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Week of October 15, 2007 • Volume 8, Issue 16

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USITO Board Meeting Highlights Shenzhen Successes
Last week the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) held a board meeting in Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen was designated a Special Economic Zone in 1981, and has since become one of China’s fastest growing cities. More >>

House Passes Internet Tax Moratorium in a Landslide Vote
TIA applauded the U.S. House of Representatives this week for their action passing H.R. 3678, the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 by a vote of 405-2. The bill would extend the soon-to-expire moratorium on Internet access taxes through November 2011. More >>

ANSI World Standards Week Honors TIA CTO Dan Bart
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is holding its World Standards Week 2007 this week in Washington, D.C., including its 2007 Leadership and Service Awards ceremony. More >>

Discussion on Tower Standards with Chris Ply, John Erichsen and Brian Reese

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Grant Seiffert, President, TIA

Conferring in a Changing Landscape
By TIA President
Grant Seiffert

Last week I had the pleasure to be a panelist and an attendee at the Telephony LIVE summit in Dallas. As a conference focusing on turning cutting-edge technology into profits, Telephony LIVE was also a unique opportunity to join several TIA member companies in exploring the latest trends in our industry, in both the technology and business realms.

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Home Phone Tunes

Home Phone Tunes is the first company to provide the Ringboxx, the first product to give people a simple and entertaining way to personalize home phones with music and exclusive audio content.

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