ATIS:ATIS:New Strategic DirectionsNew Strategic Directions

Susan Miller, President & CEOAlliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions

1200 G Street, NW, #500Washington, DC 20005

+1 202-434-8828e-mail: smiller@atis.org

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ATIS TodayATIS Today• Technical planning and standards development organization

of communications companies.

• Committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide.

• ATIS’ members and committee participants represent a wide cross section of the global communications industry.

• Over 1,100 professionals from 350+ companies. ATIS Member Companies total 196.

• 21 industry standards committees and forums.

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ATIS’ RootsATIS’ RootsDivestiture led to ATIS’ establishment in 1983.

• 1980s -- ECSA added committees/forums as the need arose. FCC refers technical and operations issues to ATIS, rather than address issues itself in many cases.

• 1990s -- ECSA expands membership to include IXCs, then later manufacturers, enhanced service providers, software developers, other sectors. Changes name to “ATIS.”

• Mid- and Late ‘90s -- Boom economy and proliferation of standards consortia. ATIS committee participation grows, membership diversifies.

• Late 2000 to Early 2001 -- Industry in downturn. Sluggish economy, scarce capital, regulatory uncertainty. ATIS launches strategic effort.

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ATIS: A Plan to Move ForwardATIS: A Plan to Move Forward

A Pragmatic, Market-driven Approach to Standards Development:

• Prioritize Standards Work

• End Redundant Efforts

• Coordinate Priorities

• Streamline Processes

Our Goal:

• Produce End-to-End Implementable, Interoperable Standards and Solutions.

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ATIS Board of DirectorsATIS Board of DirectorsBellSouth - William Smith - Chief Technology Officer - ATIS Chair

Ericsson - Dr. Asok Chatterjee - VP, Public Affairs - ATIS First Vice Chair

AT&T - P.J. Aduskevicz - Network Vice President - Network Standards & Disaster Recovery - ATIS Second Vice Chair

Verizon - Paul Lacouture - President, Network Services Group - ATIS Treasurer

Acterna - Helmut K. Berg - President, Telecom Division

ADC - Mike Pratt - President, Wireline Business

ADTRAN - Kevin W. Schneider - Chief Technical Officer

Agilent - Larry Holmberg - Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support

Alcatel USA - Mike Quigley - CEO

BT - Mick Reeve - Group Technology Officer

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young - Kevin Hart - Vice President

CenturyTel - Wayne Davis - Vice President, Corporate Planning

Ciena - Joseph Berthold - Vice President, Network Architecture

Cincinnati Bell - Dennis Hinkel - Senior Vice President Network & Operations

CISCO - Charlie Giancarlo - Senior Vice President, Product Development

Corning Incorporated - Robert B. Brown - Senior Vice President & General Manager

CT Communications - Michael R. Nash - Senior Vice President/COO

D&E Communications - G. William Ruhl - President & CEO

East Otter Tail Telephone - Allen R. Arvig - President

Epic Touch - Trenton D. Boaldin - President

Fujitsu - George Chase - Group President & CEO

Gluon Networks - Frederick Fromm - President & CEO

Harris - Kwame Boakye - Vice President, Technology

HyperEdge Corporation - William Rodey - Senior Vice President - Marketing and Engineering

Intrado - Ray Paddock - VP & General Manager

Juniper Networks - James A. Dolce, Jr. - EVP, WW Field Operations

Leapstone Systems - Richard A. Orriss, President & CEO

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Level 3 Communications - Jack Waters - EVP & Chief Technology Officer

Lucent - Bill O’Shea, President - Bell Labs/CTO, EVP, Corporate Strategy & Marketing

Marconi - David J. Smith - EVP, OSPP & North American Broadband

MCI - Jack Wimmer - Vice President, Network Architecture and Advanced Technology

NEC America - Allen Levine, Vice President

net.com - Craig Forbes - Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

Neustar - John Malone - SVP - Sales & Marketing

NISC - Gerry Fisher - Vice President/Telecom Solutions

NOKIA – William Plummber - VP, External Affairs

Nortel Networks - Greg Mumford - Chief Technology Officer

North Pittsburgh Systems - Al Weigand - Vice President of Operations

nTelos - David Maccarelli - Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Qualcomm - Dr. Mark Epstein - Senior Vice President, Development

Qwest - Balan Nair - Vice President, Technology

Samsung - Dr. Pradeep Samudra - Vice President, Broadband Network Systems Research & Development

SBC Communications - Ross K. Ireland - Senior Executive Vice President, Services and CTO

Siemens ICN - Harald Braun - President - Carrier Networks

Spirent Communications - Dave Gellerman - Vice President - Technology & Corporate Development

Sprint - Loren V. Sprouse - Vice President, Service Operations

Syniverse Technologies - Ed Evans - Chief Executive Officer

T-Mobile - James J. Healy - Vice President, Business Alliances

Tekelec - Charlie Vogt - President, North America/CALA & Global Marketing

Telcordia Technologies - Matt Desch - Chief Executive Officer

Telephone & Data Systems - Rudolph E. Hornacek - Vice President, Engineering

Tellabs - Jeff Schmitz - SVP, Product Line Management

Trendium - Hanafy Meleis - President & CEO

VeriSign - Bruce E. Johnson - SVP, Operations & Engineering

White Rock Networks - Lonnie Martin - President & Founder

ATIS Board of Directors ATIS Board of Directors (cont’d)(cont’d)

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ATIS’ Strategic Review Complete: ATIS’ Strategic Review Complete: Execution NowExecution Now

We Created a New Mission Statement• ATIS is a United States based body that is committed to

rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach.

