ATIS Press Releases

June 23, 2009
ATIS Encourages FCC to Consider Role of Underlying Technical Standards in Developing a National Broadband Plan
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) recently filed comments at the Federal Communications Commission related to the National Broadband Plan.

June 22, 2009
ATIS Releases Emergency Notification Procedure: Outlines Best Practices for Wireline Call Volume Testing
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’, (ATIS) Network Interconnection and Interoperability Forum (NIIF) has published a testing process related to Emergency Notification System (ENS) Call Volume over wireline networks.

June 11, 2009
Bar Code/Standard Coding Committee Renamed Automatic Identification and Data Capture Committee
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced today that its Bar Code/Standard Coding (BCSC) Committee’s name has changed to Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) Committee.

June 10, 2009
Announcing the ATIS Green Webinar: Wireless Network Efficiency
ATIS will present a Webinar titled: “Wireless Network Efficiency.” We will explore key issues on environmentally sustainable solutions necessary to the wireless industry.

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ATIS In The News

June 13, 2009
Green Telecom Live: ATIS Lays Out Green Telecom Creed
The telecoms industry has four main goals when it comes to going green and achieving sustainability, says the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a technical planning and standards development organizations for the industry, who more or less summed it up in its Report on Environmental Sustainability earlier this month...

June 10, 2009
Billing World : Ericsson Proposes New Energy Measurement Standards
Up to half of a carrier’s costs come from energy consumption. So finding new ways to measure and reduce that consumption – and, dare we say it yet again, go green – are always welcome, right? So hopes Ericsson (ERIC)...

June 3, 2009
Telephony Online: ATIS: Policymakers need to understand 'green' ICT
Report says industry should educate government officials more on benefits of telecom and computing on sustainability...

June 1, 2009
Telephony Online: Economy not slowing ATIS
Telecom industry companies, including service providers and equipment vendors, are not cutting back on their participation in ATIS committees and forums in light of the economy, said Susan Miller, president and CEO of the organization, but the method of participation is changing...

June 1, 2009
Telephony Online: Telecom technicians with extensive IP background
IP training is required — and sometimes scarce — as telecom networks evolve away from discrete hardware to software-defined systems...

May 14, 2009
Light Reading Eurpope: Recent Moves in Green Telecom
Not too long ago the telecom service providers, and their suppliers, discovered the virtues of promoting the green face of business...

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ATIS Newsletters - The ATIS Update

June 5, 2009
Spring Newsletter
The mid-point of 2009 serves as a natural reflection point, given the changes the last six months have affected in the communications ecosystem...

March 6 , 2009
Winter Newsletter
Thus far this year, we've found our industry facing the same challenges as the larger economy. Because of that, it is with renewed importance that ATIS continues to undertake work that is timely and value-generating...