
Annual Review of Communications, Volume 53
Format: Hardcover, 950 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-80-3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Customer Satisfaction and the Role of OSS
Elizabeth Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, TeleManagement Forum
Real-Time OSS for Next-Generation Service Management
Kevin B. Allodi, Corporate Vice President, Portal Software
Real-World DSL Deployment Issues
Eric Andrews, Vice President, Marketing, Turnstone Systems
The IP Local Exchange and Its Role in the Service-Provider Environment
Steve Bakke, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, VocalData
Venture Capital for Competitive Telecom Carriers
Joseph A. Beatty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Focal Communications Corporation
What to Look for in IP Load Balancers
Hooman Beheshti, Chief Technical Officer, RADWARE
Customer Care and Billing: Mission Critical
Julie Blouse, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, GST Telecommunications
Trends in the Communications Industry
Joseph J. Bonocore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eclipse Networks
Network Convergence and Operations Support Systems
John E. Borden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Granite Systems
Enhanced Services: Examples and Opportunities
Lance L. Boxer, Group President, Lucent Technologies
XDSL versus Competing Technologies
Charles Cary, Vice President, Product Marketing, PSINet
The Next-Generation IPBased Network
Wind Chen, Vice President, Business Strategy, Japan Telecom America
Regional Optical Fiber Cable Systems: A European Case Study
Lawrence M. Codacovi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pangea Ltd.
Stephen E. Lovas, Executive Vice President, Pangea Ltd.
Full Fiber Capacity Realized with High-Order Mode Technology
Yochay Danziger, Chief Technical Officer, LaserComm
Doug Askegard, Product Planning, LaserComm
An Introduction to Intelligent Optical Networking
Desh Deshpande, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sycamore Networks
Advanced Management and Provisioning of Next-Generation Digital Subscriber Line Services
Daniel J. Doczy, Vice President, Access Products Division, ECI Telecom
Managing Innovation in the New Economy
Chris M. Earnshaw, Group Engineering Director and Chief Technology Officer, British Telecommunications plc
Improving Customer Focus and Competitive Positioning through Effective Outsourcing
Ted P. Ehling, Vice President, Ernst & Young LLP
The Softswitch Revolution for IP Networks: Voice Services Are Just the Beginning
Isaac Elliott, Senior Vice President, Level 3 Communications
E-Commerce Bundling for the Communications Provider
Kevin Elmore, Chief Executive Officer, Cygent
Provisioning Solutions Must Keep in Step
Frank Fawzi, President and Chief Executive Officer, CommTech Corporation
E-Commerce at Work
Robert L. Fike, President, Traian Internet Products
Unleashing the Network's Edge
Daniel J. Gatti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mayan Networks
The Operations Systems Implications of Managing Next-Generation Networks
C. Zachary Gilstein, Vice President and General Manager, Telcordia Technologies
A New Model for Broadband Connection Management
Mike Golden, Founder and Chief Technical Officer, WarpSpeed Communications
The Elegant Evolution to Wireless Third Generation
Bo Hedfors, Executive Vice President, Motorola; President, Motorola Network Solutions Sector (NSS)
Architecture for a Scalable IP Services Switch
Manju Hegde, Chief Technology Officer, Celox Networks
Curtis Davis, Vice President for Strategic Business Development, Celox Networks
Jean-Pierre Bordes, Monier Maher, and Otto Schmid, Chief System Architects, Celox Networks
The Postal Customer Service Center SystemAn Example of Network and Field Fusing
Li Jin, Chief Executive Officer, Polar Source Science & Technology (Tianjin) Ltd.
