Industry Standards

As one of the leading companies in the wired networking industry, DS2 has an important role driving the development of Industry Standards to ensure that consumers, equipment manufacturers and service providers can benefit from fully-interoperable networking products. (Click here for an overview of how DS2 is currently driving industry standards).

DS2 is an active participant in the following organizations:

	HomeGrid Forum is a global, non-profit trade group promoting the International Telecommunication Union's G.hn standardization efforts for next-generation home networking. HomeGrid promotes adoption of G.hn through technical and marketing efforts, addresses certification and interoperability of G.hn-compliant products, and cooperates with complementary industry alliances.
	The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an organization that creates specifications for all powerline markets and applications, including home networking, broadband access, smartgrid and home automation.
	ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services. For nearly 145 years, ITU has coordinated the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, established the worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems and addressed the global challenges of our times, such as mitigating climate change and strengthening cybersecurity.
	ETSI PLT (European Telecommunications Standards Institute Powerline Technology) project is developing the necessary standards and specifications to cover the provision of voice and data services over the mains power transmission and distribution network and/or in-building electricity wiring.
	The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) was founded and launched by nine telecom operators (Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KPN, TeliaSonera, NTT, Telefonica and Telecom Italia) in 2004, and now has members from five continents, representing the entire spectrum of actors in the broadband home arena. The main tasks of the HGI are to establish home gateway-related technical and interoperability specifications and provide input to standardisation bodies.
	The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) develops industry standards in a broad-range of industries, including Power and Energy, Transportation, Biomedical and Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Information Technology and Information Assurance.
	The Broadband Forum is a worldwide organization committed to rapidly creating specifications for communication service providers and vendors that accelerate the development and deployment of broadband networks, foster successful interoperability and manage and deliver advanced IP services to the customer.

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