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William L. Smith, BellSouth CTO, To Highlight Service Provider Vision at "Signaling for VoIP" Summit
July 12, 2002, Washington, D.C. - William L. Smith, President - Interconnection
Services & Chief Technology Officer for BellSouth Telecommunications, will
be among the participants at the "Signaling for Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP)" Summit to be held August 13-14, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The Summit,
organized by ATIS and its sponsored Standards Committee T1, will convene key
domestic and international Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and Forums
interested in coordinating communications standards and other requirements relating
to VoIP.
Smith, who is responsible for setting the technology direction of BellSouth's
core infrastructure and managing the sales and marketing of BellSouth's wholesale
products, will moderate a panel discussion entitled, "Service Provider
Vision," on Day One of the Summit. The panel will bring together executives
from some of the largest wireline and wireless carriers to discuss their expectations
and requirements for the deployment of IP-based voice services.
Upon completion of the Service Provider Vision session, technical sessions will
convene to feature work underway in SDOs and Forums, including the ITU-T, IETF,
Committee T1, and TIA. During these sessions, leaders from twelve SDOs and Forums
will identify and discuss their needs and requirements surrounding VoIP, including
collaborative efforts underway within their regions to achieve international
harmonization.
In addition to Committee T1, participating organizations to date include the
ATM Forum; the Internet Engineering Task Force; ETSI TIPHON; the International
Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector Study Groups
11, 12, 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; the IPDR Forum, and the ENUM Forum.
The "Signaling for VoIP" Summit agenda and registration are available
at www.atis.org. The Summit will be held at
Intelsat offices in Washington, D.C.
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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