Strategic Initiatives

APCO Project 25 Public Safety Standards – Recognizing the need for common standards for first responders and homeland security/emergency response professionals, representatives from the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International (APCO), the National Association of State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD), selected federal agencies and the National Communications System (NCS) established Project 25, a steering committee for selecting voluntary common system standards for digital public safety radio communications. TIA TR-8 facilitates such work through its role as an ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organization (SDO) and has developed in TR-8 the 102 series of technical documents.  These standards directly address the guidelines of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).

GSC Machine-to-Machine Standardization Task Force (MSTF) - The GSC Machine-to-Machine Standardization Task Force (MSTF) was created during the GSC-15 in 2010 to serve as an information exchange between standards developing organizations and the M2M industry. The MSTF is directly supported by the work of TIA's TR-50 engineering committee, which is developing a reference architecture for machine-to-machine communications.

Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP) - a technology certification and rating system managed by the STEP Foundation, a non-profit organization comprised of technology trade associations representatives, their members, and STEP supporters.
 
Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) - the standardization group for CDMA2000 technology. 3GPP2 was formed out of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) International Mobile Telecommunications "IMT-2000" initiative, covering high speed, broadband, and Internet Protocol (IP)-based mobile systems featuring network-to-network interconnection, feature/service transparency, global roaming and seamless services independent of location.  3GPP2 is directly supported by the work of TIA's TR-45 engineering committee, which develops wireless standards for CDMA devices. 
 
Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA) - an organization established to adopt technical criteria for terminal equipment developed by ANSI-accredited standards development organizations and maintains a registration database of equipment approved as compliant with the technical criteria. ACTA is directly supported by the work of TIA's TR-41 engineering committee, which creates standards for terminal attachments.
 
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -  As the global focal point for governments and the private sector, ITU's role in helping the world communicate spans three core sectors: radio communication (ITU-R), standardization (ITU-T), and development (ITU-D). Fomulating groups within ITU-T have previously adapted TIA standards. (CDMA2000®) (UWC-136)
 

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