[SIPForum-discussion] SIP Forum and BITKOM to Partner in the Ongoing Development of SIPconnect

Tue Nov 5 15:48:48 UTC 2013

SIP Forum and BITKOM to Partner in the Ongoing Development of the SIPconnect
SIP Trunking Specification

New collaboration expands International support for groundbreaking SIP
trunking initiative that provides framework for achieving widespread
interoperability of network elements between SIP-enabled enterprises and
service provider networks

North Andover, Mass. (November 5, 2013) - The SIP Forum announced today a
new alliance with BITKOM, the Federal Association for Information
Technology, Telecommunications and New Media in Germany, in the development
of the next update to the SIP Forum's SIPconnect 1.1 Technical
Specification.

The SIPconnect Technical Recommendation, which represents the consensus of a
broad cross section of the global telecom community, is one of the most
important initiatives of the SIP Forum, aimed at providing an up-to-date,
international framework for direct IP peering between Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)-enabled enterprises and service provider networks, ensuring
the interoperability of network elements across the IP environment and
providing a level playing field for vendors and service providers as they
develop new equipment and IP applications for deployment. For more
information about SIPconnect, please visit
http://www.sipforum.org/sipconnect.

The formal endorsement of SIPconnect by BITKOM will provide valuable
technical input and peer review by one of the European Union's most
prominent technical associations, and help ensure that the next version of
SIPconnect meets the requirements of BITKOM members. As part of the
agreement, the two organizations will pool requirements as they work towards
an update of their respective SIP trunking specifications.

According to Andrew Hutton, Member of the SIP Forum Board of Directors and
the official liaison between the SIP Forum and BITKOM, "This is a great
opportunity for our two organizations to promote a standardized profile for
SIP Trunking based on the existing SIP Forum SIPconnect 1.1 specification
and to further develop this, so improving interoperability and reducing
costs in the SIP Trunking market."

According to Johannes Weicksel, Head of Communication Technologies &
Intelligent Mobility at BITKOM, "Our new partnership with the SIP Forum in
the evolution of SIPconnect reflects our recognition of the need for
consistent standards in the deployment of SIP trunking on an International
basis. If a company plans on buying a PBX that uses a SIP trunk, it has to
ensure that the equipment is compatible and interoperable with the network
of the provider." 

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About the SIP Forum

The SIP Forum is an International IP communications industry association and
technical community that engages in numerous activities that promote and
advance SIP-based technology, such as the development of industry
recommendations, the SIPit, SIPconnect-it and RTCWeb-it interoperability and
testing events, special workshops, educational seminars, and general
promotion of SIP in the industry. The SIP Forum is also the producer of the
annual SIPNOC conferences (for SIP Network Operators Conference), focused on
the technical requirements of the service provider community. One of the
Forum's notable technical activities is the development of the SIPconnect
Technical Recommendation - a standards-based SIP trunking recommendation
that provides detailed guidelines for direct IP peering and interoperability
between IP PBXs and SIP-based service provider networks. Other important
Forum initiatives include work in WebRTC, SIP and IPv6, User Agent
Configuration, VRS interoperability, NNI (Network-to-Network Interface),
security, and Fax-over-IP interoperability. For more information, please
visit: http://www.sipforum.org. 

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About BITKOM

BITKOM, the Federal Association for Information Technology,
Telecommunications and New Media in Germany, is the voice of the information
technology, telecommunications and new media industry in Germany. BITKOM
represents more than 2,000 companies, of which 1,200 are direct members.
They include nearly all global players as well as more than 800 powerful
small and medium-sized enterprises and a lot of founder-managed creative
companies. BITKOM's members generate an annual turnover of 140 billion Euros
in total, exporting high-tech goods and services worth 50 billion Euros per
year. For more information, please visit http://www.bitkom.org. 

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Marc Robins

President and Managing Director

SIP Forum

 <http://www.sipforum.org/> http://www.sipforum.org

Mobile: 203-829-6307

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