DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the week of May 4-8, eight companies met at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) to test their latest VDSL2 vectoring equipment and software. The series of VDSL2 Vectoring Plugfest, organized by the Broadband Forum, have enabled participants to develop interoperable and deployable solutions. This latest plugfest event focused on testing systems supporting both vectoring and multi-pair bonding, which increase the available data rate for subscribers by adding one or more additional twisted pair connections...
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Broadband Forum Holds Industry’s First G.fast Plugfest
February 12, 2015
DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During January 26-30, seven companies implementing chipsets based on the ITU-T’s new G.fast specifications met at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) to perform the first interoperability testing of the new technology. The ITU-T’s G.9701 (G.fast) specification was approved this past December, designed to provide broadband connection speeds of up to 1Gbps over a single twisted pair cable, meeting the ever increasing demands of applications in the home and business around the world.
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G.fast Promises Faster DSL Over Existing Wiring
February 10, 2015
G.fast—the latest and fastest version of DSL—may eventually deliver a super-fast upgrade in speed to DSL users. Late last year, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approved this new version of the digital-subscriber-line (DSL) standard for Internet access over the plain old telephone service (POTS), also known as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). POTS uses the massive installed base of unshielded twisted-pair wiring from telephone central office to the home or office.
G.fast: A Powerful Weapon for Telcos
December 29, 2014
Approval of G.fast digital subscriber line (DSL) technology is an early Christmas present for the telephone industry. It potentially offers tremendous advantages for these companies, which are facing ever-tougher competition from cable MSOs, Google Fiber – and other independent providers – and wireless operators.
G.fast standard ratified by ITU
December 9, 2014
The ITU announced December 5 that its members successfully met industry's "by the end of the year" expectations for ratifying the G.fast standard. The organization added that its ITU-T Study Group 15 is already hard at work on extensions. Recommendation ITU-T G.9701, "Fast Access to Subscriber Terminals (FAST) - Physical layer specification," will offer carriers who aren't ready to invest in fiber to the home (FTTH) a way to provide broadband access services at data rates greater than VDSL2 with...
New G.fast standard could speed up your broadband to more than 500Mbps
December 8, 2014
The ITU has formally approved the G.fast standard that will deliver broadband with speeds of up to 1Gbps over the existing copper wires between premises and fibre-equipped street cabinets. The new standard is a step up in speed and frequency from the VDSL2 systems currently used to deliver faster speeds - typically 40 or 80Mbps - than ADSL2.
ITU Stamps G.fast
December 5, 2014
G.fast, the technology that will bring 1-Gig speeds to DSL, reached a milestone Friday as the members of the ITU awarded final approval to the standard.
G-fast Chips: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020
November 6, 2014
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (November 1, 2014) - WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study G.fast Chips: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020. The 2014 study has 256 pages, 109 tables and figures. Worldwide G.fast Chip markets are increasingly diversified, poised to achieve significant growth as broadband is used in every industry segment.
G.fast on the Fast Track
November 6, 2014
The telephone industry wasn't kidding when it named the newest version of its digital subscriber line (DSL) technology G.fast. Indeed, it's fast in two ways: The speed at which it delivers data over copper and the timeline the telephone industry is employing to bring it to market.
Telecom Industry Gets Serious About G.fast
November 3, 2014
At least two North American service providers are very interested in using G.fast technology to dramatically boost the bandwidth that can be delivered over existing copper pair phone wiring, according to a source who should have a good handle on this - Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer for the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab oratory, which has been selected by the Broadband Forum to certify G.fast equipment.