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TIA Files Ex Parte Letter with FCC on Progeny LMS Waiver Request
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TIA Files Ex Parte Letter with FCC on Progeny LMS Waiver Request
ARLINGTON, VA (July 9, 2012) - On Friday, July 6, 2012, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) filed an ex parte letter with the Federal Communications Commission regarding a waiver request by Progeny LMS, LLC on devices that operate in the 902-928 MHz band on an unlicensed basis. TIA cautioned the Commission to take further measures to ensure that unlicensed operations in the M-LMS Band are protected from harmful interference from the other services. TIA said any allowance by the Commission of Progeny’s M-LMS system should be conditioned on further testing to safeguard Part 15 stakeholders from this harmful interference.
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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).






