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The adoption of Unified Communications (News - Alert) s SIP trunks within the enterprise is growing because companies want to lower the cost of communication service. The major benefits of this Unified Communications networks helps in improving employee productivity and operational efficiencies.

The SIP Forum (News - Alert), an International IP communications industry association and technical community, has signed a new alliance with BITKOM, the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media in Germany, in the development of the next update to the SIP Forum’s SIPconnect 1.1 Technical Specification. With this agreement, both the organizations will work towards an update of their respective SIP trunking specifications.

With board approval, the SIP Forum has announced the ratification of Version 1.1 of the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation. These recommendations represent the consensus of a broad cross section of the global telecom community.

SIP Forum, also offers an up-to-date, international framework for direct IP peering between Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP)-enabled enterprises and service provider networks while ensuring the interoperability of network elements across the IP environment and providing a level playing field for vendors and service providers as they develop new equipment and IP applications for deployment.

Johannes Weicksel, Head of Communication Technologies & Intelligent Mobility at BITKOM said in a statement, “Our new partnership with the SIP Forum in the evolution of SIPconnect reflects our recognition of the need for consistent standards in the deployment of SIP trunking on an International basis.”

 With the formal endorsement of SIPconnect by BITKOM, it will offer valuable technical input and peer review by one of the European Union’s most prominent technical associations.

Andrew Hutton, Member of the SIP Forum Board of Directors and the official liaison between the SIP Forum and BITKOM said, “This is a great opportunity for our two organizations to promote a standardized profile for SIP Trunking based on the existing SIP Forum SIPconnect 1.1 specification and to further develop this, so improving interoperability and reducing costs in the SIP Trunking market.”