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).
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2013
- April 29, 2013
TIA Submits Comments to the Department of Commerce’s Inquiry on Incentives to Adopt Improved Cybersecurity Practices (PDF, 191KB) - April 8, 2013
TIA Submits Comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology on its Development of a Voluntary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF, 234KB) - March 13, 2013
TIA Submits Input to FDA on Draft Design ‘Home Use’ Guidance (PDF, 116KB) - March 1, 2013
TIA files Comments with NIST on Final Public Draft of Privacy and Security Controls for Federal Systems (SP 800-53) (PDF, 149KB) - February 28, 2013
Letter to President Obama by Major High Tech Trade Associations Urging a Successful Conclusion to the Expansion of the ITA (PDF, 267KB) - February 8, 2013
TIA Urges HHS Secretary Sebelius to Launch Formal Health IT Governance Working Group (PDF, 102KB) - February 5, 2013
TIA Letter FirstNet Board (PDF, 14KB)
2012
- December 14, 2012
TIA Comments with NIST on Draft Guidelines on Hardware-Rooted Security in Mobile Devices (PDF, 159KB) - November 11, 2012
TIA Comments on FirstNet Concept Notice of Inquiry (PDF, 100KB) - October 30, 2012
TIA Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration on its Completed Study of In-Flight Cellular Phone Usage Internationally - October 30, 2012
TIA Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration on Potentially Altering Rules on In-Flight Personal Electronic Devices Use on Aircraft - September 21, 2012
TIA files Comments with General Services Administration on Cloud Computing Brokers (PDF, 93KB) - August 7, 2012
TIA submits input to Industry Canada on its Radio Standards Procedure revisions (RSP-100) (PDF, 5Mb) - August 1, 2012
TIA files Comments with NTIA on Spectrum Relocation Technical Panel and Dispute Resolution Process (PDF, 68 KB) - June 29, 2012
TIA files Comments with EPA on Proposed Testing Methodology for its Energy Star Program Telephony Product Specification Requirements. (PDF, 73KB) - May 31, 2012
TIA files Comments with Office of the Federal Register on Incorporation by Reference Petition (PDF, 137 KB) - May 14, 2012
Administration NWI Fed Spectrum (PDF, 243 KB) - May 8, 2012
TIA ICT R&D Policy Report (PDF, 479 KB)
TIA Letter on First Responder Technology RD (PDF, 33 KB) - May 7, 2012
TIA files Comments with HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Proposed Rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Criteria (PDF, 103 KB) - May 3, 2012
TIA Letter to UK Cabinet Consultation on Open Standards (PDF, 162 KB) - April 30, 2012
TIA files Letter with OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein on Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities (PDF, 168 KB) - April 27, 2012
TIA files Comments with NTIA on Dynamic Spectrum Access Techniques for LMR Sharing in 410-420 MHz and 470-512 MHz (PDF, 84 KB) - April 24, 2012
TIA files Letter to TEMA Calling for Opposition to India's Preferential Market Policy (PDF, 81 KB)
- April 19, 2012
TIA files Letter with NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling on NTIA's First Responder Network Authority's Deployment Administration of the Future Public Safety Broadband Network (PDF, 81 KB)
- April 6, 2012
TIA files Comments with NIST on a February 29-released draft Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (PDF, 90 KB) - April 4, 2012
TIA Files Joint Letter With Indian Government to Express Serious Concerns With New Preferential Market Access (PMA) rules issued by the Indian Department of Information Technology (PDF, 694 KB) - April 2, 2012
TIA files Comments with NTIA on a Multistakeholder Process to Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct (PDF, 117 KB) - March 7, 2012
TIA files Comments with Access Board on Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines and Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (PDF, 222 KB)
- January 23, 2012
TIA Calls on President Obama to Urge Swift Final Passage of Spectrum Legislation (PDF, 129 KB)
2011
- December 02, 2011
