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TC32 - Business Communications

Scope - Programme of work - Task Groups - Activities - Standards and Technical Reports - TC32 presentation - CSTA - QSIG

Scope:

• To maintain an overall view and strategy for standardization in the field of private/corporate telecommunications and to prepare Ecma Standards and Technical Reports required in this field.
• To monitor and pursue standardization at a global level with regard to ISO/IEC JTC 1 and the international standardization world in general.
• To work together with ETSI within the framework for standardization under the terms of the Co-operation Agreement between ETSI and Ecma, for publication of European standards and technical reports.
• To promote unified international standards.

The field of private/corporate telecommunications includes architecture, service, protocol, interoperability, management and application aspects of Corporate Telecommunication Networks (CNs). CNs include narrowband and broadband Private Integrated Services Networks (PISNs) and private networks based on the Internet Protocol (IP). In particular the field includes the following:

• Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (CSTA) (see TC32-TG11);
• Architecture, service and protocol aspects of narrowband and broadband Private Integrated Services Networks (PISNs) (see TC32-TG14);
• IP-based multimedia communications in a business environment, including interoperability of narrowband and broadband PISNs with IP networks (see TC32-TG17);
• To maintain persistent network presence for sleeping IT devices (see TC32-TG21).

Programme of work:

1. To address requirements and strategic plans for standardization in the field of private/corporate telecommunications, and to align, harmonize and as far as possible remain compatible with standards for public telecommunications as well as standards in related fields.
2. To address and resolve high-level strategic issues affecting the future direction and scope of standardization in the field of private telecommunications.
3. To be responsible for and co-ordinate the planning and work of the Task Groups within TC32. In particular, to review and approve work items of the task groups.
4. To recommend the creation of new task groups as necessary to pursue new and evolving fields of work, and closure of task groups that have accomplished their missions.
5. To review and approve draft Standards and Technical Reports prepared by the task groups for submission to the Ecma General Assembly and onwards submission to ISO/IEC JTC 1, ETSI and other standardization organizations as appropriate.
6. To maintain liaisons with other Ecma TCs working in related fields.
7. To maintain liaison with, monitor and contribute to the work of ISO/IEC JTC 1, ITU-T, ETSI, IETF, and other international, regional and national standards organizations and consortia, to present Ecma proposals and to comment on their proposals.
8. To assist non-standards organizations in getting Ecma Standards developed and further processed, depending on TC members' agreement, and active participation from such organizations.

Chairman

Dr. B. Hammer (Siemens)

Vice-Chairman

Mr. H. Theis (Avaya)

Secretary

Mrs. I. Walch (Ecma)

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