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Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2011<\/strong> – Commetrex\u2019 CEO, Mike Coffee, will present to the SIP Network Operator\u2019s Conference (SIPNOC) the current status of the SIP Forum FoIP Task Group\u2019s effort, in co-operation with the i3 Forum\u2019s fax sub-committee, to bring reliable real-time FoIP to the growing global IP-telephony network. Coffee, the SIP Forum\u2019s FoIP Task Group\u2019s co-chair, is leading the co-operative i3 Forum<\/a> testing program designed to bring engineering rigor to the testing needed to make international FoIP fax-transaction success on a par with faxes over traditional TDM\/PSTN networks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until just a few years ago, real-time fax-over-IP was confined to enterprise IP use along with limited deployment in service-provider networks. But now, with the increased availability of SIP trunking and T.38 fax relay<\/a><\/span> support among IP carriers, the boundaries of FoIP deployments are expanding to include IP carriers. From there, the use of FoIP is moving to the global stage where the 37 carrier members of the i3 Forum serve over 1.5-billion subscribers in 80 countries. According to Philippe Millet, Chairman of the i3 Forum, \u201c\u2026we have reached an IP tipping point,\u201d when referring to the global migration from TDM to IP telephony.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But, according to Coffee, until recently, there has been no concerted effort by the vendor and carrier communities to work together to test, analyze, and characterize fax over multiple international tandem connections. Coffee commented: \u201cThe ultimate goal of the joint effort is to make implementation recommendations that will support the complete transition to global IP telephony, which will not be possible unless and until IP is a reliable transport for real-time FoIP.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n