IP Voice, Fax, and Video Services and Applications
Douglas W. Kellermann, Vice President, VOIP Services, Broadwing Communications
Network Intelligence: A Paradigm for the Service and Networking Convergence toward Universal Communications
Pasi Kemppainen, Chief Technology Officer, Intellitel Communications
The Power of DSL
Robert E. Knowling, President and Chief Executive Officer, Covad Communications
The Market-Driven Economics of Voice over IP
Joseph S. Kraemer, Senior Vice President, PHB Hagler Bailey
Change Realization in the Communications Industry
Eugene F. LaBorne, Jr., Vice President and General Manager, Business Process Consulting Business Unit, Telcordia Technologies
Suresh Subramanian, Group Vice President and Managing Director, Business Process Consulting Business Unit, Telcordia Technologies
Next-Generation Operations Support Systems for Next-Generation Networks
Frank Lauria, Vice President, Strategic Business Development, CommTech Corporation
Customer Satisfaction in a Multiparty Environment
Bryan Long, Vice President, Marketing, Copper Mountain Networks
Efficiently Provisioning Custom Software-Development Services
Dennis Lunder, Former Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Exigent International
Transformation of the Cable Television Industry
Venkata C. Majeti, Chief Executive Officer, Cadant
Public Policy from the Perspective of an Aggressive Competitor
Martin T. McCue, Senior Vice President, Global CrossingNorth American Operations
The New Network Landscape
David W. Michaud, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Taqua Systems
Fiber Deployment in the Local Loop for Business Applications
Rob Newman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Cofounder, Atmosphere Networks
Third-Party Mediation Services
David Nicol, Vice President, Product Management and Development, Illuminet
Development of QoS Services
Mark Oros, Chief Operating Officer, NYSERNet
Managing the Copper Loop in the 21st Century
Mike Perrault, President and Chief Executive Officer, Simpler Networks
New Models in the Creation of Internet-Ready Buildings
Amnon Ptashek, Vice President of Technology, Orckit Communications
The New Integrated Communications Providers
Vince Rocca, Chief Technology Officer, 2nd Century Communications
DSL: The Current State of the Market and Technology
William V. Rodey, Vice Chairman, HyperEdge Corporation
Internet Customer Care: The Shift to Consumer Self-Testing
Peter Schmidt, Founder and General Manager, Teradyne NorthStar Internetworking
Branching Out: What's Next for OSS
Al Somji, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eftia OSS Solutions
The Many Voices of DSLMarketing Strategies for Voice over DSL
Jennifer N. Stagnaro, Vice President of Marketing, CopperCom
Automating Service Management for Competitive Advantage Options and Opportunities for CLECs and ISPs
Venkates Swaminathan, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategist, NightFire Software
Prepaid International Roaming Enters the Mass Market
Gordon Taylor, Director General Mobile, Swisscom North America
Germany as an Attractive Telecommunications Location
Gerd Tenzer, Member of the Board of Management Responsible for Networks, Purchasing, and Environmental Protection, Deutsche Telekom AG
Delivering On-Demand IP Services in the Next-Generation Network
Paul Terry, Vice President, Research and Development, Chief Technology Officer, Abatis Systems Corporation
Personalizing the Web Experience with Streaming Audio
William A. Tomeo, President and Chief Executive Officer, TellSoft Technologies
VDSL for International Full-Service Access Networks
Michael S. Van Patten, Senior Vice President, Elastic Networks
The Evolution of the Remote Access Server to a Universal PortEnabled Platform
William E. Whitowsky, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer, Texas Instruments
Dennis R. Gatens, Product Management Director, Texas Instruments
New-Generation Networks and ServicesE-Management or E-Chaos?
