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ATIS to Offer Free Technical Presentations at SUPERCOMM 2004

Presentations Feature Ordering and Billing Solutions for VoIP; QoS for Carrier Grade VoIP; and Security for the Converging Network

June 7, 2004, Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions ( ATIS) - the leader in communications standards development - will offer free technical presentations at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago's McCormick Place from
June 22-24. The presentations will be held at ATIS Booth # 12355.

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 will deliver the following live presentations:

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

 10:15 am – 10:45 am
QoS for Carrier-Grade VoIP
Randy Wohlert, Principal Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications

11:30 am - Noon
Service Neutral Frameworks for Data Interchange: Implementation and Advantages
Stephanie Cowart, Manager – Wholesale Operations, BellSouth, Inc.

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Security for the Converging Networks
Stu Jacobs, Verizon

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
The Seven Rules of JIP
Stuart Goldman, Consulting Member Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies

 Wednesday, June 23, 2004
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Wide Area Ethernet
Joe Berthold, Vice President of Network Architecture and Standards, Ciena

11:30 am - Noon
Carrier Grade VoIP Signaling
Bob Hall, Principal Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Wireless Network Convergence
Jack Jachner, Alcatel

 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
E-911 Location-based Services
Jim Nixon, Director, Government Affairs, T-Mobile

About ATIS
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 1,100 participants from more than 350 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 21 industry committees, and its Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org

 

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