Telecommunications Links & Resources
No matter what your telecom background -- seasoned expert or starting out -- you'll find exciting new resources throughout our comprehensive list of the Web's best telecommunications resources. All of these resources are conveniently listed by category, and each resource contains an abstract of the organization -- usually provided in their own words -- plus a handy thumbnail view of the site.
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Technologies
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Broadband Forum
In fourteen years, the Broadband Forum has moved through defining the core Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology to delivering maximum effectiveness in broadband deployment and use. In 2005, the Forum launched the BroadbandSuite, which expanded the scope of our work to cover not only transport but network management and digital home support. The work around remote management to the home (TR-069 family of technical reports) was milestone as it was access agnostic, and is now broadly referenced by other organizations as the de-facto standard for global remote management. In 2008, we made a commitment to developing standards to incorporate alternative access technologies in support of the growing hybrid networks, and began developing work specific to fiber. |
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IP/MPLS Forum
The IP/MPLS Forum is an international, non-profit association of service providers, equipment vendors, testing centers and enterprise users. The Forum's mission is to drive the global success of IP/MPLS-based technology, networks, and services while focusing on application and deployment solutions. |
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Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF)
The mission of the OIF is to foster the development and deployment of interoperable products and services for data switching and routing using optical networking technologies. The OIF will encourage co-operation among telecom industry participants including equipment manufacturers, telecom service providers and end users; promote global development of optical internetworking products; promote nationwide and worldwide compatibility and interoperability; encourage input to appropriate national and international standards bodies; and identify, select, and augment as appropriate and publish optical internetworking specifications drawn from appropriate national and international standards. |
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TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum)
Since 1988, TM Forum has provided successful real world solutions to many business and technology challenges born of global telecom deregulation. Dedicated to overall excellence in communications management and to solving pressing OSS integration issues, TM Forum and its member companies collaboratively identify, create, develop, and implement real world solutions that automate and streamline telecom operations. Within the TM Forum, industry leaders tackle issues of interoperation and process automation that they could not address as cost-effectively or comprehensively on their own. All of TeleManagement Forum's activities are geared to facilitate the search for common solutions to the telecom industry's most pressing operational needs. |
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