ATIS Experts to Share Insights at TelcoTV 2010

October 29, 2010, Washington, D.C – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is pleased to announce that leading industry experts from its IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) will be sharing their knowledge at TelcoTV 2010. TelcoTV 2010 is scheduled for November 9 – 11, at the Venetian Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Steven Wright, AT&T, Chair of the IIF, will present the opening keynote on November 9th. The keynote, IPTV Innovation, Investment, Standards and Interoperability, will examine IPTV’s transformational capabilities, and the underlying investment and standards which make them possible.

ATIS IPTV experts will also be participating in an IIF Town Hall, also scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th. The Town Hall will allow the IIF’s Working Groups’ Leaders to provide updates on the IIF's work, and field questions from the audience in an open, conversational format. Dan O’Callaghan, Verizon, IIF Vice Chair, is scheduled to moderate. The following IIF Leaders are also scheduled to participate: Randy Sharpe, Alcatel Lucent, Co-Chair, IIF Architecture Committee; Madjid Nakhjiri, Motorola, Co-Chair, IIF IPTV Security Solutions Committee; Kinney Bacon, Cisco, Co-Chair, IIF Metadata Committee; Ken Kerpez, Telcordia, Co-Chair, IIF Quality of Service Metrics Committee; and Jayne Jacobs, Motorola, Co-Chair, IIF Testing and Interoperability Committee.

Additionally, Michael Hluchyj, Verivue, ATIS IPTV Interoperability Co-Editor, will be presenting a session titled IPTV Content on Demand Service Architecture on Thursday, November 11th.

ATIS is also a Supporting Association for TelcoTV 2010. For more information on TelcoTV 2010, please visit: TelcoTV 2010.

About TelcoTV:
TelcoTV is the only major North American event designed to help telecom service providers explore all their options while remaining focused on the bottom line. It provides a forum for frank discussion of these challenges and the current video services market. The conference sessions are packed with expert advice and commentary from industry experts and industry peers who are making video services work.

About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 18 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Home Networking, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org. www.atis.org.