Forum. The historical specifications from the IP/MPLS Forum's predecessors, ATM Forum, Frame Relay Forum, MFA Forum, are archived on the Broadband Forum's website.
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