Euro-PacketCable Multimedia Certification Starts in January

The Euro-Cable Certification Board announced it plans to start Euro-PacketCable Multimedia certification in January 2005. Certification testing will be directed by tComLabs in Belgium. The Euro-PacketCable Multimedia standard is based on CableLabs PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) specifications that leverage DOCSIS 1.1+ networks to support of IP applications requiring Quality of Service (QoS). For its part, CableLabs has not yet publicly announced a PCMM qualification timeline for CMTS, Policy Server and Application Manager products, though sources say their testing may also begin in the first quarter of 2005. More information is available at http://www.Euro-DOCSIS.com.