After many years, David Sinicrope has stepped down from the position of IETF Liaison Manager to the Broadband Forum. The IAB would like to extend their sincere thanks to David for his many years of service in this role.

The IAB is pleased to announce the appointment of Xueyan Song as the new liaison manager to the Broadband Forum.

Broadband Forum's work covers the end-to-end broadband service delivery including the Connected User, Broadband Network and Architecture, and the Provider's Cloud. Key standards include User Services Platform (USP/TR-369), an evolution of the TR-069 standard, embedded in billions of devices.

The IETF process for managing liaison relationships is detailed in RFCs 4052, 4053, and 4691.