Keith J. Willetts, Chief Executive Officer, Mandarin Associates Limited
Providing Ubiquitous DSL Service
Joseph R. Zell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Convergent Communications
Collaboration Strategy to Penetrate into ISP, ICP, and Telecom Services Markets in China
Robert Zhang, President, Pac Bridge Communications Inc
DSL: Branding for Success
Taufique Ahmed, Product Marketing Manager, Level One Communications
Making Electronic-Commerce Transactions Happen
Mark Atchison, Director, Financial Products, EDS
The Value-Added Effect: Role and Importance of Value-Added Services
Gerald T. Christensen, Director, Product Management, SignalSoft
The Direction of the Optical-Networking Market
Mark DiMaria, Director of Marketing, ADVA Optical Networking
An International View of xDSL
Paul Forzisi, Senior Marketing ManagerInternational, ADC Telecommunications
A Vision for E-Commerce
Jeff Graham, Global Alliance Manager, Cisco Systems
Pricing Value-Added Services: Flat Rate versus Usage Sensitive
Louis T. Grilli, Manager of Business Development, GTE Telecommunication Services
Shared Loops: How ILECs and CLECs Can Deliver Competitive DSLAM Applications
Tim D. Hancock, Director of Account Development, Nortel Networks
Global Value Discipline and the Communications Provider
Ralph R. Hubbard, President, Performance Strategies
A Primer on International Telecommunications Strategy
Ronald G. Landi, Senior Engineer, Network Technology and Planning, MCI WorldCom
Telecom Convergence: Revolutions and Evolutions
Steven Lyons, Manager, System and Technology Planning, ALLTEL Communications
Why CLECs Are Well Positioned in the ICP Market
Douglas M. Mazlish, Senior Director of Business Development, Winstar Communications
Business Process Revolution
Richard M. McCloskey, Business Development Executive, Thomas Group
Convergence: The Demand for Bundled Services
James Mendelson, Senior Consultant, The Strategis Group
Using Marketing Disciplines to Increase Profits in International Telecommunications Joint Ventures
Lana Phair-Sutherland, Telecommunications Marketing Consultant, PS Consulting
Companies Vie for Market while Defining the Role of ASPs
Robert L. Scott, Former Senior Vice President, Business and Technology Strategy, Logix Communications
Defining the Emerging Wholesale Market and Its Opportunities
Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Rajendra S. Sisodia, Trustee Professor of Marketing, Bentley College
Business Intelligence for the Telecommunications Industry
Lynn Simons, Business Development Manager, i.Intelligence Solutions, Informix Software
DSL Regulatory Issues: A Competitor's Perspective
Ken P. Solomon, Assistant Vice President, Competitive Strategies Group
The Brave New World of Networking
P. de Sousa, Scientific Officer in DGXIII, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Martin Potts, Owner, Martel GmbH, Bern, Switzerland
Managing a Portfolio of Broadband Access Technologies
Laura Spiegel, Director, Network Access Engineering Services, Telcordia Technologies
A Dose of Reality
Ron M. Stein, Vice President, Paradyne Networks
Branding DSL
Alexander P. Winogradoff, Principal Analyst, Dataquest
The Internet, IP, and New Market Opportunities
Richard Worthington, Research Director, Center for Telecommunications Management, University of Southern California; Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Pomona College
Elizabeth Fife, Research Associate, Center for Telecommunications Management, University of Southern California
Michel John Mehler, Head of Mobility and Network Services, BT Labs
Francis Pereira, Research Associate, Center for Telecommunications Management, University of Southern California
The Need for Speed Is Followed Closely by the Need for ADSL Testing
Frank R. Bauer, Director of Advanced Product Development, Teradyne
Point-to-Point or Mesh Topologies in the Metro Optical Network
Don Buell, Product Manager, Sorrento Networks
Next-Generation Network Design
