Eve L. Varma is a technical manager with Lucent Technologies and received an M.A. in Physics from the City University of New York. She is a delegate to both T1X1 and ITU-T. Thierry Stephant is a technical manager with France Telecom and received his engineering degree from the Institut National des Telecommunications. He is a member of both ETSI and ITU-T. Antonio Rodriguez-Moral is a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies and received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid, Spain. He is a member of the IEEE. Christine Pageot-Millet is a research engineer with France Telecom BD/CNET and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Universite de Rennes I, France. She is a member of ETSI, TMF, and AFNOR. George W. Newsome is a distinguished member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies and received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University College in London, England. He is a member of IEEE and IEE. Dennis K. Doherty is a product manager with Lucent Technologies and received his M.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University. He is a member of the IEEE. Jean-Michel Cornily is a research engineer with France Telecom/CNET and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Rennes I. He is a delegate to ITU-T, ETSI, and a member of OMG.