TIA In the News

December 30, 2008
Internet Providers Move to Shape Broadband Push
Wall Street Journal

December 30, 2008
Reid Wants Stimulus Package to Stress Jobs, Spending

December 22, 2008
CWA Broadband Policy Called Key Element to Economic Stimulus
UNI Global Union

December 22, 2008
Telecom Lobbyists Line Up for Piece of Obama Stimulus
Reuters

December 17, 2008
For the Web, Change All Sides Can Believe In
The Washington Post

December 15, 2008
TIA Recommends Broadband Incentives
Network Digest

December 15, 2008
TIA Recommends Broadband Incentives for Economic Stimulus Plan
YourCommunicationNews

December 12, 2008
Congress Should Include Broadband Incentives
Communications Daily

December 12, 2008
TIA Recommends Broadband Incentives for Economic Stimulus Plan
Converge! Network Digest

December 12, 2008
TIA Gives Congress Ideas for Broadband Deployment
XChange

December 08, 2008
Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus Package
PC World

December 05, 2008
TIA Opposes Revival of Spectrum Cap
Communications Daily

December 05, 2008
Educators Join TIA, Others in National Broadband Strategy Chorus
Education Week

December 02, 2008
Telecoms and advocacy groups unite over broadband "stimulus"
ars technica

November 28, 2008
TIA revises optical fibre cabling components standard
FiberSystems.org

November 21, 2008
TIA Updates Standards on VoIP Supplementary Services Descriptions
TMCNet.com

November 18, 2008
TIA Presents to China Audience on Standards
http://www.tiaonline.org/gov_affairs/events/Miscellaneous_Events_and_Presentation.cfm

November 14, 2008
How Obama Will Stoke the Economy
BusinessWeek

November 12, 2008
SUPERCOMM Launches Innovative, User-Friendly Web Site
MarketWatch

November 05, 2008
FCC should lower minimum bid for public safety network, TIA says
fcw.com

November 05, 2008
Golden era of open spectrum dawns
ZDNet

November 05, 2008
D Block Minimum Bid Should Be Lowered, Urges TIA...
SatNews

November 04, 2008
Group warns FCC that Block D reserve is still too high
Ars Technica

November 04, 2008
TIA Asks Congress For A Broadband Stimulus Package
TelecomWeb

November 03, 2008
Media Veteran Joins SUPERCOMM Team
marketwatch.com

November 03, 2008
TIA Urges FCC to Lower D Block Minimum Bid
Comm Daily

October 27, 2008
Higher Profile for Communications Issues Next Congress
Communications Daily

October 23, 2008
The Evolution of Structured Cabling Standards
BICSI News

October 23, 2008
TIA Urges Broad Body to Write E-911 Location Accuracy Rules
Comm Daily

October 23, 2008
Wireless Data Revenues Expected to Realize 34% Annual Growth Thru 2011
ibtimes.com

October 23, 2008
Cutting the cord: Are you ready to replace your landline?
Deseret News

October 22, 2008
Broadband Census, Review and Forecast
Cable360.net

August 21, 2008
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
TechLINKS
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) are examples of organizations that formulate standards for the industry to follow. The TIA developed a specification entitled TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers. This is the most widely referenced standard when talking about data center facility availability.

August 11, 2008
Industry Coalition Urges FCC to Reform Intercarrier Compensation System and Focus on Policies to Spur Development of IP Services
Market Watch
Citing "revolutionary" changes in technology and the marketplace, a broad coalition of technology, telecommunications and wireless companies and trade associations is supporting the Federal Communications Commission's effort to enact comprehensive reform of the nation's intercarrier compensation system.

August 11, 2008
Lawmakers call for trial run of new cargo security rule
Government Executive
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers want the Homeland Security Department to delay a cargo security rule from taking effect, saying it would likely disrupt the balance between security and commerce.... [This] comes after an intense lobbying effort to delay the rule by the nation's largest business and trade associations, including the National Association of Manufacturers and the Telecommunications Industry Association.

July 18, 2008
In Search of US Broadband Policy
Light Reading
[It's] perplexing that Washington still has not adopted a national broadband policy, despite years of prodding from dozens of industry players, including the Communications Workers of America (CWA) , the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) , and others.

July 10, 2008
Mama Mia! TIA Reports
SatNews
According to Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) report, global telecommunications revenue is projected to hit nearly $5 trillion by 2011, with growing demand for high-volume data applications driving both business and consumer markets. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry's ICT2020 Market Intelligence Report to Guide Companies on Technology, Services, Regulation and Finance assembled by TIA indicates this and other trends that will be addressed through TIA's new initiative to produce unique market intelligence for companies in the information and communications technology industry.

