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August 15, 2007 • Volume 8, Issue 7

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TIA promotes innovation and a competitive market environment for its member companies.
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President Bush Signs Innovation Bill
President Bush signed H.R. 2272, the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Act, into law last Thursday, bringing to fruition months of work by TIA and countless other organization. More >>

Japan Foregoes Radio Utilization Fee for Unlicensed Spectrum
TIA members doing business in Japan won an important, if easy to overlook, victory last week, as the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC) ruled against imposing the same Radio Utilization fee on unlicensed spectrum that is normally applied to its licensed counterpart. More >>

NXTcomm Stats Sky-High for First-Year Show
The audit figures are in from this year's inaugural NXTcomm trade show and convention, and they're surprisingly strong. More >>

Which of the following policy issues that may come up in the next session of Congress are of most concern to you?
	Environmental compliance and establishing uniform regulation.
	Completing and overseeing the ins and outs of the DTV transition.
	Resolving the net neutrality dispute.
	Adopting Free Trade Agreements with Korea, Panama, Peru and Columbia.
	Implementation of the recent America COMPETES Act and its research grants for advanced communications technologies.

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A Global Industry
By TIA President
Grant Seiffert

Much was made of the tech and telecom bills in Congress, inside our industry and out, in the past few weeks as Congress approached recess amid furious legislating. I even praised one of those very bills right here last week. But if the current U.S. congressional recess has anyone thinking there are no telecom policy storms developing in other countries, think again. The examples from this week alone tell a very different story.

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TIA Member Spotlight:

GENBAND
GENBAND

GENBAND is a leading supplier of next generation IP gateway and application solutions. These high-performance gateway and application platforms enable fixed wireline, mobile, and cable network service providers to rapidly deploy new multimedia services. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has research and development facilities in Texas, China, and India.

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•	Broadcom-Qualcomm Chip Battle Continues www.forbes.com >>

•	Nokia Recalls 46 Million Batteries www.washingtonpost.com >>

•	Web Designers Settle 'Phone Cramming' Case news.yahoo.com >>

•	Books to Be Viewable from iPhone www.washingtonpost.com >>

•	India Buys into US IT Market, Driven by Visa Rules www.informationweek.com>>

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