CommunicAsia 08, Singapore 17 June 2008 - Changing network environments
and new sophisticated applications such as IPTV have brought the DSL
Forum to transform its work across the broadband space and leads today
to the unveiling of its new name and identify - The Broadband Forum.

To meet the need for greater speed, more responsive network provisioning
and greater personalized Quality of Experience (QoE) for customers, the
DSL Forum has expanded its scope of work over the years- producing more
than 150 technical reports to help drive industry progress. Moving from
pure DSL solutions to include access agnostic management specifications
in 2005, the Forum now adds PON solutions, more digital home
optimization models and sets the standard for real time application
support.

"Broadband has already changed lives considerably since our organization
first began in 1994 - but now the world stands on the brink of a giant
leap forward in converged communications," said George Dobrowski,
Chairman and President of The Broadband Forum.

"For some time now, we have been dealing with much more than DSL,"
continues Dobrowski. "Yet we discovered that because of the DSL in our
name, many of our specifications that are access agnostic, management
related or provide solutions to broader broadband issues, were being
missed by the standards community because they mistakenly thought our
work was just DSL specific.

"With the upcoming release of BroadbandSuite Release 3.0, we provide our
commitment to simplifying the management and architecture of the hybrid
DSL and fiber networks that are emerging, and our continuous focus on
expanding the TR-069 BroadbandHome family of work, which continues to be
updated to stay aligned with the ever changing digital home landscape.
With close to 30 million devices on the market that are TR-069 adherent
today, it is clear that this body of work continues to grow in
importance to the industry.

"This name change does reflect a change in the industry, as providers
roll out many broadband technologies such as DSL, fiber and wireless to
meet the needs of their customers. However, as DSL is a vital tool in
expanding broadband access to more areas and increasing service speed
via its flavors, such as ADSL2plus, VDSL2 and bonded DSL, our critical
work in the DSL arena will absolutely continue," concluded Dobrowski.