Plan to participate in TIA’s annual strategic Conference, October 7-10, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Events Calendar

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May 21 - May 23 TIA NOW at CTIA Wireless Event - The TIA NOW crew will be in Las Vegas on the CTIA show floor filming executive interviews and custom webinars. To participate please contact Claire Johnson at CJohnson@tiaonline.org
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May 23 TIA Brown Bag Lunch featuring Dr. Sanjay Udani, Verizon - TIA's HQ, Arlington, VA. Register here.
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June 4 - June 5 M2M and Cyber Security in the Network Workshop - A meeting of business leaders, policy makers and industry experts creating the future of Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies. Understand the importance of cyber security in the adoption of M2M at this two day workshop at TIA Headquarters. For more information click here; to register click here.
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June 21 Network Transition: Going From PSTN to an all IP Network – 10am-12pm at TIA’s offices at 1320 N. Courthouse Road, #200. Arlington, VA. To participate please contact Mark Uncapher. Register here.
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September 10 The Future of the Network Documentary Part 3 - The Future of the Network: Government, Healthcare and Education - Topics include: Public and Private Partnerships, Privacy and Standards in Healthcare, Tangible Examples to Add to Your Resume and Video Reel, New Networks Mean More Education and Awareness of Technologies. Part 3 of the documentary will be featured here.
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October 1 The Future of the Network Documentary Part 4 - Cloud Computing and Services - Topics include: Big Data to Big Revenue, Voluntary Standards and Best Practices, Cyber Security in the Cloud, Business Model Evolution, The SMB Advantage in the Cloud and Future of BYOD. Part 4 of the documentary will be featured here.
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October 3 World Standards Day Celebration – The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day 2013 recognizes standards as tools that assure repeatability, consistency, dependability and excellence. It identifies standards-setting bodies as the forums for the public and private sectors to come together in collaboration for a common good. And it confirms that – from manufacturer to consumer, workplace to home and farm to table – standards bring confidence and countless benefits to businesses, governments and consumers. To learn more please contact Stephanie Montgomery.
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October 8 - October 10 The Future of the Network - The TIA event will address disruptive technologies and changing business models as companies position themselves for success with wireless, the transition to all-IP networks, virtualization and software defined networking, Cloud, M2M, smart buildings, and other critical trends. The conference will offer attendees ideas and direction for thriving in the rapidly-changing ICT environment. www.tia2013.org. Registration opens June 2013. For more information please contact Taly Walsh.
View past events here. For more information please contact Florence Sumaray.
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We hope that China will use this break in the negotiations to reexamine its approach to the negotiations to expand the ITA and focus on reducing its overly large list of sensitive products. If China is ready to move forward to conclude the expansion of the ITA this year then the ITA Expansion is achievable this year.

As part of a large U.S. industry delegation representing a broad array of ICT manufacturers, TIA is in Geneva, Switzerland this week to cheer on the trade negotiators who are working hard to conclude the negotiations to expand the product coverage of the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA remains one of the most commercially important WTO trade agreements – by eliminating tariffs on a broad range of ICT products, the ITA lowers the cost and improves access to these products, which are vital to the economic competitiveness of all economies around the world.
The Telecommunications Industry Association was in Geneva last week along with AdvaMed, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Entertainment Software Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Liquid Crystal Polymer Coalition, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Semiconductor Industry Association. This coalition of high-tech companies represents a broad spectrum of manufacturers and service providers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
Last week was a busy one at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The signs are very encouraging that the member countries of the WTO are back on track to move the WTO’s trade liberalization agenda forward – from the new International Services Agreement (ISA) to the ongoing negotiations to expand the existing WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA).






