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).
Events & Weekly Advance
Events
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
For a complete list of TIA Events, go to our Events Calender.

Monday 5/6
The Senate and House are both in session this week. Food and Drug Administration Safety Innovation Act (FDASIA) Workgroup Virtual Meeting **TIA Technical Regulatory Policy Committee (TRPC) Recurring Conference Call
Tuesday 5/7
**TIA Legislative Regulatory (Leg-Reg) Recurring Conference Call FCC Open Internet Advisory Committee (OIAC) Meeting
Wednesday 5/8
Senate Energy & Natural Gas Mark-Up: S. 761 Shaheen-Portman Bill Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Special Meeting
Thursday 5/9
FCC Open Meeting **TIA Accessibility Working Group (AWG) Recurring Conference Call
Friday 5/10
No events this day
Future Events
May 13, 2013 May 14, 2013 May 15-16, 2013 May 15, 2013 May 15-24, 2013 May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 May 21-22, 2013 May 23, 2013 May 29, 2013 May 29-31, 2013 May 29-30, 2013 |
Facebook/Twitter Lists
Rural #Broadband Deployment video with Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of @NTCA http://t.co/3N5nigFktr
05.07.2013 // Retweets: 0
“Society has moved, we didn’t exchange info on phones 10 years ago,” says Ryan Brown from @intelsys #ICT #M2M#IoT, http://t.co/dbByEtslq4
05.07.2013 // Retweets: 2
@TIA_Now is the official video sponsor of @NVTCSMC Destination Innovation Event #tech #video http://t.co/0nLlu9T7kc
05.06.2013 // Retweets: 0
“IT and app space has more of a cowboy mentality,” says Fred Yentz from ILS #ICT, #M2M, #IoT, http://t.co/dbByEtslq4
05.04.2013 // Retweets: 0
TIA Releases Statements on Pritzker and Froman Nominations https://t.co/7meKLcsL44 @CommerceGov
05.02.2013 // Retweets: 0
AT&T's President of Supply Chain and Fleet Operations Tim Harden talks to @TIA_NOW about supply chain in the #network http://t.co/LWMPeUlNx4
05.02.2013 // Retweets: 1
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