Charles Byers, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Lucent TechnologiesBell Laboratories
Service Provider API: Secure Access to Converged Networks, The Parlay API
Stephen Cassidy, Platform Evolution Manager, British Telecom
Network-Traffic Growth and Transparency
Kerry Coffman, Senior Technical Staff Member, AT&T Labs
Design Considerations for Gigabit Backplane Systems
Thomas Cohen, Principal Mechanical Engineer, Teradyne
Gautam Patel, Signal Integrity Engineer, Teradyne
Katie Rothstein, Signal Integrity Engineer, Teradyne
Voice over Digital Subscriber Line
Ed Cox, Director of Marketing, Santera Systems
Winning IN Services for the Residential and Small-Business Markets
Richard W. Coyne, Senior Product Manager, AG Communication Systems
Engineering a Competitive Advantage: The Critical Role of Automated Testing Equipment in DSL Provisioning
Ted Davis, DSL Business Development Manager, Cornet Technology
Intelligent Services
David DeLorme, AIN Field Support, BellSouth
A National Broadband Network Based on Hybrid Fiber-Coax Technology
Kevin DeMartino, Communications Instructor, Northeastern University
Optical Networking
Anurag Dwivedi, Senior Research Scientist, Network Planning and Applications, Corning
Optical Networking Trends
Robert Feuerstein, Senior Engineer, Level 3 Communications
A New Spin on High-Speed Access to Multiple Services over xDSL
Francois Forget, Director of Product Marketing for DSL, Newbridge Networks
The Future of Unified Messaging
Borko Furht, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University
Beyond Subscriber Aggregation
David Ginsburg, Director, Field Marketing, Nortel Shasta Networks
The Accurate Database: A Prerequisite for xDSL Mass Deployment
Dael Govreen-Segal, Director of Technology Strategy, RIT Technologies
Network Convergence
Joyce M. Graham, Principal Telecommunications Architect, Sun Microsystems
Re-Examining the Intelligent Network
Bichlien Hoang, General Manager-Network Intelligence Consulting and Engineering, Telcordia Technologies
Geraldine M. Weber, Senior Engineer-Network Intelligence Consulting and Engineering, Telcordia Technologies
Why Metro DWDM?
Clifford R. Holliday, President, B and C Consulting Services
Interconnection Values and Issues
Rebekah G. Keating, Senior Product Manager, Illuminet
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
Kevin Kelly, Senior Director, Global Business Development, Nokia
Integrated Reliability- and Capacity-Based Resource Allocation in Distributed Systems
Anup Kumar, Associate Professor, CECS Department, University of Louisville
Khaled A. Kamel, Chair and Professor, CECS Department, University of Louisville
Sanjay P. Ahuja, CECS Department, University of Louisville
Business Services Architecture: A Framework for Consumable IP Services
Adam Lorant, Vice President of Marketing, Abatis Systems Corporation
Switching: Bringing Convergence to the Edge
Donald B. McCullough, Director of Product Marketing, Westwave Communications
AIN: Mechanized Service Activation
Charles E. Miller, Specialist, Mechanized Service Activation, Bell Atlantic
IN/AIN Architectural Overview and Standards
Aubrey J. Moore, Jr., Member of Technical Staff, Signaling and Control Architecture Evolution, Bell Atlantic
Optical Access
Priya Sharma, MarCom Associate, LuxN
George Mount, Product Management Manager, LuxN
Paul Zalloua, Director, Product Management, LuxN
Paul Strudwick, Vice President, Marketing, LuxN
Bobbie Alfred, MarCom Manager, LuxN
Deployment of Telecommunications Networks
Karen Styles, Manager External Communications, Expertech Network Installation
Copper Loop Management in a Digital Environment: Migration from an Analog to a Digital Local-Loop Network
Jane Wasson, Product Manager, Turnstone Systems
Desktop Streaming Media Production
Michael Bryant, Director of Training and Consulting, Sonic Foundry
Internet Model for Control of Converged Networks
James Cashiola, President and Chief Executive Officer, Simplified
James Brown, Sales Engineer, Simplified
