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ATIS to Offer Free Technical Presentations at SUPERCOMM 2003

Presentations Feature Voice over IP; Wireless E911; Emergency Telecom Services (ETS)

May 22, 2003, Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) - the leader in communications standards development - will offer free technical presentations at SUPERCOMM 2003 in Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center from June 3-4. The presentations will be held at ATIS Booth # 22267.

The ATIS Booth presentations will feature technology experts who will identify technical and operational challenges within the communications industry, and how the industry is resolving them through ATIS' standards activities. Representatives from ATIS committees, including Standards Committee T1, the Telecommunications Industry Forum (TCIF) and the Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF) will deliver the following live presentations:

Tuesday, June 3

10:00 AM "Voice over IP End-to-End Quality of Service Considerations," by Bob Hall, Principal Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications, and T1S1 Chairman; and Randy Wohlert, Principal Member of Technical Staff SBC Communications, and T1A1 Chairman

11:30 AM

"JIP for Roaming Subscribers and Mission Critical Homeland Security Work," by Stuart Goldman, Consulting Member Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies

1:00 PM "Recent Developments in Mechanizing Intercompany Data Interchange,"
by Debbie Stipe, Sr. Manager, OSS Interconnection Practice, Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young, Telecom Media Networks, and TCIF Chair

3:00 PM

"Ipv6 - An Enabler of Mobile Applications," by Kennie Kwong, Lead
Member of Technical Staff, Core Network Standards, Strategic Planning
And Network R&D, Cingular Wireless

Wednesday, June 4

10:00 AM

"Standards Challenges and Considerations for Emergency
Telecommunications Services (ETS),"
by Randy Wohlert, Principal
Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications, and T1A1 Chairman

11:30 AM "Homeland Security's Lawful Intercept Challenges Facing the
Industry,"
by Ron Ryan, Senior Manager for Network Standards,
Nortel Networks

1:00 PM

"The Challenges of Wireless E911," by Jim Nixon, Director,
Government Affairs, T-Mobile, and ESIF Chair.

About ATIS

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a U.S.-based 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. www.atis.org

 

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