ITU Event aims to bring videoconferencing and VoIP to the masses


ITU Joins Forces to Offer Multimedia Directory Workshop


March 1, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is offering a Workshop on ITU-T H.350 (Directory services for multimedia networks). The event is taking place on 24-25 March 2004, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus, Indianapolis, USA.

Why:
Consider how useful it is that telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are increasingly listed together in a user?s on-line directory entry, shouldn?t videoconferencing and VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) connection information be located in these same directories? With the new ITU standard, this will now be possible.

ITU-T H.350 gives ICT managers the ability to manage large numbers of videoconferencing and VoIP users by standardizing the way systems store contact details. The standard simplifies user configuration and provisioning of services making videoconferencing and VoIP available to more people. This workshop aims to educate systems developers and users on the benefits of implementing the new standard.

Who:
Developers of multimedia communications products (e.g. VoIP and IP-videoconferencing gatekeepers, IP-PBXs, softswitches, etc.), network service providers, systems integrators and ICT managers.

For information on how to register, visit:
http://www.vide.net/conferences/h350/register.php

For further information on ITU-T H.350, visit:
http://www.itu.int/newsarchive/press_releases/2003/24.html

About ITU: http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/aboutitu.html