June 30, 2008
TIA releases Standards and Technology Annual Report
SmartBrief
The Telecommunications Industry Association has released its 2007-08 Standards and Technology Annual Report. STAR is a summary of the latest actions taken by respective TIA engineering committees toward the development of standards for the advancement of global communications.

June 30, 2008
Court Upholds FCC Order in Video Franchise Fight, TIA Applauds
xchange.com
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decided Friday to uphold a controversial FCC video franchising order. The decision is expected to draw applause, from the Telecommunications Industry Association and opposition from municipalities.

June 25, 2008
Cell Phone Alerts Opposed
Communications Daily
TIA opposes any testing of a new system for emergency cellphone alerts that involves test messages sent to cellphone users," it said Thursday. That position is consistent with the group's stance as a participant in the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee that wrote rules for cellphone alerts, a TIA spokesman said Friday.

June 17, 2008
Intellon's Technology Integrated into New TIA-1113 International Standard by Telecommunications Industry Association
HiddenWires
TIA-1113 is the World's First Broadband-Class Powerline Communications Standard Adopted by an ANSI-Accredited Organization. Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq:ITLN), a leading provider of HomePlug(R)-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid applications, applauded the decision by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to incorporate HomePlug 1.0 powerline technology into its newly published international standard. The new TIA-1113 standard defines modem operations on user-premises electrical wiring. The standard is the world's first multi-megabit powerline communications standard adopted by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited standards development organization (SDO).

June 12, 2008
Tellabs Boss Favors Tiered Internet
LightReading.com
What would a telco conference be without a smattering of debate on Net Neutrality?
Well, wonder no more, as Tellabs Inc. (Nasdaq: TLAB - message board; Frankfurt: BTLA) CEO Rob Pullen -- who is also chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 's Board of Directors -- is set to provide an overview of the communications equipment industry at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, to the assembled media at NXTcomm.

June 12, 2008
Tellabs' Pullen talks TIA, Net neutrality
FierceTelecom.com
Rob Pullen, who became CEO of Tellabs earlier this year and is also chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association, one of your co-hosts for NXTcomm next week in Las Vegas,  will head a press conference at the show intended to outline how the TIA is leading the telecom industry in new directions. Will the TIA be leading members down a greener, more energy-efficient path? Stay tuned.

June 6, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Publishes New Standard on Mobile Security
ip-telephony.com
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), a trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT) industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification, and worldwide environmental regulatory compliance, has published a new standard, TIA-1091 IMS Security Framework, on mobile security.

May 29, 2008
Intellon's Technology, the Baseline for HomePlug 1.0, Integrated into New TIA-1113 International Standard by Telecommunications Industry Association
PR-inside.com
Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq:ITLN), a leading provider of HomePlug(R)-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid applications, applauded the decision by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to incorporate HomePlug 1.0 powerline technology into its newly published international standard.

May 28, 2008
New Powerline Standard
TMCnet.com
The Telecommunications Industry Association (News - Alert) has developed a standard defining a data modem that operates on electrical wiring (AC power lines) on the user premises.

May 27, 2008
Yankee Group partners with TIA
AnalystNews.Tekrati.com
Yankee Group and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently announced the start of a formal relationship, whereby Yankee Group will provide strategic counsel and industry research to TIA. The companies will also partner to enhance the USA Pavilion presence at ITU Telecom events around the world.

May 26, 2008
First in-car TV broadcast demo
ComputerWorldMalaysia.com
Global wireless technology solutions developer Qualcomm Incorporated has demonstrated the first broadcast over the air to an in-vehicle entertainment system, at the National Associated of Broadcasters show, held in Las Vegas, USA.

May 21, 2008
Untethering the Future at NXTcomm08
xchange.com
The themes of broadband and convergence may sound familiar, almost hackneyed, but at NXTcomm08 both will be center stage and supercharged by a wireless dimension. “What we’ve all been hoping and wishing for is finally becoming reality,” said Grant Seiffert, president of TIA, which co-produces the NXTcomm event. “Broadband wireless is creating a truly mobile environment, and we’re seeing operators becoming comfortable moving from wired to wireless. That’s also where all the capital spending is going. So we expect wireless service revenue to surpass wired in 2009.”

May 20, 2008
How to Get Ready for Mobile Commerce: What`s in Your M-Wallet?
You think debit radio-frequency identification devices are changing your business? According to Grant Seiffert of the Telecommunications Industry Association, that will be nothing compared to what mobile devices and Near Field Communication will do in the future.

May 20, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association Wants More Enrolled in Certification Courses
TIA and VCampus Corporation have announced a new campaign to improve their jointly developed certification programs, the CTP and CCNT.

