{"id":8546,"date":"2023-03-15T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8546"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:10:18","slug":"cpe-with-intelligent-services-and-applications-will-drive-future-operator-growth-says-broadband-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8546","title":{"rendered":"CPE with intelligent services and applications will drive future operator growth, says Broadband Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ken Ko, Managing Director at Broadband Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Smarter Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) that drives a differentiated service offering at the touch of a button will help operators secure new revenue opportunities and reverse declining ARPU, according to Broadband Forum<\/a> Managing Director Ken Ko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With traditional revenue\nstreams, such as fixed voice and IPTV, decreasing, Ko called for service\nproviders to invest in devices with application intelligence built in to create\nan app-store-like experience for consumers. This will allow the industry to\ncater to multiple markets segments, such as teleworkers, e-health, security,\nhome automation, and Augmented Reality \/ Virtual Reality, while maintaining\nfewer product SKUs in their deployments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOperators know they need to\nmove from simply being connectivity providers, but how they do that has, until\nnow, remained elusive,\u201d said Ko. \u201cAs consumer demand for network quality and\ninnovative services continues to grow, it is now clear that if operators are to\ngrow their revenue streams, their focus should be on delivering more choices\nand an enhanced user experience. An app-enabled services gateway will achieve\nthis, giving the capability to cater for individual bandwidth,\napplication-aware latency, and service requests at the touch of a button.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without\napplication-intelligent devices as a key enabler in the broadband services\necosystem, Ko continued, operators risk having to regularly upgrade existing\ndeployed devices and become utility providers that compete only on speed and\nprice. To maximize return on investment, they must look past these two selling\npoints to offer differentiated, high-value services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Philpott, Research\nDirector of Digital Consumer Services at Omdia, agrees that operators have a\ntremendous opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the rapid growth of\nconnected media and IoT devices inside the home, demand heightens from\nconsumers for the latest next-generation applications, and the industry is\nnicely positioned to utilize the Home Gateway as a platform for growth,\u201d said\nPhilpott. \u201cIt\u2019s key that subscribers have the flexibility to be able to pay for\nwhat they want as they go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding timing and when the\ntechnology and architecture to deliver network-intelligent devices is due, Ko\nhad good news for operators. Open industry standards that are jointly developed\nby Broadband Forum and prpl Foundation will drive a common software-based\nmulti-vendor architecture for service providers and application providers alike\nto utilize within the residential and business subscriber premise.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadband Forum\u2019s Technical\nReport TR-492 \u2018Software-Based Architecture for the App-Enabled Services Gateway\n– Design Principles\u2019 provides the reference architecture for smart CPE that\nutilize the open standard User Services Platform (USP\/TR-369) which allows\nsubscribers to use and install applications and services dynamically within\nsecure and trusted software containers. Thanks to TR-492, service providers can\noffer applications such as parental controls, Wi-Fi analytics, streaming\nservices, security solutions, and trusted third-party apps on CPE. This\ngame-changing specification will benefit CPE vendors, operators, application\nproviders and OTT wholesalers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe development of this\nproject is progressing well, and the first groundbreaking standard, TR-492 is\non track to be published this year,\u201d said Ko. \u201cOperators, technology vendors,\nand application developers still have time to get involved and influence this\nimportant work which will support operators rightly shifting their focus\ntowards services led broadband. With this specification, operators will truly\nhave the opportunity to transform and scale their business models to ensure\nthey are catering to each subscriber and the demanding applications they use.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To download a\ncopy of the \u2018The Rise of the App-Enabled Services Gateway\u2019 whitepaper, visit: https:\/\/www.broadband-forum.org\/projects\/connected-home<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Ko, Managing Director at Broadband Forum <\/p>\n

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