NICC Review ~ 2003

Bill Hawkins

2003 NICC Operational Plan

• Continued “austerity” regime, focus on– Commercial imperatives– Regulatory critical issues

• Oftel - some supplementary resources (consultant support to key areas)

• Studies held in Suspense or Abeyance

NICC Studies in …...

• Suspense:– New Network Technologies– End to End QoS for VoIP

• Abeyance:– Non-Geographic Numbers - Individual

Number Allocation– Status indication of Type3 (UPNV) CLI

Presentation Numbers

Current NICC Studies (1)

• DSL - Spectral Management Plan

• IP Network Interfaces - L2TP

• New Technologies Call Control Protocols (BICC & SIP-T)

• Updating NCOP and NPDS

• Number Portability

Current NICC Studies (2)

• Cross-talk impact of transmission systems installed in private networks

• U.K. telco B2B Trading Platform

• Enhancements to mobile emergency call location data

• GTPS implementation in current networks

Maintenance Studiesfor NICC Standards

• IUP / ISUP / MTP-SCCP Signalling Specifications

• ATM Interconnect Specifications

• SDH Interconnect Specifications

NICC Output 2003 …(1)

• New Copyright & Liability Notice

• All NICC documents republished electronically

• DSL – Updated ANFPs for BT / KCL– Updated MPF Specifications for BT / KCL

NICC Output 2003 …(2)

• Identification of inbound international calls for differential accounting purposes

• Enveloped ISUP specification

• Interconnect Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Adaptation Layer specification

Other NICC Interests in 2003

• ENUM

• B2B Support Systems

• UK ISUP AWG

• Delays in Networks and QoS implications

• MPT1570 issues

• Cion mandate M/313 issues

Looking Forward

• Ofcom era begins - 29th December

• Continuity & support assured

• Business as usual for NICC

• Some details still being resolved– e.g. web-site domain

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