This update is a BT perspective of Working Group status including input from the Co-Chair call of 7th September

Nigel Scott

13th Sept 05

Consult21 - Where Are We?

Update on Working Groups

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – LEGACY INTERCONNECTCONSULTATION PHASE: COMMITTED PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: RED from Amber

•Agreement of SAN contract textJul 05*

•Issue informal complex SANs to Pathfinder partiestba

•Agree final revision to commercial proposal documentAug 05*

•Contractual closure of commercial proposals (excl. SAD,Sep 05 complex routed NTS calls)

•Initial SAN’s issued tba

•Progress discussions on SAD, complex routed and NTS calls Oct 05

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

Industry content with SAN text and process but want commercial offer and eng costs sorted as part of same package. Timing is an issue: 28th Sept workshop, with end Oct solution too late, so RED Commercial offer now has no main issues, moving to contract text. Also issue of no visible one hop migration path*On hold

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – NGN INTERCONNECTCONSULTATION PHASE: CONCEPT. OVERALL STATUS: GREEN

• TSG to complete initial UK NGN standards subject to ETSI changesSept 05

• ETSI Standards (TiSPAN SIP(I)) availableOct 05

• Trials Contract Agreed Mar 06

• Network Interoperability tests Apr 06

• Trial live customers May 06 -Oct 06

• Launch IP Narrowband Service ConveyanceNov 06

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

MSAN Voice access proposals may / will need experts group.Standards moving forward, but still potential issue of vendor implementation support

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – IMPLEMENTATION & MIGRATIONCONSULTATION PHASE: COMMITTED PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: AMBER

• Obligatory products list & Legacy I/X proposals wrt PF finalised Complete

• High-level activity plan agreed with industry (BT) Complete

• Roll-out information Sep 05

• Commence capacity planning Sep 05

• Agree customer communications plan (Comms WG) Oct 05

• Detailed complex SANs issued by BT Oct 05

• OSS design plans agreed (Systems WG) Oct 05

• Agree Pathfinder contracts Oct 05

• Service migration principles agreed with Steering Board Oct 05

• Billing records process agreed Jan 06

• Service management process for migration agreed Jan 06

• Interconnect arrangements agreed with Steering Board Jan 06

• Capacity orders agreed Jan 06

• Pathfinder network build complete by BT Mar 06

• Systems integration testing complete (Systems WG) May 06

• Migration of I/X capacity from DLEs to NGS complete May 06

• Pathfinder industry tests complete (inc. networks & systems) Oct 05 - Jul 06

• Pathfinder migrations commence for voice & BB (BT) Aug 06 – Oct 06

(Red) denotes activities with dependency on other work streams

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change Tending to RED, and indicated to do so post 17th Oct if no cost agreement

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – SYSTEMSCONSULTATION PHASE: PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: AMBER from GREEN

•Review BT “business” roadmaps:

•Agree format and information required Completed

•Review roadmaps with industry Aug 05

Further milestones to be agreed once processes and current interfaces

have been documented & roadmaps have been reviewed with industry &

BT stakeholders – August & September 2005.

Barrier without the roadmap

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – NETWORK HOOKS & COMMON CAPABILITIESCONSULTATION PHASE: PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: GREEN

•Meeting between WG and SB Co-Chairs to determine next steps 23rd Aug 05

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

Meeting (above) held. Working Group suspended

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – BROADBAND & LLUCONSULTATION PHASE: COMMITTED PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: RED

• Requirements capture Oct 05

• Confirm cost structure and elements of 21CN Dec 05

• End user migrations proposals Dec 05

• Complete systems testing of IPS on 21CN Mar 06

• Issue systems test report of new Broadband product Mar 06

• Complete end to end testing of IPS on 21CN Apr 06

• IPS SIN and SPIN update May 06

• Confirm pricing for BB/LLU products on 21CN May 06

• Alpha trial complete Aug 06

• Start 21CN mass migrations (Pathfinder) Autumn 06

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

FAS + BB ix (MSAN) work underway

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – PRIVATE CIRCUITS & PARTIAL PRIVATE CIRCUITSCONSULTATION PHASE: PROPOSAL. OVERALL STATUS: GREEN

•Review principles for migration in light of detailed 21CN plans and design.

Aug 05

•Agree appropriate industry wide task plan.Sep 05

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

New PPC product requirements being constructed

PLANNED WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY – WHOLESALE ACCESSCONSULTATION PHASE: CLOSURE OVERALL STATUS: GREEN

Dates listed above are the current anticipated timescales and may be subject to change

• Review principles for migration in light of detailed 21CN plans and design.

Aug 05

• Agree appropriate industry wide task plan. Sep 05

Meeting had been cancelled due to conflict with other meetings, but now re-scheduled for 27th September