DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory, an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced at the TelcoTV conference that the lab would work with BroadLight, a supplier of fiber access processors, to provide a GPON testing tool for the cable and telecommunications industry. UNH-IOL will bring its focus and expertise in creating interoperability and conformance testing suites to the effort, while BroadLight will leverage its Optical Line Terminal (OLT) development platform.

TelcoTV will be held from November 9-11, 2010 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV, and is a major North American event designed to help telecom service providers explore economical technology advances. UNH-IOL representatives will be at booth #SP-154 to provide insights on the latest test suites and how to leverage them to cost effectively meet network interoperability requirements for the telecoms industry.

In cooperation with the UNH-IOL, BroadLight is providing the platform for the development of the GPON test suite that complies with the guidelines specified by the Broadband Forum, a global consortium focused on the development of global broadband network specifications. BroadLight’s participation is on the infrastructure aspects of testing, specifically on the best of class BL3458 processor chip family and the basis for the UNH-IOL’s development of the OLT emulator test tool.

University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (IOL)

BroadLight Inc.