IPCC Initiates New Working Groups Focusing on Top Priority Issues Facing the Industry Today

[March 29, 2004]

IPCC Initiates New Working Groups Focusing on Top Priority Issues Facing the Industry Today

IPCC Service Provide Board, Executive Board and Working Group Members Convene at the Spring VON Show to Begin Work

Santa Clara, CA - March 29, 2004 � In response to service provider members and industry needs, the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) announced its new Working Group initiatives for 2004-2005 today at the Spring VON show. The Working Group members will convene in Santa Clara to begin their work. In addition to the technical documents to be produced by these groups, service provider (SP) interoperability demos are planned on SP Packet Interconnection and SP Application and Services Interoperability.

�We are very pleased to announce our new working groups that have been formed to shape our activities into 2005,� said Michael Khalilian, Chairman and President, International Packet Communications Consortium. �These Working Groups are focused on the issues that our service provider members have told us are most important to them.�

The IPCC announced the following Working Groups:

� The Service Provider Packet Interconnection Group: captures interconnection rules and procedures for public VoIP networks. This group will focus on the challenges of interconnecting VoIP islands nationally and globally.
� The Service Provider Application and Services Interoperability Group: liaises between service providers and other industry forums to accelerate the interoperability and conformance testing of multi-vendor VoIP and packet solutions.
� The Session Boarder Controllers Group: works with vendors and service providers to define security and interconnectivity requirements for VoIP networks.
� The Government and Regulatory Issues/Opinions Group: works with government organizations such as, the FCC, the FBI, the European Union (EU), and the ANSI T1S1 to represent our members needs. The group also provides education and opinions on behalf of our members to governmental bodies such as FCC and FBI/CALEA.
� The Enterprise and Customer Premise Group: works with access providers and vendors to define and establish interconnectivity between the access layer and the core packet transport layers.
� The Industry Resources and Education for VoIP and Packet Solutions Initiative: ensures communications between industry organizations and individual companies in order to foster a better and faster diffusion of services and technology.

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The Working Group topics were mapped out by members of the IPCC�s Service Provider and Executive Boards over the last few months and represent the most challenging issue areas facing the industry today as it evolves the definition to the implementation stage.

The IPCC encourages service providers, vendors and enterprises interested in becoming involved in the association and assisting with the work of these working groups to contact Michael Khalilian, President, at: M.Khalilian@PacketComm.Org. The IPCC will provide updates on the progress of these groups on a regular basis via their web site, www.packetcomm.org, and press releases.

About the IPCC

The International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) is the only industry association dedicated to the rapid adoption of packet communications of all types for next generation networks. The IPCC hosts educational and marketing activities, and produces technical documentation and research to simplify, streamline and accelerate the deployment of VoIP and packet communications. The IPCC membership is comprised of a diverse group of the leading domestic and international wireline and wireless service providers, governmental agencies, standards bodies, solutions providers and enterprises, representing all network elements involved in the next generation network. The IPCC evolved from the International Softswitch Consortium (ISC), the industry�s most longstanding advocate, advancing the maturation of packet-based network technologies and markets, and builds on the groundbreaking work of the ISC. Additional information about the IPCC can be found at www.packetcomm.org.

For additional information contact:
Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates
(203) 532-1339
cathy@cncassocs.com

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