ATIS Welcomes Level
3 Communications as Member Company – Level 3 Chief Technology
Officer Jack Waters Joins ATIS Board of Directors Jack Waters, Level 3’s executive vice president and chief technology officer, has been named to the ATIS board of directors. Waters will also sit on the ATIS Technical and Operations (TOPS) Council, which is addressing as a priority voice-over-IP planning and development. Waters has over 16 years of experience in the engineering and design of Internet-based services. At Level 3, he is responsible for the architecture and deployment of the company’s network and voice technologies. Prior to joining Level 3, Waters held executive positions in the Internet services divisions of both Concert and MCI. “We’re very pleased to have Level 3 join ATIS, and we look forward to Jack’s active involvement on our board,” said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. “Jack’s expertise in both communications and information services and his many years of business experience will be of tremendous value as we move forward with our priority standards initiatives.” “I look forward to representing Level 3 as a member of this esteemed organization of industry leaders,” Waters said. “As telecom providers accelerate the development and rollout of IP-based services, particularly voice over IP, collaboration and communication among decision makers and specialists within the industry will be increasingly critical. The TOPS Council provides a valuable forum, including the opportunity to develop common industry-based standards, elevating the level of quality and reliability of services offered to the marketplace.” Established in 2002 by the ATIS Board of Directors, the TOPS Council assesses strategic technical and operational issues within the industry. Bill Smith, chief technology officer for BellSouth, serves as the council’s chairman. The TOPS Council is currently focusing on five areas it has identified as critically important: voice over IP, mobile wireless services, wide area Ethernet, network security, and data interchange. For more information about the ATIS TOPS Council, contact Tim
Jeffries at ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization
that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical
and operations standards for the communications and related information
technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and
open approach. Over 1,200 participants from more than 400 communications
companies are active in ATIS’ 16 industry committees, and
its Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org Level 3 (Nasdaq:LVLT) is an international communications and information services company. The company operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world, is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers, through its cable and DSL partners. The company offers a wide range of communications services over its 22,500 mile broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, and patented Softswitch managed modem and voice services. Its Web address is www.Level3.com. The company offers information services through its subsidiaries,
Software Spectrum and (i)Structure. For additional information,
visit their respective Web sites at www.softwarespectrum.com
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