May 16, 2007
Ubiquitous Open Platform Forum
UOPF Makes a New Start to Promote Outcomes
Ubiquitous Open Platform Forum (UOPF) has been working to establish an open common standard that provides user-friendly, easy, and safe information appliance powered by broadband regardless of the specific ISP or consumer-electronics manufacturer. UOPF has released outcomes, such as technical specifications and reference guides, brought about by the effort. After we at UOPF extended our activities in 2006, we achieved the desired objectives for 30 outcomes (22 technical specifications and 8 reference guides), and we have released the outcomes at the forum home page:
Site: UOPF official site: http://www.uopf.org/
Any corporate body or individual can apply for information on the official site.
As the result of discussions about future directions in the forum, the latest UOPF general meeting (April 19, 2007) approved the extension of forum activities for another two years (until 2008). The new goals decided at the meeting are the following:
- To provide the outcomes that UOPF has established to each company so that each can promote the outcomes in the business phase*
* Realization of product ideas and services - To release the outcomes so that everyone can use them to work on the Ubiquitous Open Platform
- To establish a new organization** to support the activities mentioned above
** Organization consisting of members who have copyrights of the
outcomes; copyrights are necessary to maintain and manage
the outcomes
As we have already reported, in conjunction with participation in the Home Networking Work Group (HNWG) in the Next Generation IP Network Promotion Forum as an observer, UOPF continues to promote forum outcomes.
Ubiquitous Open Platform Forum (UOPF)
UOPF was established by a group of 14 ISPs and consumer-electronics manufacturers on February 10, 2004. The aim was to provide user-friendly, easy, and safe Information appliances powered by broadband regardless of specific ISP or consumer-electronics manufacturers from the user’s perspective and to create a new market. UOPF goals are as follows:
- To establish ubiquitous open platform (open common standard)
- To discuss the cooperation frame between users and application/contents providers to improve convenience for users
<Contact for inquiries>
Administration Office, Ubiquitous Open Platform Forum
Email : info@uopf.org
http://www.uopf.org/