Trevor Baca, Development Team Leader, Simplified
Roberto Camama, Computer Programmer, Simplified
Clare Barbour, Vice President Marketing, Simplified
An Applied Perspective on Some Pending Government Public-Policy Issues Affecting the Internet
Barbara A. Cherry, Associate Director, James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law; Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University
Integrating IP Services and Networks with the PSTN and Legacy Networks
Karen Cook-Hellberg, Senior Product Manager, Ericsson
Next-Generation IP Networks
Lloyd Green, Director of Marketing, Dynarc
The Future of IP and Packet Networking
Frank Groom, Professor, Graduate Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Kevin Groom, Senior Technical Associate, NSDnet Data Network Engineering, Data Network Division, AT&T Corporation
The Drive to IP on Optics
John G. Gruber, Senior Advisor, Transport Network Architecture, Nortel Networks
Multiprotocol Label Switching
Robert Haim, Marketing Manager, Trillium Digital Systems
Nerraj Patel, Marketing Manager, Trillium Digital Systems
IP/AIN Convergence: A Global View
Erwin L. Hunter, Senior Product Manager, Siemens
IPTelephony Clearinghouses
Tom Kershaw, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Clarent
Josh Benveniste, Marketing Manager, Clarent
Trends Pushing Networks toward Packet Technologies
Brian B. Lien, Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, Lucent Technologies
Media, Communication, and the Socio-Psychomedia Effect
Bernard J. Luskin, President, Global Learning Systems.com
Toni T. Luskin, President, Luskin International
Integrating VoIP Networks into PSTN Wireless and Wireline
Michel A. Maddux, Technology Consultant, Compaq Custom Systems
Introduction to IP Telephony
Dennis Matter, Senior Project Manager, AIN Business Unit, Siemens
A Component-Based Architecture for Domain Security Services Including Multicast Groups
Antonio Mayorga, Ph.D., Department of Computer and Information Sciences, The University of Delaware
Tuncay Saydam, Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, The University of Delaware
Sakir Yucel, Ph.D., Department of Computer and Information Sciences, The University of Delaware
Enhanced Services Made Possible through Internet-Based Communication Systems
Ellwood Neuer, Vice President of Technology, Premiere Technologies
Carrier-Grade, High-Availability Computing Platforms for Voice and Data Networks
John O'Connell, Architect, Hewlett-Packard
Internet Vulnerabilities: Exploitation of BIND and Named Vulnerabilities Involving Buffer Overflows
Vir V. Phoha, Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Northeastern State University
Factors in the Success of Voice Quality in Converging Telephony and IP Networks
Stefan Pracht, Product Marketing Manager, Agilent Technologies
A Comparison of Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic-Engineering Initiatives
Bob Pulley, Director, Product Development, Harris & Jeffries
Peter Christensen, Senior Product Manager, Harris & Jeffries
Web-Enabled Real-Time Intensive Care
S. M. Reddy, R. Raman, I. Lapshin, W. Hunt, R. Reddy, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University
W. R. Beam, M.D., F.C.C.P., St. Mary's Hospital
Women's Use of the Internet and Electronic Commerce: Implications for Design and Policy
Supriya Singh, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Interactive Remote Security Monitoring System through the Web: A Reality
Subbarao V. Wunnava, Professor and Moises De La Cruz Research Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Florida International University
The Fixed Network's Role in Mobility
Paul Challener, Chief Designer, Advanced Network Products, British Telecom
Building toward a Profitable Wireless Data and Multimedia Marketplace
Edward A. Coleman, Senior Manager, Wireless Internet Applications Strategy and Marketing, Lucent Technologies
Wireless and Wireline Integration: Great ExpectationsHave They Been Met?
