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| 3GPP |
| 3GPP
provides a forum for its Partners to co-operate
in the production of globally applicable Technical
Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation
Mobile System based on evolved GSM core networks
and the radio access technologies. Aricent
has been actively contributing and participating
in the 3GPP activities. |
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| European Telecommunication
Standards Institute Membership |
| Aricent was selected as
an associate member of European Telecommunication
Standards Institute (ETSI).
Aricent received the certificate of membership
from Mr. Dieter Kaiser, Chairman of the ETSI
Board. This coveted membership allows Aricent
access to 'work in progress' ETSI documents
and an opportunity to participate in ETSI
technical activities. Aricent also
gains voting rights, thus acquiring a say in the
standardisation process. |
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| International Multimedia Telecommunication
Consortium |
Aricent
is an active member of the Telecommunications
Consortium, Inc. (IMTC)
which is a non-profit corporation comprising of
more than 150 companies around the globe.
Dr. Aloknath De, Director at Aricent
has been chairing IMTC's Voice Coder Activity
Group, headquartered at California. In November
2000, he was elected Vice-President (Asia) by the
IMTC Board of Directors, enhancing his active involvement
in IMTC's new strategic vision and action plan.
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| International Softswitch Consortium |
The International
Softswitch Consortium promotes worldwide compatibility
and seamless interoperability of softswitch operation.
Its members are at the forefront of a technological
and market revolution in the communications service
industry, and it works to advance the worldwide
adoption of next-generation multimedia communications.
Aricent is an active member of the International
Softswitch Consortium and has been regularly contributing
to the worldwide Softswitch consortium activities.
Aricent
led the co-ordination of pre-Interop activities
for the International Softswitch Consortium MGCP
Interop event, held at the University of New Hampshire,
USA. The Aricent Call Agent and Gateway simulator was
successfully, able to interoperate with all the
participating Call Agents. |
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| Internet Engineering Task Force
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The Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF)
is a large open international community of network
designers, operators, vendors and researchers concerned
with the evolution of the Internet architecture
and the smooth operation of the Internet. Aricent
is actively involved with the IETF activities.
Arjun Roychowdhury of Aricent
has submitted an IETF draft on Internet
Personal Applications Control. Internet-drafts are
working documents of the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. |
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| Massachusetts Telecom Council |
| The Massachusetts
Telecom Council is the premier association for
telecom and datacom companies in the Boston area.
Its active members includes most of the telecom/datacom
companies in the area, VCs who invest in such companies,
law firms and accounting firms that deal with clients
in the industry. Aricent is an active
participant in the Massachusetts Telecom Council
activities. |
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| National Convergence Alliance |
| The National Convergence
Alliance (NCA) is an association of product and
service vendors in the convergence industry. The
NCA promotes the features of and benefits for deploying
convergence technologies. Aricent has
been playing a crucial role in the convergence alliance
activities. |
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| New Jersey Technology Council
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| The New
Jersey Technology Council supports and promotes
technology in the state of New Jersey, USA. Aricent
has been working with NJTC in its
technology initiatives. |
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| SIP Forum |
| The SIP
Forum is a non profit association, which provides
information about the benefits and capabilities
that are enabled by SIP. The SIP Forum accomplishes
its mission by posting and generating white papers
and by sharing information between service providers,
product manufacturers and research institutions.
Aricent is an active member of the SIP
Forum. |
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| Sun - JAIN |
| Sun
- JAIN initiative comprises of Sun, along with
its partners, who have developed real applications
using Java in Advanced Intelligent Networks that
operate across multiple hardware and software platforms.
Aricent is a part of the Sun - JAIN initiative.
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| VASA Forum |
| VASA
is a communications industry Forum dedicated to
providing the information, communication service
providers need to develop and deliver value-added
services. VASA is focused on providing independent
evaluation of the distributed network intelligence
and service control concepts applicable worldwide
across PSTN, mobile and IP networks. Aricent
is an active contributor to the VASA Forum
activities. |
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