At the kind invitation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), ITU and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) will organize a Forum: Next Generation Network Standardization, which will take place from 7 to 10 April 2009 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The objectives of the Forum are to discuss the current trends, status and future evolution of Next Generation Network technology and standardization, as being addressed by the ITU-T and share the experiences of NGN architecture, design, development and deployment. In particular, topics to be addressed are NGN management and control, technologies, NGN migration, number portability, security, policy, authentication and regulatory issues, interconnection and interoperability, testing and conformity, multimedia in NGN, quality of service (QoS) requirements, NGN access networks, IPTV and relevance of IPV6 for NGN transportation.

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General Information Host: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Organised by: ITU and CTO in collaboration with TRCSL Venue: Hilton Hotel, Colombo Visa requirements (Updated: 17 March 2009) Vaccination requirements Hotel information (Updated: 17 March 2009) Visa requirements and Hotel reservation form Transportation Practical information (Updated: 23 January 2009) Related Topics, Study Groups, Organizations ITU-T Study Groups: 11, 13 and 15 NGN-GSI IdM-GSI	Convening Letter (TSB Circular 14) Programme (Updated: 20 April 2009) Webcast List of participants Photos
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