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| More Than 200 Million Customers Chose DSL The global number of DSL customers has reached over 200 million, with almost 20 percent living in China, the DSL Forum has announced at the Broadband World Forum Asia in Beijing. Making the milestone announcement, Robin Mersh Chief Operating Officer of the DSL Forum, a global organization of over 200 members dedicated to developing the full potential of DSL and other access technologies, cited figures from analyst Point Topic, which show a 29 percent increase in the number of DSL customers inside the last twelve months. On a global scale, DSL remains by far the most popular broadband access technology and has held on to its market share of over 65 percent with subscriber numbers increasing by over six percent in the last quarter. In comparison, subscribers in China rose by 11 percent over the same period and DSL now accounts for 73 percent of the Chinese broadband market. With over 37 million of the world’s DSL subscribers, China is now the largest provider of DSL-based services and continues to develop and improve broadband service provision for users throughout the country. Since its beginning in 1994, the DSL Forum has moved from defining transport layer solutions for DSL to directly addressing the service delivery and quality of service support of devices over DSL, fiber, etc. As service providers began to incorporate fiber into their networks, the DSL Forum was called on to develop the common remote management standards that are access agnostic and give providers a common platform for management of their diverse networks. Current work at the DSL Forum includes: - VDSL2 test plan development and testing; - New remote management and device auto-provisioning specifications; - Policy Control framework development; - Architecture improvements that build on the quality and speed strengths of an IP-Ethernet access network. Following the success of its first visit to China last month for a quarterly meeting, the DSL Forum’s aim at Broadband World Forum Asia is to educate and advise on new broadband technologies. It will also encourage the standardisation of broadband services, helping providers offer the highest level of broadband access and BroadbandHome support. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |