Pulver's SIP Summit Expands Extensive IP Presence at SUPERCOMM 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUPERCOMM 2004 ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004 SUPERCOMM, the world's largest annual all-inclusive exhibition and conference for communication service providers and private network managers, today announced an extensive package of IP-related conferences and exhibits at the 2004 event. SUPERCOMM 2004, which is produced and managed by the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ), will be held at McCormick Place McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. in Chicago, June 20 - 24. A major component of the IP-related programming will be the SIP Summit at SUPERCOMM presented by pulver.com, a leading IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. innovator and industry authority. The Summit begins Monday, June 21, with a daylong SIP tutorial. Conferences, keynotes and breakout sessions will be offered Tuesday and Wednesday. SIP Summit topics include Video and SIP, SIP and the Enterprise, SIP and Security, SIP Working Items Status at the IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force , and many other SIP-related issues. "The SIP Summit will be the place to go if you need to understand the issues affecting the international Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. industry," according to Jeff Pulver, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of pulver.com. In addition to the SIP Summit, pulver.com will showcase FreeWorldDialup, a currently available system that allows subscribers to make free phone calls through any broadband connection using devices that follow Internet standards, and a SIPop! test lab for generally available interoperability tests. Information on the SIP Summit can be found on the SUPERCOMM 2004 website, http://supercomm2004.com/attendees/conferences/SIP.cfm. The SIP Forum will also be presenting a SUPERDemo at SUPERCOMM 2004. "There is tremendous industry interest in IP technologies and issues," said Jack Chalden, SUPERCOMM General Manager, "and that interest will be reflected in every aspect of SUPERCOMM." For example, Chalden explained, IP in general and VoIP in particular rank near the top of the list of 63 solutions pre-registrants are coming to SUPERCOMM to see. Broadband systems is first, followed by VoIP and IP Telephony/Networks, he said. Chalden added that SUPERCOMM exhibitors are also reflecting the growing importance of IP technologies. Specifically, he said, there are currently 59 exhibitors planning to show products in seven IP-related product categories. In addition, SUPERCOMM 2004 will offer more than 50 conference sessions on IP technology and business issues. Free IP-related conference programs include five Industry Update Sessions, three EntNet panels, plus an SIP workshop, Plenary Panels. Keynote speeches. FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Chairman Michael Powell and Commissioner Kevin Martin are expected to address VoIP regulatory issues in separate speeches at SUPERCOMM. In addition to the SIP Summit, IP-related paid education programs include ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. @ SUPERCOMM (VoIP and the Enterprise); IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission Communications Forums (5 sessions on VoIP); and a special half-day EntNet VoIP Tutorial. SUPERCOMM is co-owned by TIA and the US Telecom Association. |
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