We Developed a Definition of an ATIS Standard• An ATIS end-to-end standard defines frameworks for

service and performance requirements, interfaces and physical characteristics for technologies, systems, and business processes, and ensures interoperability.

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• Supports prioritized standards work, and the creation of end-to-end solutions.

• Restructure more closely integrates related standards activities across all ATIS Committees.

• Fosters greater communication among subject matter experts.• ATIS Committees now aligned under industry-recognized

universal functions and functional platforms.• More flexible, marketable structure that is more easily

understood from the outside looking in.

We Restructured the ATIS Committees

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• Global reach of ATIS’ standards work increases, strategic efforts recognized internationally, voice of North America.

• ATIS Board modified ATIS Bylaws in October 2003, allowing companies outside U.S./North America to join ATIS.

• BT welcomed to ATIS Membership and ATIS Board in December 2003. Others have indicated strong interest to join.

We Opened Membership to Companies OUTSIDE U.S./North America

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ATIS’ Strategic Review Complete: ATIS’ Strategic Review Complete: Execution NowExecution Now

• Identifies the industry’s most urgent technical and operational priorities.

• Establishes industry Work Plans for needed priority standards work.

• Coordinates priority work in ATIS and among appropriate industry standards groups.

• Provides industry oversight for the successful execution of the priority work, and the creation of end-to-end standards and solutions.

We Established the Technology and Operations (TOPS) Council

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Technology and Operations CouncilTechnology and Operations CouncilProvides a platform to explore and advance technical and operational initiatives tendered by ATIS Members. Provides guidance and leadership to the ATIS Membership on matters of strategic importance. Participation open to all interested Directors.

Bill Smith, Chair, BellSouthP.J. Aduskevicz, AT&TJoseph Berthold, CienaTrent Boaldin, Epic TouchRobert Brown, CorningAsok Chatterjee, EricssonWayne Davis, CenturyTelMatt Desch, TelcordiaCraig Forbes, net.comFred Fromm, Gluon NetworksDavid Gellerman, SpirentCharles Giancarlo, Cisco

Larry Holmberg, Agilent Rudy Hornacek, TDS Bruce Johnson, VeriSignPaul Lacouture, VerizonLonnie Martin, White Rock NetworksHanafy Meleis, TrendiumGreg Mumford, Nortel NetworksBill O’Shea, Lucent Mike Pratt, ADCBill Rodey, HyperEdgePradeep Samudra, SamsungKevin Schneider, ADTRANJack Waters, Level 3

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The TOPS PrioritiesThe TOPS Priorities• Optical Networks:

– Intelligent Optical Switching, Customer Interface, Performance Management, Network Control

• DSL Evolution:– Architecture Evolution to IP Services,

Very-High Rate DSL, Voice Over DSL

• Wireless Evolution:– Enhanced Data-Rate for GSM Evolution,

Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, Defining 4th Generation (4G)

• IP Telecom Network Management:– IP Routing and Traffic Engineering

• Reliability Measurements:– Wireless/Wireline Outages, E911

Accuracy

• Wide Area Storage:– Services to Leverage Transport Capacity

& e-Business Centers

• Numbering:– Number Portability, Telephone Number

Mapping (ENUM)

• Emergency Communications Services for IP:

– 911 Calling via IP

• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA):

– Wireless & Wireline Wiretap

• E911 Evolution:– Phase I & II, Wireless TTY Calling

• Priority Access:– Wireless & Wireline Emergency (Priority)

Calling

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The TOPS PrioritiesThe TOPS PrioritiesTOPS Focus Groups Active on the Five Initial Critical PrioritiesVoice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Bill Smith, Chair, BellSouth:

– Network Architecture, Interoperability, Signaling, Billing, Quality of Service (QoS), Numbering, & Security

Wide Area Ethernet, Joe Berthold, Chair, Ciena:– Direct Fiber Access, Passive Optical Network, Link Level & Service Level

ManagementMobile Wireless Service, Asok Chatterjee, Chair, Ericsson:

– Location Services, Push/Pull Presence, Multimedia, Wireless Internet Protocol (IP)Security Issues, P.J. Aduskevicz Chair, AT&T:

– Network Security• Next Generation Interface

– 802.11 (IEEE Committee for Wireless Networks)• Authentication, Data Encryption

– IP Network Security• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Web services, Firewall

Data Interchange (Billing), Venkates Swaminathan, Chair, Neustar:– IP Data Record (IPDR)/Call Data Record (CDR) Exchange,

VoIP, Provisioning, and Activation

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Execution on the Priorities!!Execution on the Priorities!!• Implementation of work plans approved by ATIS

Board.

• ATIS to introduce work plans to appropriate standards bodies external to ATIS for purposes of coordinating standardization activities.

• Formal agreements in establishment with ATIS and external standards bodies.

• ATIS managing and tracking progress of coordinated work plans and driving completion of end-to-end solutions.

• New round of priorities being considered now.

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ATIS Is....ATIS Is....• Determining priorities to drive technology development.

• Coordinating work to achieve greater efficiency.

• Executing on a plan to get results....

....End-to-end implementable interoperable standards and solutions.