AT&T sets TDM-to-IP transition trials to focus on challenges, service impact

AT&T brought proposals to the Federal Communications Commission to begin testing its TDM-to-IP transition and to set a timeline to make these changes throughout its 4,700 wire centers.

During a recent meeting with the FCC's Technology Transition Task Force, the telecommunications company said that it would focus on conducting service-based experiments in wiring centers that "represent the challenges it will face with the transition and conduct an extensive review of the services to be impacted as part of this experiment." AT&T added that the tests will represent a mix of both consumer and business services geographies. It will also incorporate reporting capabilities "as a means for keeping the FCC informed about any experiments in progress." AT&T has been the most vocal proponent of the TDM-to-IP transition, which it plans to complete by 2020.

[Jan 2]