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ATIS A lliance for T elecommunications I ndustry S olutions

ATIS A lliance for T elecommunications I ndustry S olutions. Presentation to NRIC-VI Ross K. Ireland Senior Executive VP - Services SBC Communications Chairman, ATIS Board of Directors September 13, 2002. What is ATIS?.

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ATIS A lliance for T elecommunications I ndustry S olutions

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  1. ATISAlliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Presentation to NRIC-VI Ross K. Ireland Senior Executive VP - Services SBC Communications Chairman, ATIS Board of Directors September 13, 2002

  2. What is ATIS? • A not-for-profit, U.S. based, organization of global communications companies. • Created at divestiture: • Technical standards • Operational Methods • Business Processes • 128 member companies • All industry segments

  3. ATIS and NRIC – Historical Relationship • At the conclusion of NRIC activity: • NRC-1 • Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC) created • NRC -2 • Internetwork Interoperability Test Coordination (IITC) Committee established • ATIS Board members and committee leaders have chaired one or more Focus Groups on each Council.

  4. ATIS Emergency Preparedness and Security Activities Include: • Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) in Next Generation Networks (NGNs) • Electromagnetic Pulse and Physical Stress/Radiation Effects • Priority Access Service for GSM • Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance • Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF) • Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC)

  5. Time For A Change • Proliferation of standards fora and consortia having a negative impact on the industry: • Overlap of work; redundancies • Draining resources (people and dollars) • Fragmented U.S. view in the global arena • Industry standards priorities are not always answered: • Timeliness • Coordinated • Interoperable • Implementable

  6. ATIS Technology and Operations (TOPS) Council • Board level committee created to provide a platform to explore and advance technical and operational initiatives tendered by the ATIS membership. • “Top 20” list of technical and operational issues • ATIS SVoIP Summit – outputs provided to NRIC –VI Focus Group 3

  7. A New Formula for NRIC? • Focus Groups define and steer work to ATIS committees, • ATIS committees do the work. • Reduced start-up time • Industry “experts” already in place • Savings to industry—redundancies reduced/eliminated • “Speed to Market”

  8. How ATIS Can Help • ATIS and its 18 committees continue to support the work of NRIC and stand ready to provide further support to this Council. Public Safety ESIF (Focus Group 1C) Network Reliability NRSC (Focus Group 2) • Operational Standards • E911Wireless/Wireline • PSAP • E911 Capacity • Alert Notification • Monitor/analyze outage data • Establish/reinforce standards

  9. How ATIS Can Help Interoperability NIIF, T1 (Focus Group 3) Broadband T1A1 - Quality Standards (Focus Group 4) T1E1 - DSL Standards T1M1- OAM&P Standards T1P1 – Wireless Standards T1S1 – Signaling Standards T1X1 – Optical Standards • SS7 and VoIP Standards • Network Management Standards

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