New FCC NOI seeks comment on implementing the SHAKEN Call Authentication Framework, as well as the Commission’s role in the process, to help further secure the Nation’s telephone networks from the scourge of Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing NORTH ANDOVER, MA (July 18, 2017) – The SIP Forum (www.sipforum.org) has announced that the United States…

WASHINGTON, D.C AND NORTH ANDOVER, MA (February 2, 2017) – ATIS and the SIP Forum are pleased to announce publication of the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) specification, a major advancement in industry efforts to mitigate unwanted robocalls and caller ID spoofing. Developed to efficiently implement the IETF’s STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited)…

Updated technical recommendation for SIP trunking interoperability between IP PBX and carrier networks builds upon Version 1.1 and provides broader, more extensive set of SIP interoperability guidelines designed to speed worldwide adoption of IP communications services NORTH ANDOVER, MA (January 24, 2017) – The SIP Forum announced today that it has ratified Version 2.0 of the…

New document details potential impacts to IPv4 SIP implementations when interworking with IPv6 SIP implementations so that SIP application developers can create solutions to handle these cases NORTH ANDOVER, MA (October 20, 2016) – The SIP Forum announced today its SIP over IPv6 Task Group has achieved a significant milestone in its mission to improve the…

University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) to host five-day testing event; Advancing STIR and SIPBRANDY tops agenda NORTH ANDOVER, MA (July 26, 2016) – The SIP Forum has announced that STIR and SIPBRANDY testing has been added to the agenda for the next SIP Interoperability Testing event, SIPit 32, to be held September 12-16, 2016…

Hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), new Testing Program is designed to help ensure adherence to the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation and help accelerate interoperability between SIP-based Enterprise IP-communications equipment and service provider networks NORTH ANDOVER, MA (February 02, 2016) – The SIP Forum announced today announced the launch of the

Proposals now accepted for workshops, panels, speaker presentations and “Birds of a Feather” sessions addressing the deployment of SIP in service provider environments; New SIP Training Day added to agenda; Registration officially opens NORTH ANDOVER, MA (January 14, 2016) – The SIP Forum announced today that it has opened registration and the official Call for Presentations…

Joint task force delivers major milestone with the publication of the first standardized, industry-based, consensus-driven specification designed to achieve IP-based interconnection of service provider networks. NORTH ANDOVER, MA (July 21, 2015) – ATIS and the SIP Forum today announced completion of the first standardized IP-based network-to-network interconnection (NNI) with consensus across North American Service providers. This…

Proposals now accepted for workshops, panels, speaker presentations and “Birds of a Feather” sessions addressing the deployment of SIP in service provider environments; New SIP Training Day added to agenda; Registration officially opens NORTH ANDOVER, MA (February 19, 2015) – The SIP Forum announced today that it has opened registration and the official Call for Presentations…

Important milestone of the effort reached as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler formally recognizes and supports the work; Acknowledgement of network interconnection as “one of the immutable values in the ‘Network Compact’ adds impetus to the task force effort and significantly raises industry awareness” NORTH ANDOVER, MA (November 12, 2014) – The SIP Forum has recently announced…