Thank you for participating in our event - Network Transition: Going From the PSTN to an all Internet Protocol Network on June 21, 2013. This TIA program was hosted by the association’s Broadband Convergence Working Group (BCWG) and videotaped by TIA NOW. The highlight video is above and the the full length videos will be published online, by July 8. Please check back here for updates.
View full Agenda here.
Videos
| Technology to Reach a Post-PSTN Network Highlights | Full Length |
Barriers for an IP Transition Highlights | Full Length |
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| Options for the IP Transition Highlights | Full Length |
Keynote: Sean Lev, General Counsel, FCC |
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Policy Day at TIA 2013: The Future of the Network, October 7-10
Join us at TIA’s annual conference TIA 2103: The Future of the Network, a highly participatory and outcomes-focused forum for discussion around the policy, technology and business aspects of the fast-changing broadband environment.
Educational Tracks: Mobility & Broadband Capacity, Customer Experience Management, M2M & The Internet of Things, Cloud & Data Centers, Sustainability & ICT and Government, and Healthcare & Enterprise Networks
Pre-Conference Workshops (Oct. 7-8): Supply Chain, Data Center Optimization, M2M, Quality Matters, Media and the Network, Streaming Video on the Network, Software Defined Networks, FirstNet & Public Safety, Cybersecurity, and Carrier Ethernet 2.0
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).
