1. NICC Review ~ 2003 Bill Hawkins

2. 2003 NICC Operational Plan Continued “austerity” regime, focus on –Commercial imperatives –Regulatory critical issues Oftel - some supplementary resources (consultant support to key areas) Studies held in Suspense or Abeyance

3. NICC Studies in …... Suspense: –New Network Technologies –End to End QoS for VoIP Abeyance: –Non-Geographic Numbers - Individual Number Allocation –Status indication of Type3 (UPNV) CLI Presentation Numbers

4. Current NICC Studies (1) DSL - Spectral Management Plan IP Network Interfaces - L2TP New Technologies Call Control Protocols (BICC & SIP-T) Updating NCOP and NPDS Number Portability

5. Current NICC Studies (2) Cross-talk impact of transmission systems installed in private networks U.K. telco B2B Trading Platform Enhancements to mobile emergency call location data GTPS implementation in current networks

6. Maintenance Studies for NICC Standards IUP / ISUP / MTP-SCCP Signalling Specifications ATM Interconnect Specifications SDH Interconnect Specifications

7. NICC Output 2003 …(1) New Copyright & Liability Notice All NICC documents republished electronically DSL –Updated ANFPs for BT / KCL –Updated MPF Specifications for BT / KCL

8. NICC Output 2003 …(2) Identification of inbound international calls for differential accounting purposes Enveloped ISUP specification Interconnect Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Adaptation Layer specification

9. Other NICC Interests in 2003 ENUM B2B Support Systems UK ISUP AWG Delays in Networks and QoS implications MPT1570 issues Cion mandate M/313 issues

11. Looking Forward Ofcom era begins - 29th December Continuity & support assured Business as usual for NICC Some details still being resolved –e.g. web-site domain

14. Lunch Time !!