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Bringing the Telecommunications Industry Together ATIS

Bringing the Telecommunications Industry Together ATIS The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions 1200 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 202/628-6380 Fax: 202/393-5453 www.atis.org. What is ATIS?.

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Bringing the Telecommunications Industry Together ATIS

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  1. Bringing the Telecommunications Industry Together • ATIS • The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions • 1200 G Street, N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20005 • Phone: 202/628-6380 • Fax: 202/393-5453 • www.atis.org

  2. What is ATIS? • A member organization of U.S., North American and International telecommunications companies • The sponsor of fifteen critical industry committees, which address the most pressing technical, operational issues affecting telecom facilities and services. • ATIS’ sole purpose is to provide an open, established environment where the industry reaches consensus on technical, operational, and business issues.

  3. What is ATIS? ATIS produces telecommunications... • standards • guidelines • operating procedures • verification testing . . .that provide innovative responses to complex industry problems. . . .that speed new telecommunications products and services to market.

  4. What is ATIS? • ATIS activities involve 3,000+ participants from 400+ telecommunications companies. • ATIS member companies and committee participants represent every segment of the industry.

  5. What is ATIS? • ATIS Member and Committee Representation: • Local Exchange Carriers • Wireless Carriers • Manufacturers of Equipment and Supplies • Internet Service Providers • Competitive Local Exchange Carriers • Software Developers • Data Local Exchange Carriers • Interexchange Carriers • Resellers • Operations Support Systems Providers • Consulting Companies

  6. Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology (IFAST) Internetwork Interoperability Test Coordination (IITC) Committee Committee T1 Network and Services Integration Forum (NSIF) Telecommunications Industry Forum (TCIF) Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC) Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC) Standards Committee O5 Protection Engineers Group (PEG) Data-Aware Transport Activity (DATA) Generic Requirements Users Group (GRUG) Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Network Interconnection Interoperability Forum (NIIF) Ordering & Billing Forum (OBF) Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee (TFPC)

  7. ATIS Committees Address Critical Industry Issues Interoperability Testing Best Practices Electronic Communications Standards Development Technical Requirements Ordering, Billing and Provisioning ATIS Committees & Forums Network Operations Interconnection Network Reliability Wireless Numbering Electrical Protection Telecommunications Fraud Generic Requirements

  8. ATIS’ Relationships Facilitate the Work of Its Committees ITU CTIA IETF NANC ETSI CITEL (S. America) FCC ANSI Department of Commerce ATIS U.S. Congress NIST USTA U.S. Dept. of Defense IPDR U.S. State Department TIA (U.S. Manufacturers) TTC/ARIB (Japan) TTA (Korea) TMF COMPTEL ALTS

  9. What Makes ATIS Unique? • Not a trade association/lobbying group • Formed in 1984 as an industry initiative to develop technical requirements, guidelines and operational standards procedures • Open to all sectors of the industry • Market driven, standards developer • Fosters a public/private partnership that assists regulatory bodies thereby minimizing regulatory intervention • Openness, Fairness, Speed are “Core ATIS Values”

  10. Core ATIS Values “Core ATIS Values” are mutually-agreed upon principles that allow an increasingly diverse and competitive industry to find common ground and determine only the most appropriate solutions for the industry.

  11. Core ATIS Values Fair and Open Processes • Nondiscriminatory through Fair Rules • No Favoritism of Technology, Position or Result • No Favoritism Among Industry Groups or Individual Firms

  12. Core ATIS Values Value of Fair and Open Processes • Enhance Industry Communication • Promote Understanding of Technical and Business Concepts • Provide More Opportunity for Constructive Inputs • Permit Faster, Efficient Coordination of Network Advances • Ensure Development of Better and Faster Services

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