The International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC), which is dedicated to the development of the market for all products, services, applications and solutions that utilize packet-based communications, elected its new Board of Directors:
- Michael Khalilian, IPCC Chairman; CTO, NTT/Caerus
- Matt Collier, IPCC Treasurer; Senior Vice President, Enhanced Services, Level 3 Communications
- Martine Lapierre, Chief Technology Officer/Vice President Mobile Communications Group, Alcatel
- Doug Wadkins, Senior Manager of Customer Solutions, Cisco Systems
- John Falzon, SAIC/Telcordia Technologies
- Taher Behbehani, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, UTStarcom, Inc.
- Rubin Gruber, Founder & Chairman, Sonus Networks
- David Heard, president and CEO, Santera Systems
- Eric Burger, CTO, SnowShore Networks
- Peter Brisco, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Convedia Corporation
- Hanafy Meleis, President & CEO, Trendium
- In August, the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) published an informational report entitled, "Lawfully Authorized Surveillance for Softswitch-based networks."