he SIP = Forum Announces FCC Chief Technology Officer

Henning Schulzrinne Keynote Speaker for SIPNOC US = 2012

SIP Visionary Schulzrinne to address the worldwide = service provider community on SIP technology and opportunities facing = the IP communications industry

NORTH = ANDOVER, MA (March 5, 2012) - The SIP Forum announced today Federal = Communications Commission (FCC) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Henning = Schulzrinne as the keynote speaker for the second annual SIP Network = Operators Conference (SIPNOC), being held at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in = Herndon, VA, June 25-27, 2012.

SIPNOC US = 2012 will host an international audience focused on the operational and = technical aspects of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in service = provider networks and issues critical to the reliable and successful = deployment and operation of SIP-based services in carrier networks. The = agenda will feature special presentations, panel discussions and = workshops covering key topics by network operators related to SIP-based = services and infrastructure, including testing, application development, = SIP trunking, FoIP, call routing and peering, troubleshooting and = monitoring, emergency services and more. The event website is located at = www.sipnoc.org.

“I’m = excited to be able to talk about the challenges and opportunities of = moving to an all-IP network to this international audience of network = operational and technical professionals,” said Schulzrinne. = “As part of my participation in SIPNOC US 2012, I hope to gain a = richer perspective on the future of SIP-enabled communications among = service providers.”

“The = SIP Forum is delighted to have Henning keynote this year’s SIPNOC = event,” said Richard Shockey, Chairman of the Board of the SIP = Forum. “Henning is universally acclaimed as the Father of the SIP = standard. We have come a long way since the first SIP specification was = adopted in 1999, and we still have much work to do. We look forward to = hearing Henning’s insights on where we are headed.” =

As CTO of the FCC, Schulzrinne guides the = organization’s work on technology and engineering issues, together = with the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology. He advises on = matters across the agency to ensure that FCC policies are driving = technological innovation, including serving as a resource to FCC = Commissioners. Schulzrinne joined the FCC in 2010 as an = Engineering Fellow.

Schulzrinne = serves as Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and = Computer Science and Professor of Engineering at The Fu Foundation = School of Engineering at Columbia University. Over the course of = his career, he has published more than 250 journal and conference papers = and more than 70 Internet Requests for Comment (RFCs) – working to = shape the key protocols for enabling voice-over-IP (VoIP) and other = multimedia applications, including the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) = which have become Internet Standards. His research interests = include Internet multimedia systems, applied network engineering, = wireless networks, security, quality of service, and performance = evaluation.

“Mr. Schulzrinne is one of the key architects of = the SIP standard, and a leading mind in the IP communications = industry. We are simply thrilled to have him take part in this = year’s SIPNOC event,” said Marc Robins, SIP Forum President = and Managing Director.

SIPNOC US = 2012 will build on themes first discussed at last year’s inaugural = event: addressing issues critical to the reliable and successful = deployment and operation of SIP-based services in carrier networks and = the opportunities that come with it. Among the topics expected to be on = the agenda at this year’s conference are SIP trunking = interoperability and the SIP Forum’s recently ratified SIPconnect = 1.1 technical specification that provides a definitive and standardized = set of guidelines for seamless, end-to-end interoperability between = SIP-enabled IP-PBXs and service provider networks. Other themes to be = discussed include Fax over Internet protocol (FoIP) interworking, = implementing SIP with IPv6, and the sharing of best practices for the = utilization of Wireshark for network diagnostics within IP network = environments.

Attendees at = SIPNOC US 2012 will include engineers and network architects from = telecommunications providers, major backbone operators, interconnect and = wholesale solution providers, ISPs, cable operators, wireless network = operators as well as large enterprises deploying major SIP initiatives. = At last year’s SIPNOC 2011, informational presentations were made = by a number of professionals from organizations such as Comcast Cable, = Cox Communications, Sprint Nextel, CableLabs and the Internet = Engineering Task Force (IETF). Dr. Douglas C. Sicker, Chief Technologist = at the Federal Communications Commission, provided the keynote speech. =

For more information about SIPNOC US 2012, please = visit www.sipnoc.org or send an email to sipnocinfo@sipforum.org. =

Registration for SIPNOC US 2012 is now open, and for a = limited time attendees can take advantage of a special $100 discount off = the regular registration rate by entering code = “sipnocus12100” on the initial registration page. = Click here to register or visit = http://www.regonline.com/sipnocus2012.

ABOUT THE = SIP FORUM

The SIP Forum is an IP = communications industry association that engages in numerous activities = that promote and advance SIP-based technology, such as the development = of industry recommendations, the SIPit interoperability and testing = events, special interoperability workshops, educational seminars, and = general promotion of SIP in the industry. One of the Forum's = notable technical activities is the development of the SIPconnect = Technical Recommendation -- a standards-based recommendation that = provides detailed guidelines for direct IP peering and interoperability = between IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. The SIPconnect = Compliant Certification Program is an associated program through which = eligible companies can gain SIPconnect validation and the right to = license the use of the SIP Forum's 'SIPconnect Compliant' certification = mark -- the official brand of the leading standard for SIP Trunking = products and services. Other important Forum initiatives include work in = Fax-over-IP interoperability, User Agent Configuration, video = interoperability, and SIP and IPv6. For more information, please visit: = http://www.sipforum.org.

Richard = Shockey
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Chairman of the Board of Directors SIP = Forum
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