Michael L. Dellangelo, Group Marketing Manager for Service Design, GTE Network Services
Kalman Filtering for Enhanced Global Positioning Accuracy
Zhimin Ding, Senior Staff Engineer, Philips Semiconductors
Outsourcing versus ASP Delivery Models
James R. Driscoll, Vice President, Wireless Division, EDS
Terie Rixman, Manager, Wireless Activities, EDS
Wireless/Wireline Integration: An Emerging Set of Solutions
Robert L. Duncan, Network Architect, U S WEST Wireless
Prepaid Cellular: Coping with Uncertain Demand in International Markets
Peter A. Gaylord, Product Manager, Corsair Communications
John Martin, Director of Product Management, Corsair Communications
Distributed Simulation of Mobile Networks
Jouni Ikonen, Post Graduate Student, Licentiate in Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
Jari Porras, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
The Impact of Wireless Number Portability Regulations
Maggie Lee, Senior Technical Analyst on Local Number Portability, Illuminet
Smart Cards in Wireless Services
Leo E. Legaspi, Director, Wireless Marketing, Gemplus
Jean-Louis Carrera, Director, Telecom Marketing and Engineering, Gemplus
Wireless Technology and the Local Loop
Andres Llana, Jr., Contributing Editor, Canadian Telecom
Implementing WIN for International Applications
Eamon O'Leary, Director, IN Systems Development, AT&T Wireless
CDMA Standards for 3G Wireless Systems
Eshwar Pittampalli, Technical Manager, Wireless Standards Development Department, Lucent Technologies
Accelerating Ray TracingBased Cellular Radio Coverage Calculation by Parallel Computing Techniques
Jari Porras, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
Pentti Huttunen, Post Graduate Student, Master of Science, Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Lappeenranta, Finland
Jouni Ikonen, Post Graduate Student, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
Roaming between Heterogeneous IMT2000 Networks
Ronald D. Ryan, Senior Manager, Wireless Network Standards, Nortel Networks
The Evolution of Prepaid Wireless in North America
Kevin Thigpen, Vice President and General Manager, Prepaid Services Division, Boston Communications Group
Convergence and Mobility
André de Verteuil, Solution Architect, Wireless, Compaq Telecommunications
The Shifting Sands of Silicon: Wireless Technology and Industry at the Turn of the Century
Andrew J. Viterbi, President, The Viterbi Group
GSM/ANSI136 Interoperability
Terry Watts, Senior Member of Technical Staff, SBC Technical Standards, SBC Telecommunications
Managing Multiple Versions of Service Software
Gordon Blumenschein, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Ameritech
Portal Offering for High-Speed Access
Benjamin Feinman, Group Product Manager, Multimedia and Broadband Products, SNAP.com
Experiences in Establishing a Nationwide Broadband Network
Jong Ai Foo, Director of Development, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore
Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks
Grant Fraser, IT Strategies and Technologies Capabilities R&D, Intel
QoS Issues and Network Convergence
Muckai Girish, Senior Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications
Yongdong Zhao, Member of Technical Staff, SBC Communications
Tom Soon, Director, SBC Communications
Fax Operation and Testing Issues
Michael Gray, Product Manager, Agilent Technologies
End-User Control for Intelligent Network Services
Karna Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Eftia OSS Solutions
End-to-End Performance Testing of xDSL Networks
Eran Karoly, Product Marketing Manager, Netcom Systems
Highly Available Embedded Computer Platforms Become Reality
Jon Kenton, Telecom Marketing Manager, Motorola Computer Group
Paul Virgo, Product Marketing Manager, Motorola Computer Group
New Technology and Its Effects on Customer Service and Care
Gregory R. Larson, Senior Manager Internet Provisioning, Cable & Wireless
Customer Care: The Business of Blocking and Tackling in a High-Tech Arena
Gregory H. Mohn, Vice President, Business Development, OneLink Communications
Getting Ready to Offer Intelligent Network Services
Gloria Nogales, Project Manager, AirTouch International
Managing Communications Companies on a Low-Cost and Flexible Infrastructure in an Internet Environment
John Rathbone, Senior Director, Business Development, Communications Industry, Oracle
Stanley R. Holmes, Vice President, Business Development, Communications Industry, Oracle
DSL Architecture and Business Case: Voice and Data Service Profitability Analysis for Competitive Local-Exchange Carriers
John Reister, Director of Marketing, Copper Mountain Networks, Inc.
Managed Service Systems
David Robinson, Product Marketing Manager, Starvision Multimedia Corporation
Gatekeeper
Ofer Shapiro, Vice President, Strategic Accounts, RADVision
Orit Levin, Director of Product Management, RADVision
Naomi Frid, Gatekeeper Product Manager, RADVision
Customer-Empowered Networking
Bill St. Arnaud, Senior Director, Network Projects, CANARIE
Outsourcing Customer Care and Service Provisioning
Rebecca A. Stillings, Senior Product Manager, IN Services, Illuminet