Broadband

Recent Activity

• TIA delivers two documents to the Obama transition team concerning the nationwide deployment of broadband.
• Open Letter to President-elect Obama (December 17, 2008)
• The Promise of Broadband and the ICT Industry (December 17, 2008)
• Creating a national broadband network is important to President-elect Obama, and in a letter to Congress TIA specifies tax breaks and direct grants that can make it happen.
• TIA Recommends Specific Broadband Incentives for Economic Stimulus(December 11, 2008)
  
• TIA is a signatory to the Call to Action for a National Broadband Strategy, which asks President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress to make the development and initial implementation of a comprehensive National Broadband Strategy a high national priority in 2009.
• Education Week: Broad Backing for Broadband (December 4, 2008)
• ars technica: Telecoms and Advocacy Groups Unite Over Broadband "Stimulus" (December 2, 2008)

Overview

TIA has focused for many years on the deployment of broadband communications networks and services as a critical issue for the communications industry and as a major stimulus of the national and global economies. Ubiquitous deployment of next-generation broadband networks will bring major advances in education, healthcare, teleworking, e-commerce, public safety and security. Such capabilities will equip every person with the tools necessary to compete in the 21st century, making them far more productive, increasing their standards of living, and enhancing economic and physical security. Broadband's benefits will be realized only if it is made available widely and within a reasonable period of time.

TIA’s Broadband Mission

• Promote ubiquitous broadband deployment in the United States and around the globe.
• Advocate for minimal regulation of broadband networks.
• Work for removal of barriers to broadband deployment including right-of way impediments, franchise fees and excessive taxes.
• Support fiscal incentives, such as tax credits, grants, pilot-project funding and low-interest loans.
• Assist international organizations to realize the economic and social benefits of broadband.
• Encourage global deployment of all broadband access technologies.
• Seek additional globally harmonized spectrum allocations.

Press Releases

May 15, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Supports Passage of Farm Bill Conference Report

April 17, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association Urges FCC Updates to Universal Service Fund