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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA:  03-  2860 
 RELEASED:  September  9,  2003 


 Tutorial  on  Technical  Challenges  Associated  with  the  Evolution  to  VoIP 


 The  FCC’s  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  is  sponsoring  a  tutorial  on  Technical  Challenges  Associated  with  the  Evolution  to  VoIP  on  September  22,  2003  from  1:  00  pm  to  3:  00 
 pm  in  the  Commission  Meeting  Room  (TW-  C305),  445  th  12  th  Street  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
 Presentations  will  be  made  by  Susan  Spradley,  President,  Wireline  Networks  and  Alan  Stoddard,  General  Manager,  Carrier  Next  Generation  Networks  of  Nortel  Networks. 


 The  subjects  to  be  discussed  include  an  overview  of  IP  telephony  which  will  include  how  digital  telephony  has  evolved  form  circuit  based  to  packet  based  switching,  the  routing  of  information 
 through  the  packet  network,  provision  of  voice  and  IP  communication  services  on  a  single  data  network,  network  engineering  rules  and  parameters,  various  transition  models  to  IP  telephony. 
 This  tutorial  will  conclude  with  a  discussion  of  how  business  models  for  service  providers  and  end  users  must  transition  as  well. 


 There  will  be  a  question  and  answer  session  after  the  presentations  have  been  completed. 
 The  public  is  invited  to  attend,  no  reservations  are  necessary.  For  additional  information,  please  contact  Young  Carlson  at  202-  418-  2427,  TTY  202-  418-  2989,  Young.  Carlson@  fcc.  gov. 


 This  tutorial  will  be  available  over  RealAudio  through  the  www.  fcc.  gov/  realaudio  website.  Closed  captioning  will  also  be  available.  Videotapes  of  the  tutorial  may  be  purchased  from  the 
 FCC's  contract  copier,  the  CACI  Productions  Group,  341  Victory  Drive,  Herndon,  VA  20170  (telephone:  703-  834-  1470). 
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