Industry Links

A compilation of publications in the information and communications technology industry. Don't see your favorite industry publication? Submit your suggestions to webeditor@tiaonline.org for consideration.

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Broadband/Telecom News

CED Direct - Covers latest news in broadband technology. Requires Free Subscription.

FierceTelecom - Delivers the latest events, white papers, webinars, and special reports within the telecommunications industry.

Light Reading Insider - Reports, analysis, and testimonials on topics within the telecom industry.

MobileInternetTrends - Weekly updates on mobile internet technology. Requires Free Subscription.

Phone+ Magazine - Online magazine featuring news, trade show coverage, and directories.

RCRWireless - Daily news and information on the wireless industry technology. Requires Free Subscription.

Telecommunications Online - Daily interactive and multimedia coverage of trends in the telecom mobile, broadband, and services industries. Requires Free Subscription.

Telephony Online - News, analysis, and commentary on everything telecomm.

VONMag - News, guides, blogs, and webinars on VON technologies.

xChange - Provides industry news, blogs, webinars, white papers, and ebooks on topics within the broadband industry.

Regional News

AllAfrica - The largest distributor of African news and information worldwide, AllAfrica Includes a dedicated news and technology section.

ChinaTZone - Provides weekly summaries on the Asian technology marketplace.

HongKongTrader - Details resources for international market opportunities, business matching services, market intelligence, and SME development, primarily in Honk Kong

MidwestBusiness - Delivers business and technology news via the Web, podcasts, and free daily newsletters  from Chicago and the greater Midwest.

MobileEurope - News, interviews, and podcasts on the European mobile technologies marketplace, and home to Mobile Europe Magazine, a monthly covering the European wireless market.

TelecomAsia.net - Follows the Asian marketplace on fixed and wireless access, business management, mobile application and content, operator services, and OSS/BSS technologies.

IT/Data News

Billing & OSS World - Monthly coverage of business and operating support systems with news, blogs, webinars, white papers, and ebooks

ConnectITNews - Brings the latest IT news from small- and mid-size business communities in Canada and the US.

DarkReading - Provides information about the security industry and links to security content.

KMWorld - Covers changes in content, document and knowledge management.

OSP - How-to solutions for network professionals.

eWeek - Focuses on e-business, communications, and Internet-based architecture.

Federal News

Homeland Security Today - News, insight, and analysis on the domestic securities of the United States.

WashingtonTechnology - Covers integrated information and media within the government information technology market.

Business Executives

CIO - Serving chief information officers and other IT leaders, CIO and its sister publications deliver news, opinion, and solutions for the IT industry.

MobileEnterprise - Informs business leaders looking to integrate strategies with wireless solutions.

Network World - Provides information, intelligence, and insight for network and IT executives. ICT News

DevelopingTelecoms - Web site and email newsletter devoted to building public ICT networks in developing and emerging markets.

Marketing News

internet retailer - A monthly publication delivering information on market trends within the internet retail market, as well as analysis and news.

eMarketer - Offers analyst reports, research articles, as well as e-business and online marketing statistics culled daily from over 3,000 sources

Satellite News

Satellite Today - Offers news, proprietary data, and analysis of the satellite market.

Associations

National Associations

Association of Communication Engineers - ACE is a nonprofit organization of registered, professional consulting engineering firms committed to supporting the Consulting Engineer working in the field of telecommunications.

ATIS - Promotes worldwide technical and operations standards for information, entertainment and communications technologies.

Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) - Represents the consumer electronics industry.

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) - Represents the wireless industry.

Electronics Industry Alliance (EIA) - Represents the wireless industry.

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Telecommunications Standards-making Body for the European Union

Enterprise Wireless Alliance

Foundation for Rural Service - The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) is a non-profit organization that promotes, educates and advocates rural telecom issues in order to sustain and enhance the quality of life within communities throughout rural America.

Information Technology Association of America

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

International Engineering Consortium

Information Technology & Telecommunications Association - Represents telecom and IT professionals in government and private business.

International Telecommunication Union

National Association of Communication Systems Engineers

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

National Cable Television Cooperative

National Emergency Number Association

National Exchange Carrier Association

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association

NXTComm 2008

OPASTCO

Personal Comunications Industry Association

Rural Cellular Association

Rural Independent Competitive Alliance (RICA)

TeleStrategies

USTelecom Represents the broadband industry.

Utilities Telecom Council (UTC)

Voice on the Net (VON)

State By State Associations

Alabama-Mississippi Telecommunications Association

Alaska Telephone Association - Advocating for uniformity and efficiency in accounting, operating, maintenance and construction for supporting the continuance of telecommunications service to the public.

Arizona-New Mexico Telecommunications Association, Inc. - Enhancing and promoting telecommunications services in Arizona and New Mexico.

Arkansas Telecommunications Association

California Telecommunications Association - A statewide non-profit trade association comprised of incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) providing telecommunications services within California.

