The International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium Approves The IMTC iNOW! Interdomain profile and IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
IMTC's Approval Brings the IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. Industry Closer to Interoperability The International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (body) International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium - (IMTC) A non-profit corporation formed in September 1994 comprising more than 150 companies from around the world. , Inc. (IMTC (International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, San Ramon, CA, www.imtc.org) An international membership organization founded in 1993 as Consortium for Audiographics Teleconferencing Standards (CATS). ) today announced that it has approved two IMTC iNOW! Activity Group profiles - the IMTC iNOW! Interdomain Profile and the IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile for voice and fax over IP services. These profiles provide a standards-based frameworks for implementation of interoperable IP telephony equipment and services. By implementing their VoIP platforms and networks in accordance with these profiles, the vendors and service providers will immediately gain commercially-viable interoperability with other IMTC iNOW!-compliant platforms and networks. The IMTC iNOW! Interdomain Profile is based on International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. )'s H.225 Annex G, H.323, and T.38 standards, and addresses gateway-to-gateway and gatekeeper-to-gatekeeper interoperability for both phone and fax services. The IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile is built on the success of the IMTC iNOW! Interdomain Profile to provide vendors with the blueprint for achieving real world, revenue-generating interoperability between IP terminals and phones. The profile specifies a discrete set of core functionality based on IP telephony standards such as ITU's H.323 standard. Vendors that implement their platforms in accordance with the IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile will gain immediate interoperability with other IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile compliant offerings. The IMTC iNOW! Terminal Profile is based on ITU's H.323 Annex F, H.323 Annex J, H.323 version 3, and H.225.0, and addresses terminal to gatekeeper and terminal to gateway interoperability for both phone to terminal and terminal to phone services. &uot;The IMTC has been a strong supporter of interoperability because of the benefits to the whole industry. The IMTC has been long recognized as the leader in the interoperability area by bringing different vendors together through sponsored interoperability events,&uot; said Matt Collier, president of IMTC, &uot;The IMTC iNOW! Activity Group brings interoperability one step closer to reality by obtaining industry approval for its widely supported iNOW! profiles. IMTC is making these profiles available to the entire industry, and is encouraging the industry to follow them.&uot; &uot;This is a major step forward to bringing interoperability to an industry that up until this point, was not interoperable,&uot; said Andrew W. Davis, Managing Partner at Wainhouse Research. &uot;There has been enthusiastic iNOW! support from companies in the IMTC iNOW! Activity Group and the IMTC was a key factor in making this happen&uot; &uot;The growth of a communication industry depends on the adoption and implementation of interoperability standards,&uot; said Tom Evslin, 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. and Chairman of ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Corp (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ITXC). &uot;This action by IMTC paves the way for even faster growth and quicker end user benefits from Voice over IP. We are looking forward to quick and widespread implementation of the profile from the many companies who have endorsed it.&uot; &uot;Intel is committed to speeding industry growth through standards-based interoperable products, such as those based on the iNOW! profiles,&uot; said Abel Weinrib, Director of the Communications Architecture Lab in the Intel Architecture Labs Intel Architecture Labs, also known as IAL, was the Personal Computer system research and development arm of Intel Corporation during the 1990s. IAL was created by Intel Vice-President Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and Steven McGeady to develop the hardware and . &uot;The iNOW! profiles are an excellent example of how the industry works together enabling the market to quickly provide consumers and businesses with interoperable IP telephony technologies for terminals, gateways and gatekeepers.&uot; &uot;As one of the founders of iNOW!, as well as a pioneer in related efforts, VocalTec has long felt interoperability is critical to the growth of Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. ,&uot; said Elon Ganor, chairman and chief executive officer of VocalTec Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: VOCL VOCL Vault Online Career Library ). &uot;We have been pleased to work on the development of these proposals and are thrilled the IMTC recognizes their importance to the maturation of this industry.&uot; IMTC iNOW!, which stands for &uot;interoperability NOW!&uot;, is a broad-based industry initiative established to quickly provide interoperability among IP telephony platforms. ITXC, Lucent and VocalTec created the iNOW! Initiative in spring 1998 to encourage interoperability between all IP telephony gateways and gatekeepers. In June 1999, iNOW! became an Activity Group within IMTC, where it continues to lead the development of specifications and profiles for IP Telephony Interoperability. Intel joined the IMTC iNOW! initiative in September, 1999 and led the iNOW! Terminal Profile development. Vendors and service providers interested in participating in iNOW! activities should contact Jim Yu, Chairperson for IMTC iNOW! Activity Group, at jyu@itxc.com or visit www.imtc.org. About the IMTC The IMTC is an industry leading non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. involved in developing and testing IP and switched network multimedia interoperability specifications based on open, international standards. Through its formal working groups, the IMTC develops and facilitates specification and standards development, as well as hosts multimedia interoperability testing events and demonstrations throughout the world. Over the past three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time IMTC has hosted more than 40 interoperability events to test T.120, H.320, H.323, H.324 and Voice over IP products and services for compatibility with each other. The San Ramon, Calif.-based consortium comprises more than 150 member organizations from around the globe. Membership is open to any interested party, including vendors of audio, document, and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. hardware and software; communications companies; teleconferencing service providers; end users; academic institutions; government agencies; and non-profit organizations. The consortium's Web site address is http://www.imtc.org . |
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