Just a week before we came together for the Q4 meeting in Kona, Hawaii, the Mauna Loa volcano erupted for the first time in nearly four decades. The last time an eruption occurred was in 1984. Back then, only eight percent of households owned a computer and 99 percent of the US population was not connected to the Internet. Fast forward to 2022 and the development of open standards and the enablement of smarter and faster broadband networks has changed the face of the earth. Despite the natural disaster on our doorstep and with Hawaii being one of the most isolated places on Earth (nearly 2,500 miles from mainland US) our members still gathered for the final meeting of the year. Read More A word from Robin Mersh, Broadband Forum CEO: "It seems fitting that Hungary’s capital city, Budapest, is the location for our Q1 meeting, which saw significant progress across our Work Area groups and a fruitful transition of our leadership team. In a location that combines the two cities of Buda and Pest, our members have continued to focus on the convergence of open source and open standards, virtualized and physical network functions, and fixed and mobile networks to help transform and shape the future of broadband. This meeting provided the backdrop for a wave of transition, as our annual election took place and we bid fond farewells to colleagues..." Read more. |