Home Gateway Initiative
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The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) is nonprofit organization launched by a number of telephone companies (Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KPN, Teliasonera, NTT, Telefonica, Telecom Italia) in December 2004 to provide a place where operators, content providers, service providers and manufacturers can discuss the key specifications and standards of home gateways. Several manufacturers have also joined the alliance.
The HGI's aims include the following:
- Release specifications of the home gateway.
- Boost the market of home communication services to the millions of broadband customers served by its founding members.
- Improve the interoperability of gateways with home devices.
The initiative will build on the work of existing bodies (such as the ITU, DSL forum, DLNA and OSGi Alliance) and will contribute to appropriate standards bodies such as the ITU-T.
