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The Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable will...

The Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable will co-sponsor a daylong conference on the IP transition Dec. 3, a DTC spokeswoman told us Monday. The New England IP Transition Conference (http://1.usa.gov/1b0UxKZ) panels will focus on how the IP transition affects…

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economic development, the existing network infrastructure and consumers, said the spokeswoman. “States are an important partner with the FCC to implement the transition from legacy networks to IP,” she said. “The FCC IP trials could impact federal and state rules, so states need to be involved.” The past two conferences have focused on broadband and wireless services, she said. The DTC has open an IP interconnection proceeding on a commercial agreement between Verizon and Comcast (http://1.usa.gov/1i9xCqL), she said. “We are going to be working around that in our discussions,” said the spokeswoman. Scheduled panelists include Sharon Gillet, Microsoft principal technology strategist; Hank Hultquist, AT&T vice president-federal regulatory affairs; Angie Kronenberg, Comptel general counsel; Paul Vasington, Verizon director-state public policy; Harold Feld, Public Knowledge senior vice president; and Mark Reilly, Comcast senior vice president. The conference is also sponsored by the FCBA, Boston Bar Association and New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners.