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ATIS-sponsored Committee T1 Announces "Signaling for VoIP" Summit
June 12, 2002, Washington, D.C. - ATIS' Standards Committee T1 - the
key developer of communications network interconnection and interoperability
standards - today announced its plans to host a "Signaling for Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP)" Summit, August 13-14, 2002, in Washington, D.C.
The Summit will convene key Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), forums
and international organizations interested in coordinating communications standards
relating to VoIP. VoIP addresses the transmission of voice conversations over
a data network using the Internet Protocol.
"The goal of the Signaling for VoIP Summit is to facilitate the industry's
desire to assure that a coordinated set of standards that support VoIP signaling
in terms of architecture, service requirements, interfaces, gateway functions,
interconnection requirements, security requirements, end-to-end performance
requirements, billing requirements, and protocol interworking is achieved,"
said Ray Hapeman, Committee T1 Chairman.
"The ATIS/Committee T1 VoIP Summit will provide the appropriate venue to
identify and harmonize the standards being developed by numerous SDOs and forums
worldwide," said Susan Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. "It is critical
that wireline and wireless service providers and manufacturers coordinate their
efforts to create universal standards that will lead to a viable, end-to-end
solution for VoIP."
ATIS and Committee T1 will serve as the Summit organizers. Participating organizations
to date include Committee T1; the ATM Forum; the Internet Engineering Task Force;
ETSI TIPHON; the International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication
Standardization Sector Study Groups 9, 11,13 and 16; the International Softswitch
Consortium; the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forum; the Multiservice
Switching Forum; the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP); the Telecommunications
Industry Association Engineering Committees TR 30, 34, 41, and 45; and the Telecommunications
Standardization Advisory Council of Canada.
ATIS and Committee T1 plan to announce the formal VoIP Summit schedule in the
next several weeks following coordination with the participating groups. The
Summit will be held at the Intelsat offices in Washington, D.C. To register
for the Summit, please contact James A. Crandall, ATIS/T1 Director at jcrandall@atis.org.
About Standards Committee T1
Standards Committee T1 develops American National Standards, technical reports and technical requirements for telecommunications services, network interconnection, interoperability, and performance. Committee T1 provides technical input to the United States Department of State supporting U.S. participation in international standards bodies. More than 1,200 telecommunications engineers and technologists bring their expertise to Committee T1's six technical subcommittees. Committee T1 is a founding member of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) group of regional standards development organizations and works closely with the FCC on network reliability issues. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredits committee T1. More information is available by visiting the Committee T1 Web site at www.t1.org. Committee T1 documents are available at the ATIS Document Center, located at www.atis.org.
About ATIS
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a member company organization that is the leader for standards and operating procedures for the telecommunications industry. More than 400 telecommunications companies participate in ATIS' 20 committees, forums, and Incubator Solutions programs, where work focus includes wireline and wireless network interconnection standards, number portability, improved data transmission, Internet telephony, toll-free access, telecom fraud, and order and billing issues, among others. ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit the ATIS web site at www.atis.org.
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