
Through its friendship agreement with the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO), TIA has negotiated an exclusive opportunity to build stronger relationships in the rural communications markets - register as an OPASTCO Summer Convention and Tradeshow attendee at the OPASTCO member rate! (Deadline for guaranteed room rate is June 30.)
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To learn more about OPASTCO's Summer Convention and Tradeshow, meeting agenda and sponsorship opportunities, and to register, visit http://www.opastco.org/site/meetings/summer2010/.
This year's Spring Policy Summit agenda was highlighted by educational panel discussions among government and industry guests. On the heels of a National Broadband Plan having been submitted to Congress by the FCC, attendees discussed the policy solutions that will ideally lead us toward A Plan for our Future. Read more>>

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As the funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is beginning to flow in 2010, the information and communiations technology (ICT) industry is poised to kickstart the U.S. economy. Broadband stimulus funds will contribute to double-digit growth in backbone infrastructure spending during the next two years, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) reports in its 2010 ICT Market Review & Forecast. Broadband growth will be fueled by penetration into rural areas, in large part because of the stimulus package. During the next four years, more than 37 million broadband subscriptions will be added, bringing the total to nearly 119 million, a 46 percent gain from 2009.
TIA's ICT Green Boot CampTIA held its latest in the ongoing series of ICT Green Boot Camps on March 18, 2010 in Silicon Valley. ICT Green Boot Camp highlighedt the issues of sustainable solutions for energy and the environment.