FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 09, 2008

Nokia Siemens Networks, ILS Technology Join Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Board

ILS Technology’s Fred Yentz and Nokia Siemens’ Susan Schramm Confirmed at August Meeting

Arlington, VA – At its August meeting, the Board of Directors for the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, unanimously confirmed two new Board members:

• Fred Yentz, CEO of ILS Technology
• Susan Schramm, Head of Marketing, North America, Nokia Siemens Networks

“It’s no secret that the industry we represent is hypercompetitive,” said TIA President Grant Seiffert. “TIA is an association that understands business, and operates with a business philosophy. As we focus on the challenges ahead—meeting the demands for services in expanding markets—the insight and experience of industry leaders like Fred and Susan will help TIA lead the ICT industry as it grows in new directions. We’re grateful for their service.

At the meeting, the Board also heard two keynote addresses:

• Andrew Fanara, Manager of the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® Product Specifications Development Team, discussed the EPA’s current activities relating to energy efficiency as well as future directions
• Catherine Avgiris, Comcast Cable’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Voice Services, spoke about ComCast’s unique competitive challenges in increasing market share for its cable, entertainment and communications products and services.

The TIA Board renewed its commitment to pursuing environmental initiatives, through EIATRACK, TIA’s global environmental regulatory compliance tracking service, and through e-cyclingcentral.org, TIA’s free Web database of environmental recycling locations in the United States. The Board reconfirmed its support for TIA to take a leading role on environmental issues as a standards development organization.

About TIA

Currently in its 84th year, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry through standards development, advocacy, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory analysis. TIA enhances the business environment for thousands of companies and individuals 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 (“triple play”) applications and evolution.

TIA co-owns NXTcomm, the tradeshow serving the ICT industry; is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI); serves as the secretariat for the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2); holds Board of Director positions on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) TELECOM and USITO Boards; and hosts the USA pavilions in ITU trade fairs worldwide.

More than 1,100 subject matter experts and other industry leaders participate in TIA’s 70+ standards committees and TIA has produced more than 1,150 standards documents. From mobile and personal communications systems to fiber optics and cabling infrastructure, from vehicular telematics and terrestrial mobile multimedia to healthcare ICT, TIA’s engineering committees work to formulate positions and prepare international standards and reports for use by industry and government.

In government affairs and international trade, hundreds of experts are at the table helping to advance and advocate initiatives on behalf of the industry—projects such as 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.

On the environmental front, 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’s Board of Directors includes senior-level executives from ACS, ADC, ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, ANDA Networks, ArrayComm, AttivaCorp, Avaya, Bechtel Communications, Inc., Cam Communications, Cisco Systems, Corning Incorporated, Ericsson, Inc., Graybar, Henkels & McCoy, Intel Corporation, ILS Technology, LGE, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, OneChip Photonics Inc., Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corporation, Tellabs, Tyco Electronics, Ulticom, Inc., Verari Systems, Westell Technologies, Inc. and Zebra Technologies Corporation. Advisors to the Board include FAL Associates, Orca Systems and Telcordia Technologies.

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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