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ATIS will present a Webinar on Thursday, December 10 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST titled: “Environment as an Economic Engine.” During the event, we’ll explore how sustainable business practices can impact ICT companies’ profits. Register for this live ATIS Webinar.
ATIS' Technology Conference at Supercomm has concluded and you can now review presentations here. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to seeing you at our next event.
Facilities Consolidation
The TOPS Council has formed a Task Force to identify the technologies and implementations which present opportunities for facilities consolidation and cost savings. The Task Force is also assessing potential impediments to consolidation, and any regulations that may affect the realization of these solutions.
Policy Management
A Focus Group has been formed to assess network Policy Management standards activities in a multi-carrier, multi-vendor, and multi-network environment. The Focus Group is also performing technical and operational assessments in the areas of Packet Processing, Convergence and Policy Charging Control.
IPTV Interoperability Forum
ATIS, through the IIF, is developing the industry’s end-to-end solution for IPTV. Standards for provision of traditional broadcast over IPTV networks in complete and the IIF is now working on standards for delivering Content on Demand (COD) and targeted advertising.
WTSC Considers Commercial Mobile Alerts Services for LTE
ATIS’ Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee (WTSC) has initiated work on Commercial Mobile Alerts Services (CMAS) for LTE. Materially, this work enables the Federal Emergency Management Agency to accept and aggregate alerts from the President of the United States, the National Weather Service, and state and local emergency operations centers, and then send the alerts over a secure interface to participating wireless providers.
ESIF Launches New Work on NGN Emergency Services
ATIS’ Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF) has undertaken two new issues: Standardization of Request for Assistance Interface (RFAI) Specification, and conveying access subscription and other access information to the PSAP in the context of an IP-originated emergency call.
United State's CTO Addressed ATIS’ Board of Directors
ATIS announced that Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. and Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, was a special guest speaker at its October 20th Board meeting. President Obama named Mr. Chopra the United State’s first Chief Technology Officer in April, 2009. As Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Chopra is charged with promoting technological innovation to help achieve the nation’s most urgent priorities.
ATIS President Named to CSRIC
The Federal Communications Commission recently appointed Susan Miller, ATIS President and CEO, to the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). CSRIC, the successor to the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council, is a federal advisory committee that will prepare recommendations regarding the reliability, operability and interoperability of wireline, wireless, cable, and other voice and data networks.
ATIS Goes Green
ATIS has launched a new web site to update members on our Green Initiative and its work toward environmentally sound practices.
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