Carolina-Virginias Telephone Membership Association - A non-profit, tri-state trade association for rural telephone companies in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

Colorado Telecommunications Association

Illinois Telecommunications Association

Indiana Telecommunications Association - The mission of Indiana Telecommunications Association (ITA) is to advance mutual interests, facilitate communications and advocate the positions of telecommunications companies in their role of providing service.

Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association - RIITAs purpose is to promote and support the interests of the small, rural, Iowa independent telecommunications industry to legislative and regulatory bodies and to the public at large.

Iowa Telecommunications Association

Kentucky Telephone Association

Louisiana Telecommunications Association

Telecommunication Association of Michigan - The Telecommunications Association of Michigan helps its members meet customer and stakeholder needs by providing effective public policy advocacy, educational programming, and consensus building opportunities necessary in a constantly evolving industry.

Minnesota Telecom Alliance - MTA actively advocates and represents the interests of Minnesota's telecom industry.

Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association

North Dakota Association of Telecommunications Cooperatives

North Dakota Telephone Association

Ohio Telecom Association

Oklahoma Telephone Association - Oklahoma Telephone Association mission is to promote the common interest of all Association members, to educate the general public about the telecommunications industry and its programs and to enhance the public's knowledge and perception of the telecommunications industry and Association members.

Oregon Telecommunications Association - The Oregon Telecommunications Association is a trade association representing the telecommunications industry in Oregon. The Association conducts meetings for several committees; holds educational and training seminars; coordinates industry activities during legislative sessions; represents the industry on regulatory issues; and works with member companies on individual projects.

Pennsylvania Telephone Association

Texas Statewide Telephohne Cooperative, Inc. - TSTCI is a statewide organization that represents the interests of Texas' rural independent telephone systems.

Texas Telephone Association - TTA is the trade association that supports the incumbent local exchange telephone companies of Texas.

Washington Independent Telephone Association

Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association

Trade Shows

DySpan 2008 - Gather international economists, engineers, network architects, researchers, and academic scholars together to share cutting edge research on and demonstrations of emerging wireless technology. 2008 Meeting-Chicago

Wireless and Mobile Expo - Aims to focus and align an organization’s IT investments with business goals and substantially improve its business performance and productivity. 2008 Meeting-Toronto

Broadband World Forum Asia - Designed to help service providers meet the challenges of offering revenue-driving broadband-enabled services while evolving their networks, operations, and business models in a new world of competition. 2008 Meeting-Hong Kong

EXPO Comm Wireless Japan - The largest wireless & mobile network technologies, services, solutions, and products exhibition in Japan. 2008 Meeting-Tokyo

IPTV World Forum North America - An integrated event featuring a business oriented conference, in depth product demonstrations and a b2b showcase. 2008 Meeting-Chicago

Information Technology Commerce Network Asia (ITCN Asia) - A platform for 3 days of exhibition of unrivalled products and technologies - a showcase for the best the Asian IT community has to offer. ITCN Asia is to be a meeting place for buyers & sellers to transform & grow their business through the power of the IT.. 2008 Meeting-Karachi, Pakistan

GSM Americas - Formerly GSM>Americas, Americas Com 2008 will move beyond GSM to relect the converging landscape. Attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and speakers can expect to meet senior level representatives from the region's mobile and fixed-line operators, Internet Service Providers, regulators, investors, telecoms solution vendors, content providers and more. 2008 Meeting-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

EXPO Comm Argentina - The annual forum for executives to find everything that is new in terms of technology, products and services as applied to the world of telecommunications and IT. 2008 Meeting-Buenos Aires, Argentina

Broadband World Forum Europe - The Broadband World Forum Europe will help you recognize the market potential of the latest broadband content, entertainment, applications, and services for the enterprise and home, delivering the promise of the ultimate connected world. 2008 Meeting-Brussels, Belgium

WiMax World Americas - WiMAX World Americas is the world's largest, longest running global meeting place for the WiMAX and Wireless/Mobile Broadband Community. 2008 Meeting-Chicago, Illinois

EXPO Comm China - 2008 Meeting-Beijing, China

Von Europe - Explores the limitless potential inherent in Internet Communications. 2008 Meeting-Rome, Italy

Telecom Israel - Telecom Israel will include an International Exhibition, in which the world's biggest producers and leading service providers will participate and will include professional interdisciplinary conferences, comprised of key note speeches, panels, discussions and workshops, with the guidance of the Steering Committee and participation of leaders in the world telecommunication community, annalists and regulators. 2008 Meeting-TelAviv, Israel

India Telecom - The main focus areas of the exhibition & conference shall be the technology development & advancement in this sector including the equipment suppliers, component manufacturers, hardware & software solution providers. 2008 Meeting-New Dehli, India

Government Regulatory Agencies

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau - The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) handles nearly all FCC domestic wireless telecommunications programs, policies, and outreach initiatives.

FCC Media Bureau - The Media Bureau develops, recommends and administers the policy and licensing programs relating to electronic media, including cable television, broadcast television, and radio in the United States and its territories.

FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau - The CGB develops and implements the FCC's consumer policies, including disability access.

Rural Utilities Services - The USDA Rural Development provides many programs for financing rural America's telecommunications infrastructure.

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