TIA files Comments with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on its Draft Cloud Computing Roadmap (PDF, 448 KB) - October 13, 2011
TIA files Comments with the Environmental Protection Agency on Proposed Changes to the ENERGY STAR Telephony Program (PDF, 93 KB) - June 14, 2011
TIA files Comments with Federal Trade Commission on Competition Issues in Standards Setting (PDF, 1.32 MB) - June 03, 2011
TIA files Comments on Example NIST-DHS P25 Conformance Tests for the P25 Compliance Assessment Program (PDF, 68 KB) - February 22, 2011
TIA files Comments with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the Effectiveness of Federal Agency Participation in Standardization (PDF, 152 KB) - January 28, 2011
TIA files Comments with the Department of Energy on its Notice of Proposed Rules for the Testing of Battery Charging Systems (BCS) (PDF, 269 KB) - January 14, 2011
TIA Files Comments with the Environmental Protection Agency on Proposed Changes to the ENERGY STAR Battery Charging Systems (BCS) Program Treatment of Telephony (PDF, 292 KB)
2010
- December 13, 2010
TIA files Comments with the American National Standards Institute on Proposed Changes to "Essential Requirements" Related to Conflict and Duplication within the ANSI Process (ExSC 8096) (PDF, 294 KB) - July 30, 2010
Telecommunications Industry Association Filing on Canada FDI (PDF, 57KB) - July 26, 2010
TIA Reply Comments Filed With DOE on National Broadband Plan, Smart Grid: Data Access, Third Party Use and Privacy (PDF, ) - July 26, 2010
TIA Reply Comments Filed With DOE on Implementing the National Broadband Plan by Studying the Communications Requirements of Electric Utilities to Inform Federal Smart Grid Policy (PDF, 43 KB) - July 08, 2010
ICT Submission on Indigenous Innovation Policies (PDF, 48KB) - June 22, 2010
TIA/CTIA_File_Comments_in_Access_Board_ANPRM_Proceeding_FINAL (PDF, 361KB) - June 10, 2010
TIA Files Comments With NTIA on Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy (PDF, 49 KB) - April 09, 2010
TIA Comments on Proposed Certification Programs for Health Information Technology (PDF, 32KB)
2009
- November 30, 2009
TIA Comments Filed With NTIA and RUS on Broadband Grant Programs Rules (PDF, 121 KB) - August 21, 2009
TIA Files NOI Comments with NTIA (PDF, 45 KB) - July 27, 2009
TIA Files Letter with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Provisions Regarding "Non-Remote" Broadband Projects (PDF, 10 KB) - June 26, 2009
Meaningful Use Comments filed with Dr. David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P, National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services (PDF, 31 KB) - June 12, 2009
TIA’s 2009 U.S. – China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) submission to USTR and the Department of Commerce (PDF, 53 KB) - June 11, 2009
Health IT Letter to Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for the Office of Health Information Technology at HHS (PDF, 1472 KB) - June 02, 2009
Letter to Dept. of Commerce and USDA on Buy American provision (PDF, 43 KB) - April 13, 2009
Letter to NTIA Associate Administrator Bernadette McGuire-Rivera Regarding Attribution of Pre-Existing Infrastructure Investments Necessary to BTOP Projects as In-Kind Contributions to the BTOP 20 Percent Non-Federal Match Requirement (PDF, 33 KB) - April 10, 2009
Joint National Telecommunications and Information Administration- Rural Utilities Service Request for Information (PDF, 68 KB) - March 25, 2009
Letter regarding the Vietnamese MIC issued draft telecommunications law (PDF, 43 KB)
2008
- September 24, 2008
TIA Letter Regarding ATIS-TIA Completion of Initial CMAS Alert Gateway Draft Specification - September 11, 2008
TIA Comments to EPA on amending the Version 2.0 ENERGY STAR telephony specifications - April 15, 2008
TIA Comments Submitted to the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Concerning the update of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Long-Range Plan for fiscal year 2005-2009
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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





