HGI Adds Arcor to Growing Membership

The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI), the industry body representing players in the home networking space, announced the addition of Arcor to its operator members. As Germany’s second largest telecom operator, Arcor offers voice and broadband services over ISDN and IP networks to over three million users.

The current list of operators includes Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, France Telecom, KDDI, KPN, NTT, Portugal Telecom, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telecom Slovenije, Telekomunikacja Polska, Telenor, TeliaSonera and Telstra. The main tasks of the HGI are to establish home gateway-related technical and interoperability specifications and provide input to standardisation bodies.

Other recent HGI members include Comtrend, a supplier of advanced networking solutions; D-Link, a manufacturer of communications solutions for the digital home and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO); Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home; Mitsubishi Electric, a manufacturer of communications equipment; Sercomm, a developer of wireless and IP network products; and Soft At Home, a software company providing operating platforms for the digital home environment.

The 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 spectrum of actors in the broadband home arena.

For further information, please visit http://www.homegatewayinitiative.org/

HGI is a supporting organization of the 2009 CONNECTIONS(TM) events.