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IMTC iNOW! - The Key to Major Market Share The initiative for V/FoIP equipment interoperability

IMTC iNOW! - The Key to Major Market Share The initiative for V/FoIP equipment interoperability. Jim Yu Director of Development ITXC Corp 600 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540 www.itxc.com. IMTC iNOW! Vision. Share voice, fax and data traffic across All

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IMTC iNOW! - The Key to Major Market Share The initiative for V/FoIP equipment interoperability

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  1. IMTC iNOW! - The Key to Major Market Share The initiative for V/FoIP equipment interoperability Jim Yu Director of Development ITXC Corp 600 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540 www.itxc.com

  2. IMTC iNOW! Vision Share voice, fax and data traffic across All IMTC iNOW! Compliant IP telephony platforms and networks regardless of the brand of equipment

  3. What is IMTC iNOW! • Industry initiative to quickly achieve interoperability among IP telephony platforms in advance of all the necessary standards documents being completed • iNOW! is not a standard, but based on standards and the standards process • How did iNOW! come about? • Based on first true interoperability between VocalTec, Lucent and ITXC • Strong, unelicited interest from the vendor community • Supporters • over 40 supporting companies (vendors, service providers, testing facilities) publicly announced short term plans to be iNOW! compliant • iLocus Daily - May 18, 1999 “The (iNOW!) interoperability initiative now boasts nearly 30 supporting vendors. More importantly, the vendors supporting it control some 80-90% of the IP telephony gateway market.”

  4. IMTC iNOW! Supporters (As of July, 1999)

  5. IMTC iNOW! Activity Group Charter • Guide members to build interoperable IP telephony products based on iNOW! Profiles • Provide a forum for technical exchange and to resolve iNOW! interoperability issues • Define test plans by which the member companies can test their products • Support, promote and participate in IMTC and ETSI TIPHON testing events • Consider additional features and a wider scope in future iNOW! Profiles • Encourage companies to adopt the iNOW! Profiles in their products • Work with ETSI TIPHON and ITU-T Study Group 16 to ensure the iNOW! Profile is harmonized with their specifications.

  6. IMTC iNOW! Special Interest Groups • Interdomain Profile/Test Plan SIG • Chair :Boaz Michaely, Vocaltec/Terry Anderson, Lucent Technologies • Terminal Profile/Test Plan SIG • Chair :Vineet Kumar, Intel Corp. • Intradomain Profile/Test Plan SIG • Co-Chairs :Jean Francois Mulé, Clarent/Steven Liu, Cisco

  7. IMTC iNOW! Interdomain Profile • Interdomain interoperability • Gatekeeper to gatekeeper interoperability based on H.225 Annex G. • Outlines choices within H.323V2 and other standards • Support for interdomain model • Peering model • Exchange carrier model • Limited GW-GW Interoperability • Services • Phone to phone • Fax to fax • Terminal to Phone • Phone to Terminal

  8. IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile • Terminal and Phone interoperability • Terminal to phone and phone to terminal interoperability based on H.323 Annex F (SET) and Annex J. • Outlines choices within H.323V2 and other standards • Support for interdomain model • As specified in Interdomain Profile • Services • Terminal to Phone • Phone to Terminal

  9. IMTC iNOW! Intradomain Profile • Intradomain interoperability • Gateway to gatekeeper interoperability based on H.323V2 and other standards (including alt. GK) • Support for interdomain model • As specified in Interdomain Profile • Support for Terminal • As specified in Terminal Profile • Services • Phone to phone • Fax to fax • Terminal to Phone • Phone to Terminal

  10. IMTC iNOW! News • June 7 - IMTC becomes home for iNOW! • IMTC iNOW! activity group established • Focus on enhancing and furthering real world interoperability enabled by the iNOW! Profile • All iNOW! activities to run out of IMTC! • June 15 - The first IMTC iNOW! Activity Group conference call • All companies and iNOW! supporters invited, iNOW! Supporters not IMTC member are requested to join IMTC. Over 30 companies on the call. • Interdomain SIG/Test SIG formed. • June 21 - The first IMTC iNOW! Activity Group meeting • At the IMTC Conferencing over IP (CoIP)/European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) TIPHON interoperability event in Sophia Antipolis, France. • Started Bi Weekly conference calls for Interdomain Profile/Test Cases • July 16 - Announced the formation of Terminal SIG • Based on H.323 Annex F • Started Bi Weekly conference calls for Terminal Profile

  11. IMTC iNOW! News - Cont. • August - SuperOp, 2nd iNOW! AG Test Event (with CoIP) • 1st bunch of iNOW! Compliant equipment being tested • Based on Drafts of Interdomain Profile and Terminal Profile • September 7 - 1st IMTC iNOW! Terminal Demo at VON • Intel/Cisco/Lucent/ITXC demonstrated IMTC iNOW! Terminal/Phone and Phone/Terminal interoperability • October 1 - Terminal Profile and Interdomain Profile Submitted for Activity Ballots • November 4 - Announce the formation of Intradomain SIG • Based on H.323 V2 and alt. GK protocol (part of contributions to ETSI TIPHON) • Complements Interdomain and Terminal Profiles • November 5 - Terminal Profile Passed AG Ballot, submitted for IMTC Ballot • November 8 - Interdomain Profile Passed AG Ballot, submitted for IMTC Ballot

  12. IMTC iNOW! News - Next Step • 11/29 - 3rd iNOW! Test Event - Portland, OR (with CoIP) • 1/7 - Complete Terminal Profile IMTC Ballot • 1/7 - Complete Interdomain Profile IMTC Ballot • 2/00 - Submit Intradomain Profile for AG Ballot • 2/00 - 4th iNOW! Test Event - Sophia Antipolis, France (CoIP/ETSI) • 4/00 - Intradomain Profile submitted for IMTC Ballot • 5/00 - Initial Draft of Interdomain Profile V3.0 submitted for AG discussion, including consolidation of ETSI Tiphon Profiles

  13. Broadening of iNOW! • Enhanced services • New classes of equipment • Next-Gen and IP Enabled Switches • Excel Switching - EXS Media Gateway • Lucent Technologies - Definity • Single Port Gateways • Aplio

  14. Realities • Lack of interoperability is a real problem facing service providers and vendors alike, and is constraining the growth of the V/FoIP industry • Efforts like IMTC prove that the industry is maturing • IMTC iNOW! Profiles provide a framework for interoperability NOW!! • iNOW! offers tangible benefits to equipment vendors and service providers • Vendors are committed to implement to the IMTC iNOW Profiles • iNOW! Is an integral part of IMTC

  15. IMTC iNOW! - The Key to Major Market Share The initiative for V/FoIP equipment interoperability Jim Yu Director of Development ITXC Corp 600 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540 www.itxc.com

  16. IMTC iNOW! Supporter

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