Background
As part of the Governments wider strategy to increase New Zealand’s global competitiveness, they have set out an objective to invest in ultra-fast broadband (UFB), “to accelerate the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband to 75 percent of New Zealanders over ten years, concentrating in the first six years on priority broadband users such as businesses, schools and health services, plus greenfield developments and certain tranches of residential areas (UFB Objective)1.
In anticipation of the UFB being implemented, the industry is working together and with Crown Fibre Holdings (CFH), to develop a coordinated approach to the operation of services over the networks of the Local Fibre Companies (LFC’s), to ensure common standards apply across all LFC’s and to minimise the risk of interoperability issues arising and there being no common OSS/BSS system to allow the delivery of products and services on a nationwide basis.
About the UFB Working Party
The TCF established the TCF UFB Working Party in January 2010 to support the Government’s UFB initiative with its aim, working in conjunction with CFH, to prepare standards on product, technical, and operational matters where a combined industry-developed solution is desirable.
The TCF UFB Working Party governance structure includes a TCF UFB Steering Group which acts as an ‘umbrella’ overseeing all streams of work under the TCF UFB Program.
Project Scope
TCF UFB Working Party program of work covered the following areas: UFB Co-location; UFB Intra-LFC Area Access Backhaul; UFB Ethernet Line Access Services, including Multicast Services; and UFB OSS/BSS Business Interaction Model.
Premises access for residential, single and mult-dwelling units and fibre optic cable recommendations were address by the TCF Premises Wiring Working Party, and the revised TCF Premises Wiring Code of Practice is expected to be endorsed by the TCF Board in July 2011.
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TCF Board Approved UFB Standards
The TCF Board endorsed the following documents at the TCF Board meeting held 10 December 2010, these documents are now available for public distribution:
TCF UFB Co-location Service Description;
TCF UFB Co-location Operations Manual; and
TCF UFB Co-location Service Level Terms.
The TCF Board endorsed the following documents at the TCF Board meeting held 11 February 2011, these documents are now available for public distribution:
TCF UFB Ethernet Access Service Description; and
TCF UFB BSS OSS Business Interaction Framework.
The TCF Board endosed the following documents at the TCF Board meeting held 6 May 2011, these documentd documents are now availabile for public distribution:
TCF UFB Intra-LFC Area Access Backhaul Service Description; and
TCF UFB Intra-LFC Area Access Backhaul Operations Manual.
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TCF UFB Standards - Submissions Received
The Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF) received the following submissions that relate to the UFB Co-location Service, UFB Intra-LFC Area Access Backhaul Service, UFB Ethernet Access Service: and the UFB BSS OSS Business Interaction Framework:
The Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF) received the following submissions on the TCF UFB BSS OSS Business Interaction Framework:
Related Information
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[1]‘ NZGovt Ultra-fast Broadband Initiative Invitation to Participate’ Oct 2009 MED