First Successful Super-Fast Broadband Interoperability Test Complete, CableLabs Says

Six tech companies completed the first successful interoperability test of the latest super-fast broadband specification, said CableLabs, developer of the DOCSIS 3.1 spec. Such products can deliver up to 10 Gbps on hybrid fiber-coax networks, CableLabs said in a Tuesday news release. The interop event included providers of cable modems, it said. "To keep up with the rate of development and accelerate product maturity, CableLabs will be facilitating a series of interop events building up to the certification program that will be open for submissions in 2015." Names of participating companies weren't disclosed. "Since this was CableLabs first interop for DOCSIS 3.1," emailed a spokesman Tuesday, "we wanted to respect vendor neutrality and so have not named the companies which participated."