Standardization Activities

With the vision bringing together Telcos and CE industry the Open IPTV Forum starts specifying a common and open end-to-end platform for supplying variety of internet multimedia and IPTV services to retail based consumer equipment. Ensuring the interoperability between a broad base of retail consumer equipment and services the Open IPTV Forum intends to fill the gaps between the islands of standardization.


Since its creation in 2003, ETSI TISPAN (Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking) has been the key standardization body in creating the Next Generation Networks (NGN) specifications. TISPAN IPTV specifications answer the emerging market needs such as triple-play and quadruple-play service offers: access independent solutions, integration in a multi-service environment, availability of enhanced services combining features from every component of the triple/quadruple-play offers. TISPAN defines two IPTV solutions: an IPTV dedicated subsystem focused on the integration of existing market solutions in an NGN environment; and an IMS-based IPTV solution allowing blending the TV services with other Telecommunication services (e.g. voice, presence, and data services).


Launched in February 2010, the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) is an open global alliance formed from leading organisations within the telecoms sector.

Uniting a fragmented applications marketplace, WAC is creating an open industry platform that benefits the entire ecosystem, including applications developers, handset manufacturers, OS owners, network operators and end users.


The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.

Memberships

Fraunhofer FOKUS is member of industry leading research initiatives and platforms. The following listing shows a selection of our memberships:
 

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