The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) today provided comments in the Federal Communications Commission’s so-called “Net Neutrality” docket. In its comments, ATIS supported the Commission’s recognition that its internet policies should be subject to reasonable network management and urged the Commission to continue to allow the industry to establish appropriate management techniques to meet evolving consumer needs.

ATIS cited the ongoing work of its Next Generation Interconnection Interoperability Forum, Telecom Management and Operations Committee, Network Performance, Reliability, and Quality of Service Committee and Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee to address a myriad network management issues. Based on its network management experience, ATIS submits that available management tools should not be unduly constrained by regulatory action.

In its comments, ATIS also recommended that the Commission not impose regulatory mandates on the potentially new “managed” or “specialized” service category, which includes IPTV. Instead, ATIS urges the Commission to support collaborative, consensus-based and industry-driven developments of these services. Such an approach would promote innovation in these nascent markets, and encourage wide-scale deployment of new services.

A copy of the Comments are available at www.atis.org/legal/legal.html.

About ATIS
ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry. More than 250 companies actively formulate standards in ATIS’ 18 Committees, covering issues including: IPTV, Service Oriented Networks, Energy Efficiency, IP-Based and Wireless Technologies, Quality of Service, Billing and Operational Support. In addition, numerous Incubators, Focus and Exploratory Groups address emerging industry priorities including “Green”, IP Downloadable Security, Next Generation Carrier Interconnect, IPv6 and Convergence.

ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio and Telecommunications’ Sectors, and a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, please visit www.atis.org.