April 19 – April 21 Spring Policy Summit, CTO Council Roundtable and Carrier Roundtable – Cambridge, Maryland. For more information or to participate, contact Danielle Coffey .
June 21 Network Transition: Going From the PSTN to an all Internet Protocol Network
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Monday 9/30
***Please note that the status of many of the government sponsored events depends on the current government shutdown situation on the Hill. The Senate and House are both in session this week. FCC Learn Everything About Reverse Auctions Now (LEARN) Program Workshop **TIA Technical Regulatory Policy Committee (TRPC) Recurring Conference Call
Tuesday 10/1
SHLB Schools and Libraries Broadband Seminar FCC Cybersecurity Technology Demonstration Forum DHS Information Sharing Working Group (ISWG) Meeting House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing: Challenges and Opportunities in the 5 GHz Spectrum Band DOE Better Buildings Efficiency Webinar
Wednesday 10/2
FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) Workshop on E911 Phase II Location Accuracy **TIA Standards & IPR Policy Committee (SIPC) Face-to-Face Meeting DOE Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting EO/PPD Research & Development Working Group Meeting Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on America COMPETES Act
Thursday 10/3
DOE Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting **TIA Standards & IPR Policy Committee (SIPC) Face-to-Face Meeting NIST Software Asset Management Workshop: Continuous Monitoring Building Block House E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing: Reviewing FDA's Implementation of FDASIA State Department ITU PP-2014 Prep Meeting European Health Forum: EU mHealth Policy Presentation - "Users' Viewpoint" **TIA Public Safety Communications Working Group (PSCWG) Conference Call
Friday 10/4
No events this day.
Future Events
October 7-10, 2013 October 7, 2013 October 7-8, 2013 October 9-11, 2013 October 9, 2013 October 11, 2013 October 11, 2013 October 15, 2013 October 15, 2013 October 17, 2013 October 22, 2013 October 22, 2013 December 2-3, 2013 |
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).
