1. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Susan Miller, President & CEO, ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) Update Document No: GSC16-PLEN-87 Source: ATIS Contact: Susan Miller, smiller@atis.orgsmiller@atis.org GSC Session: PLENARY Agenda Item: 4.2

2. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of ATIS Activities ATIS’ objective is to develop technical and operational solutions – standards, business use cases, best practices, requirements, road maps, definitions, interoperability tests, market analyses, technology/policy positions, etc. ATIS places an emphasis on its members’ market-driven priorities – at the intersection of business and technology. –Led by a senior executive Board of Directors, its Technology and Operations (TOPS) Council, and its CIO Council. –Business opportunities to be realized and business challenges to be solved sets the priority agenda. 2

3. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Evolving Our Approach – Moving to delivering output in concert with business needs for priority work. –Tight time frames with parallel interoperability needs addressed – fast tracking more the norm; –Smaller development groups with greater range of expertise; –Engagement of business organizations with more emphasis on business value; and –“Launch and adjust” – evolutionary approach. Landscape Teams -- to Focus Groups -- to Output Development 3

4. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Cloud Services -- Forum Launches Network Optimization -- Focus Group Report completed. Consolidation and Convergence -- Task Force Report completed. IP Downloadable Security -- “Incubator” wrapping up with downloadable security solution specification completion. Launching Work on: – Over The Top Services – eHealth –Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Transition –Cyber Security –Unifying Client Architecture 4

5. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Cloud Services Forum (CSF) Launches in February 2011 –Definition of cloud services, functional usage scenarios, and service enablers. –Interconnected cloud services and how service providers can leverage their core network and service attributes. First Priority Use Cases: –Content Delivery Network-Interconnection –Telepresence – interworking of at least 2 systems in multiple carrier domains and across 2 different supplier TP systems plus 3 other use cases to define the ultimate service architecture. –Virtual Desktop –Virtual Private Network 5

6. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Completed Network Optimization Focus Group ReportNetwork Optimization Focus Group Report –Recommendations to help networks become more efficient at handling traffic growth while maintaining a high quality of experience for end-users: How and when traffic is routed, policed shaped, and prioritized –Examined a wide range of network optimization use cases, identifying the required service capabilities, various implementation options, and regulatory considerations. Included such optimization functions as caching, TCP optimization, signaling proxies, video rate adaption/compression, buffer management techniques, etc. 6

7. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Consolidation and Convergence Task Force Report –Outgrowth of ATIS’ effort on facilities consolidation –Considers consolidation in the environment of moving towards next generation networks – assessing the business drivers and technologies for consolidation. Included: The implications of the “Next Gen CO”; Multi-vendor support once COs are consolidated; Managing a consolidated network; and Regulatory impacts. – 7

8. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities IP Downloadable Security Incubator –Mission: development of an internal, network-delivered downloadable security solution (DSS) for IPTV, including technical specifications related to DSS. –Effort extended to the “three screen experience”, mobile device applications, HTML.5 content, and MPEG-4 delivery. –Specification to be submitted to ATIS’ IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) to standardize. 8

9. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Over the Top (OTT) Services –Focus and support service provider interoperability and integration. –Assess how to integrate OTT as a wholesale offering. –Develop an interworking architecture for OTT services. –Target services will include VoIP Interop, Video, Chat, and Gaming eHealth –Determine how the industry will address eHealth issues from a service provider perspective. –Assess the privacy/security concerns and develop relevant security classes for data. –Develop industry best practices/guidelines for deploying eHealth services. 9

10. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities PSTN Transition –Understand what the new network should do and what it will consist of, including what components from the old network will be on the new network. –Understand the regulatory implications of rolling out the new network -- specifically for VoIP and OTT providers. –Identify security issues. Cyber Security –Create a Cyber Security architecture to define the role of security as a foundational enabler that will provide a platform for service delivery from the mobile device/CPE, virtualized network edge, and/or the Data Center/Cloud. –Understand White House requirements on Cyber Security and identify next steps for ATIS members. 10

11. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of 2011 ATIS Activities Unifying Client Architecture –Identify common features exposed by devices and operating systems to application clients. –Determine information to be included in APIs for these features. –Develop a framework architecture to provide a hardware- agnostic view of device functionality. 11

12. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Observations and Direction The pace of innovation, the need for business relevance, the speed of the output’s delivery is more important than it has ever been to ATIS members. The integration of network and IT are happening and will enable companies to provide services with an interoperable, media-rich, service-oriented network. The standards landscape is shifting: greater value received from “standards for business sake.” Re-invention of how we develop standards will be essential. 12

13. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Observations and Direction Reshape and rethink the “new networks” – many new forces in play. –Traditional telephone – now moving towards all IP -- offering media and entertainment. –IPTV, 3D TV, “TV Everywhere” and Holography. –IMS, Web 3.0 and IPv6. –Broadband Everywhere. –Mobility is here – new devices, services, and capabilities. 13