Track: Regulation - Sponsored By: Aperio CI
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MythBusters: Debunking VoIP Regulation Myths
(R-01)
| Wednesday - 10/11/06, 10:15-11:00am | VoIP is an exciting new technology that is opening up new markets and overturning ‘business as usual’ for ILECs and CLECs. It is also proving disruptive to the 9-1-1 community and is resulting in new 9-1-1 standards, rulings, timelines for compliance, consumer education issues, and funding issues.
As with any new change, rumors, urban legends, and myths spring up quickly. While none of these urban legends are quite as alarming as the classic “poodle in the microwave,” they can be misleading and confusing. The session will seek to clarify some of the myths and misconceptions that have been encountered from the public safety and VoIP provider community over the last few years. Topics to include: VoIP technology longevity, FCC orders, 9-1-1 solutions — now and future and funding for 9-1-1.
Presented by:
| Jim Shepard
Executive Vice President
HBF Group Inc. / 911 Services |
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The FCC & Reality
(R-02)
| Wednesday - 10/11/06, 11:15-12:00pm | This will be a discussion to update attendees on the progress relative to helping VSPs deploy FCC compliant solutions. With varying state legislative activities that surround VoIP deployment, how can a carrier maintain integrity while complying to the various standards? In addition, attendees will be updated on any pending rulings relative to emerging topics such as applicability of the FCC mandate on IP-PBX operating environments, and transitioning to an operating environment where the device dynamically identifies its location at the time of a 9-1-1 call rather than relying upon subscriber pre-provisioning.
Presented by:
| Mary Boyd
VP of Government and External Affairs
Intrado |
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Regulation for VoIP Providers: What's the Impact on Your Business Plan?
(R-03)
| Wednesday - 10/11/06, 1:00-1:45pm | In the last two years, VoIP providers have been subjected to new regulatory obligations, and there’s no end in sight. Compliance with E-911, CALEA, universal service contribution obligations, new rules governing use of customer information — all of these requirements will impact how you acquire and service your customers in a competitive marketplace. This session will explore cost effective ways to ensure compliance with new regulatory obligations, while protecting the bottom line.
Presented by:
| Staci Pies
Vice President, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs
PointOne | | Ron De Sesto
Bingham | | Carol Mattey (Moderator)
National Leader Regulatory Consulting Practice
Deloitte |
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Technological Solutions Behind the Net Neutrality Debate
(R-04)
| Wednesday - 10/11/06, 2:00-2:45pm | The network neutrality battle pits the content providers — who have what subscribers want — against the access providers who own the last mile to the subscriber. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, Net Neutrality will force service providers to build smarter networks to monetize their services at the session layer or verify they are indeed getting the level of service they are entitled to.
This session takes a technological look at the issues surrounding the Net Neutrality debate and discusses how network operators can deploy new session management technologies that provide a common and intelligent way to exchange, monitor, secure, and bill for sessions (voice, data, and video) that flow through them.
Presented by:
| Clegg Ivey
VP Business Operations and Strategy
Voxeo | | Gaddi Menahem
EVP Product and Business development
MobileMax |
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Are Next-Generation Communications Services a Haven for Terrorists and Criminals?
(R-05)
| Wednesday - 10/11/06, 3:00-3:45pm | The very benefits that converged communications services bring to the general public can be used by criminals. In fact, the “any device, anywhere” nature of next-generation services could be particularly attractive to global crime organizations. Converged services technologies such as VoIP present particular challenges with respect to monitoring criminals’ or terrorists’ communications. Furthermore, IP communications utilizes intelligent subscriber devices that can provide end-to-end encryption of both session-establishment signaling and session traffic. Service providers need to perform surveillance even when end-to-end encryption is in use by subscribers. Compliance with lawful intercept is not optional, and outside of regulatory risk, do providers really want to read headlines about terrorists using their networks?
This session examines the specific communications surveillance issues of the Next-Generation communications networks. By implementing lawful intercept capabilities in next-generation communications networks, service providers can ensure the privacy and security of their subscribers while still providing required government and Law Enforcement Agencies with the tools to combat crime and terrorism.
Presented by:
| Greg O. Welch
Chief Executive Officer
GlobalTouch Telecom |
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