May 20, 2008
Is the U.S. falling behind in broadband?
SFGate.com
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development came out with its latest figures on broadband penetration and the situation appears to be getting worse for the U.S. According to the study, the U.S. has slipped to 15th in the world at the end of last year, with a penetration rate of 23.3 percent among the OECD member nations. That's down from 12th in 2006 and 4th in 2001.

May 20, 2008
How to Get Ready for Mobile Commerce: What`s in Your M-Wallet?
eWeek.com
You think debit radio-frequency identification devices are changing your business? According to Grant Seiffert of the Telecommunications Industry Association, that will be nothing compared to what mobile devices and Near Field Communication will do in the future.

May 20, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association Wants More Enrolled in Certification Courses
TMCnet
Offering heavy discounts to members seeking certification, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and VCampus Corporation today announced a new campaign to improve their jointly developed certification programs, the CTP and CCNT.

May 19, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and VCampus Expand Convergence and Web Technologies Certification Offerings
BusinessWeek
As the critical need for certifications in high-tech convergence and Web technology programs increases exponentially worldwide, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), an ANSI-accredited organization representing the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, and VCampus Corporation, owner of key convergence and vendor-neutral Web technology certification programs, have announced an intensive campaign to broaden the adoption of their jointly developed certification programs, the CTP and CCNT.

May 7, 2008
(Part I of II) TIA: Telecom’s new opportunity
Telecommunications Online
In part one of a two-part interview, Telecommunications� Editor in Chief Sean Buckley talks to Grant Seiffert, president of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) about how service providers are responding to the voice of the consumer and the application.

May 7, 2008
(Part II of II) TIA: Bring on the competition
Telecommunications Online
In part two of a two-part interview series, Telecommunications Editor in Chief Sean Buckley continues his conversation with Grant Seiffert, president of the TIA, about bridging the digital divide and how cable and telcos look for hooks to keep the end user happy.

May 2008
(The Right Way to Regulate
Grant Seiffert in Phone+
In a heavily regulated industry like telecommunications, there must be a defining line between superfluous bureaucracy and effective governance to promote the implementation of commonsense solutions to our greatest challenges.

May 1, 2008
Toward Cat 7?
Voice&Data
The more your network demands from your company due to increasing demands in terms of advanced applications like videoconferencing, high-definition graphics, IP telephony, IPTV, multimedia networks, and e-commerce with both voice and data, the more the bandwidth is required.

April 15, 2008
Graybar Vice President Named to Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board
yahoo.news
Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical and communications products and related supply chain management and logistics services, announced today that Michael C. Dumas, vice president comm/data business, recently joined the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board of Directors.

March 20, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association adds board members
FCW.com/blog
The Telecommunications Industry Association announced March 19 the election of new board members.

February 22, 2008
U.S. telecom growth seen slower than global industry
Reuters
The U.S. telecommunications industry will grow at a slower rate than the global industry in the coming years as the wireless and wired markets mature, the Telecommunications Industry Association said on Friday.

February 22, 2008
Telecom industry poised for strong growth
InfoWorld.com
Despite fears of an economic downturn in the United States, the telecommunications industry should see strong growth in the next three years, driven largely by increasing demand for broadband, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) said Friday.

February 14, 2008
TIA: U.S. Spent $208.4B on Wireless in 2007
WirelessWeek
Americans spent $208.4 billion on wireless communications technology in 2007, according to Grant Seiffert, president of Telecommunications Industry (TIA).

February 1, 2008
TIA: U.S. Spent $208.4B on Wireless in 2007
WirelessWeek
Americans spent $208.4 billion on wireless communications technology in 2007, according to Grant Seiffert, president of Telecommunications Industry (TIA).

December 28, 2007
2008: The Dawn of Wireless 4.0
RCR Wireless
The pieces continue to fall in and out of place in the ever-evolving wireless world, but it now appears the many changes - from the subtle to the spectacular emergence of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc. and open access - have unwittingly joined in disorganized union to force the wireless industry to a tipping point of sorts.

December 20, 2007
TIA Backs Rural Broadband Legislation
Telecommunications Magazine
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), tired of hearing excuses of why rural America is not equipped with broadband capabilities, has sent letters to a bipartisan list of Congressional committee leadership supporting pro- broadband legislation, including a 2007 farm bill reauthorization measure that would enhance rural broadband deployment through improved data mapping, tax incentives and an expanded broadband loan program.

December 15, 2007
Eye to the Future
WirelessWeek
2007 has been 12 action-packed months of traditional expectations accented with legend-making change agents. Wireless operators continued to build out their 3G wireless data offerings and fine-tune their services and customer relationships. No small task there. Yet, new players interrupted and offered an intoxicating elixir of possibilities that were at once distracting and inspiring. The disruptive forces were at work in 2007 to be sure, and in 2008, we expect a you-ain't-seen-nothing-yet continuation.