| BANGALORE: Netgear a provider of technologically advanced,
branded networking products and SupportSoft a of Real-Time Service
Management (RTSM) software, announced in Santa Clara, California that
they have successfully conducted interoperability testing of the DSL
Forum CPE WAN Management protocol, known as TR-069, in the SupportSoft
Digital 360° Interoperability Lab.
The independent compatibility testing of DSL Forum's TR-069 specification
ensures that a service provider's operational support center can
easily configure, activate, and manage equipment such as Netgear's
DSL CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) using software solutions such
as SupportSoft's ServiceGateway.
This enables service providers to effectively control the costs
of deployment and support of their CPE device, as well as tightly
manage triple play service delivery. TR-069 compatibility provides
Netgear DSL CPE channel partners and end-users with the assurance
that they are well-positioned to easily and confidently handle the
increasingly essential convergence of data, voice, and entertainment
services.
"Our service provider customers now have the remote CPE management
capabilities they need, thereby giving us the competitive advantage
offered by demonstrating interoperability with SupportSoft's solutions
and the TR-069 specification," a release quotes Netgear director
of broadband services products David James. "We have also benefited
from SupportSoft's vast service provider experience in helping to
develop and validate our TR-069 compatibility and implementation
strategy."
"CPE equipment interoperability with industry standards and
software can give digital service providers a competitive advantage
by allowing the remote management of CPE equipment that is essential
for the delivery of future services," a release also quotes
SupportSoft director of product management Richard Caballero. "NETGEAR
understands that interoperability is another step forward in providing
their digital service provider customers with the tools they need
to successfully deploy services now and in the future."
TR-069 provides the necessary framework for efficient and scalable
deployment of new services on the DSL broadband infrastructure,
including combined delivery of voice, video, and high-speed data
services.
SupportSoft lab testing has validated that Netgear's DSL CPE devices
and SupportSoft ServiceGateway software interoperate in accordance
with the DSL Forum TR-069 specification.
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