ITEXPO: SIP Forum Ratifies SIPconnect Version 1.0

Tara Seals
01/24/2008

With SIP trunking rapidly gaining in adoption levels, it is a timely move on the part of the SIP Forum to unveil its newly ratified Version 1.0 of its SIPconnect technical recommendation, a standard which tackles the issues of provider network-IP PBX interoperability.

The ratification, announced this week at ITEXPO, came with the unanimous approval of the SIP Forum Board of Directors.
The SIPconnect initiative uses a standards-based approach to direct IP peering between SIP-enabled IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. It specifies a reference architecture, required protocols and features and implementation rules necessary for seamless interconnection. As SIPconnect was designed to directly tie enterprise customers to VoIP service providers using an end-to-end IP connection, it eliminates the need for a VoIP gateway, improves voice quality and creates a stable foundation for personalized applications and rich media services.

The newly formed SIPconnect 1.1 task group will follow the same IETF-like procedures that were adopted by the SIP Forum Technology Working Group and successfully used by the SIPConnect 1.0 task group.

The formal adoption by the SIP Forum Board of the SIPConnect 1.0 Technical Recommendation is based on recognition that the recommendation has been through credible peer review, including broad membership and significant community review, that it is stable and is well-understood, and that it is believed to have resolved known design choices.

In tandem, the SIPconnect Compliant Program offers equipment manufacturers, software providers and service providers the means to attain SIPconnect Certification by the SIP Forum, as well as enjoy the use of a unique certification mark created by the Forum to ensure interoperability among IP communications equipment, software and services.

SIP Forum www.sipforum.org

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