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ATIS Announces Publication of "Signaling for VoIP" Summit Report
September 27, 2002, Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) - the leader in communications standards development - today announced publication of the "Signaling for Voice over Internet Protocol Summit Report" (SVoIP Summit Report) detailing the content of all presentations made at the August 13-14 Summit. The report, prepared by ATIS and its Standards Committee T1, also contains a full compilation of all VoIP work underway in the twelve Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) that participated in the Summit.
The SVoIP Summit provided the technical and business requirements of the leading telecommunications carriers as presented by Bill Smith, Chief Product Development & Technology Officer, BellSouth; Eva Low, Vice President for New Technology Introduction, SBC Communications; Dr. Eberhard Wunderlich, Labs Development Vice President for AT&T; and Dennis Francis, Vice President for Development, Nextel.
The technical sessions during the Summit stimulated interchange between participating SDOs to encourage a coordinated set of standards for deployment of toll-quality VoIP on multiservice IP-based networks in terms of architecture, service requirements, interfaces, gateway functions, interconnection requirements, security requirements, end-to-end performance requirements, and protocol interworking. In addition to addressing the work plan surrounding VoIP for specific participating SDOs, the Summit explored views on the broader questions for the standardization process.
ATIS and its Committee T1 believe that ongoing collaboration by each of the participating SDOs will be essential to deployment of VoIP services. The SVoIP Summit report contains a matrix of standards work in progress, and additional information provided by each participating organization that all participants will use as ATIS, its Committee T1, and the twelve participating organizations in the SVoIP Summit proceed with efforts to standardize deployment of carrier-quality VoIP service. ATIS intends to update the report's work in progress matrix three times a year.
The SVoIP Report can be purchased for $100 and the summit presentations CD-ROM can be purchased for $150. Both are available via the ATIS Document Center at www.atis.org/atis/docstore/search.asp?doc_name=SVoIP.
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' 18 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.
About Standards Committee T1
ATIS' 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.
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