Develop and maintain a knowledge base for identifying regulatory and legal challenges for use by regulators, legislators, the members of the Global IP Alliance and their clients and users of IP-enabled communications.
Disseminate pertinent legal and regulatory information to assist IP-enabled communication users and providers in promoting the growth of usage of IP-enabled communications.
Recent efforts include the establishment of the following resources:
Continue updating and evolving principles to guide the behavior of IP-enabled entities to demonstrate to governments that the IP-enabled communications service and application providers are capable of and committed to self-governance.
Implement the principles by establishing subgroups to develop relevant guidelines (with the assistance of engineers and other industry experts), by supporting these guidelines throughout the industry (including at industry fora), and by holding discussions with government officials around the world.
Contribute to the interoperability work in other organizations, such as in industry test labs, in the SIP Forum and other interoperability entities.
Identify problems that might be plaguing the IP-enabled communications industry and interface with appropriate authoritative bodies to develop solutions.
Identify industry groups and other entities attempting to solve commercial, technical, operational and social issues related to IP-enabled communications implementation and interconnection.
Serve as the international hub or liaison for the disparate industry groups and other entities worldwide attempting to resolve commercial, technical, operational and social issues related to IP-enabled communications implementation and interconnection.
Next Annual Meeting of the Global IP Alliance: September 19, 2005 (at Fall VON – Click Here)
