FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 24, 2008

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Publishes New WLAN Standard

Focus on IEEE Compatibility Complements Wireless Device Growth

Arlington, Va. - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published a new standard, TIA-1003, for Requirements for a Wireless LAN Based IP Telephony Endpoint, adding to a broad catalog of wireless standards for the communications industry.

TIA-1003 specifies the minimum requirements for various performance aspects of WLAN IP telephony endpoints operating in a business environment, including: media and protocol-specific call control interoperability; acoustic performance; telephony feature support; safety; electromagnetic compatibility; and environmental performance. Due to the significant growth of Wi-Fi Alliance-certified products on the market, the TIA-1003 standard was developed to focus on IEEE 802.11 technologies.

TIA-1003 was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-41: User Premises Telecommunications Requirements Engineering Committee's TR-41.4: IP Telephony Infrastructure and Endpoints Subcommittee. To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International Inc. at (800) 854-7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com.

For technical information regarding participating in the TR-41 committee please contact Ronda Coulter at rcoulter@tiaonline.org. For press questions please contact Taly Walsh twalsh@tiaonline.org

The companies participating in TR-41 are: ADTRAN, Advent Instruments, Inc., Allied Telephone and Data Corp., AST Technology Labs, Inc., AT&T Labs, Avaya, Belden Networks Division, Berk-Tek, Bourns Limited, Broadcom Corporation, Business Communication Svcs., Carlon, Lamson & Sessions, Catena Networks, Cisco Systems, Inc., CML Microcircuits (USA) Inc., CommScope Network Division, Conexant Systems, Inc., Corning Incorporated, CSI Telecommunications, Dietrich Lockard Group, Inc., EMBARQ Corporation, Ericsson Inc., FAL Associates, Fluke Networks, Flykees, Fultec Semiconductor Inc., G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Industry Canada, Intel Corporation, Intertek Testing Services, Intrado, ITW Linx, Leviton Network Solutions, Littelfuse Inc., Maz-Sky Canadian International G, Microtronix Systems Ltd., Motorola Inc., National Communications System, National Technical Systems (NTS), NeuStar Inc., Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, Panasonic Service & Technology Co., Panduit Corporation, Plantronics, Redcom Labs, Inc., RTKL Associates Inc., San-O Industrial Corp., Sanyo Fisher Company, Sharp Laboratories of America, Sigma Delta Communications, Inc., Sony Wireless Tech Division, Spirent Communications, Sprint Nextel, Telchemy Incorporated, Telcordia Technologies, Texas Instruments, Inc., The Siemon Company, Thomson Inc., Tyco Electronics, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, UL Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Uniden, Verizon Wireless, VTech Communications, Westell Technologies, Inc., Wiltec Technologies, Wyle Laboratories, Inc.

 

About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information communications and technology (ICT) industries through standards development, advocacy, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the business environment for thousands of companies whose focus is broadband development and deployment (including wireless and landline infrastructure and services), information technology (IT) for commercial or residential application, Internet Protocol (IP) hardware, software and content solutions, and the convergence of voice, video and data applications and evolution.

TIA co-owns NXTcomm, the tradeshow serving the ICT industry; is ANSI-accredited; serves as the secretariat for 3GPP2; holds a Board position on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) TELECOM Board; and hosts the USA pavilions in ITU trade fairs worldwide. More than 1,000 engineers, lawyers and other industry leaders participate in TIA's 70+ standards committees and TIA has produced more than 1,150 standards documents. Hundreds of experts participate in TIA's government affairs initiatives, which include advancing global broadband deployment across wireline, wireless and cable platforms; advocating advanced spectrum management; encouraging policies to enable information access for persons with disabilities; seeking allocation of additional spectrum to advance wireless services and public safety; facilitating market opportunities by promoting full, fair and open trade and competition in international markets; and ensuring that the U.S. communications sector continues to be a leader in advanced research. TIA's EIATRACK subscription-based web service, on the Web at www.eiatrack.com, enables companies to determine up-to-date information on environmental compliance of their products in various regions around the world.

TIA membership enhances the ability of companies to prepare for the future of communications. TIA brings people and businesses together by helping the industry overcome technical and political barriers to communications. Visit www.tiaonline.org for details.

 

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