« The Disconnect of Connectivity | Main | I thought You Said you Want a Revolution... »
January 14, 2008
A Call to Action: Making IP Phones “Just Work”
Your home phones and your cell phones are very easy to diagnose. They either “just work” or they don’t. But when it comes to IP Phones the configuration can be anything but easy. How come it’s so hard to get an IP phone connected to the network? What issues need to be addressed? We will start with implementation issues.
The implementation of standards has been subjective. Standards compliance can be claimed, while still pushing for proprietary implementations. Interoperability tests have been done in a manner that lets compliance be proven in private and leaving the public uncertain as to what is available for use when connecting to network operators. Worse of all network operators have supported plain POTS interconnection, while leaving compliant IP phones beyond the scope of their network configuration.
This webinar is a call to action in the autodiscovery and configuration of IP phones. The assumption is that as a base the use of protocols (such as DIAMETER and TR-162) should enable autodiscovery independent of proprietary information. As a result the device should be configurable with a service provider or proxy server. Interested parties are invited to join the call and work with the rest of the industry to deliver on this vision for IP phones to just work. Our first Birds of a Feather meeting will be March 18th at Spring VON.
This Webinar will be held January 30th at 10:00 AM EST
Posted by carl at January 14, 2008 03:07 PM