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).
Accessibility Policy Filings Archive
- TIA Comments on Tentative Findings in the FCC's 1st CVAA Biennial Report to Congress (9/6/12)
- TIA Comments to Inform the FCC's 1st CVAA Biennial Report to Congress (7/25/12)
- TIA Comments in Support of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Petition for Class Waiver from ACS Rules (7/23/12)
- TIA Reply Comments in Support of the Electronic Software Association's Petition for Class Waiver from the FCC's ACS Rules (6/25/12)
- TIA Reply Comments in Support of the Consumer Electronics Association's Petition for Class Waiver from the FCC's ACS Rules (6/25/12)
- TIA Reply Comments to the FCC on its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking towards Implementing the CVAA (3/14/12)
- TIA Comments to the U.S. Architectural and Transporation Accessibility Board on Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines and Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (3/7/12)
- TIA Comments to the FCC on its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking towards Implementing the CVAA (2/13/12)
- TIA Reply Comments to the FCC on the Proposed Adoption of the ANSI C63.19:2010 Hearing Aid Compatibility Standard for Wireless Devices (1/30/12)
- TIA Files Comments With FCC Supporting the Proposed Adoption of the ANSI C63.19:2010 Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Standard for Wireless Devices (1/13/12)
- TIA files Comments on Short- and Long-Term Solutions for the Implementation of an Effective Next Generation 9-1-1 System (12/12/11)
- TIA files Comments on the Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming pursuant to the Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (10/18/11)
- TIA Comments Filed With FCC on Implementation of Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Act (4/25/11)
- TIA Comments Filed With the FCC on Spurring NG911 Through Market-Based Innovation (2/28/11)
- TIA Comments Filed With FCC on Hearing Aid Compatibility (2/14/11)
- TIA Files Comments With FCC on Advanced Communications Provisions of Accessibility Act of 2010 (11/22/10)
- TIA Comments on Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Handsets (10/25/10)
- TIA Files Comments on Mobile Phone Accessibility for People who are Blind, Deaf-blind, or Have Low Vision (9/13/10)
- TIA Ex Parte Response to FCC Questions Raised during October 20, 2009 Workshop on Disability Access (11/16/09)
- Joint TIA-CEA Comments on Broadband Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Advance of FCC October 20, 2009 Workshop (10/6/09)
- TIA Accessibility Comments on the National Broadband Plan and Questions Raised during the FCC's "Broadband Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities" Workshop (9/15/09)
- TIA Letter to President Obama Detailing Accessibility Initiatives (1/16/09)
- TIA Comment on DECT Forum Petition to Modify Service Rules for the UPCS Band (1920-1930 MHz) (10/3/08)
- TIA Comments Urging the Commission to Maintain the De Minimis Exception to its Hearing Aid Compatibility Requirements (8/28/08)
- TIA Comments on the Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's (NIDRR) Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Year 2005-2009 (4/15/08)
- TIA Comments on American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) C63 Petition to Institute the Latest Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Standard (12/21/07)
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M2M and Global Communications - Part 2

-Grant Seiffert, TIA President
M2M and Global Communications - Part 1
-Grant Seiffert, TIA President

Shaping the Future of the Industry
How Policy, Politics and Power Are Changing the ICT Market - Part 3
By Grant Seiffert
President, Telecommunications Industry





