IPCC Initiates New 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 Border 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.