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Week of October 29, 2007 • Volume 8, Issue 18

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Big Week on the Hill Highlighted by Internet Tax Ban
A week of ICT-favorable votes and markups on the Hill was highlighted by the unanimous passage of the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007. The House moved rapidly to pass the latest version of the bill by a vote of 402-0. The bill would extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes through November 2014. More >>

TIA Testifies at ITC on China
TIA Director of International & Government Affairs Mike Nunes testified this week before the International Trade Commission (ITC) as part three of its investigation and report to the House Ways and Means Committee on U.S.-China trade. Nunes presented issues important to the ICT industry, both in direct testimony and under questioning from the commissioners. More >>

ISO/TC204 Holds 30th Meeting in Qingdao, China
Participants from 20 countries gathered in Qingdao, China, for the 30th meeting of the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 204 for Intelligent Transport Systems, known as ISO/TC204. More >>

Interview with Berge Ayvazian
co-chairman of Trendsmedia’s WiMAX World Conference

Berge Ayvazian, co-chairman of Trendsmedia�s WiMAX World Conference

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Grant Seiffert, President, TIA

A Broadband Congress
By TIA President
Grant Seiffert

This week, Congress seems to be moving toward the right kind of policy – marking up and voting on legislation that moves us closer to a fair, competitive environment in world of Internet access. Good legislation can stimulate the market if, like some of the legislation in the news this week, it increases the number of choices for consumers and providers alike.

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TIA Member Spotlight:

Solid Information Technology

Solid Information Technology is the leading provider of fast, always-on and affordable database solutions. Solid serves both embedded customers and enterprise end users with a combination of open source and proprietary database products.

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•	Sprint in Talks with Google on Mobile Aps news.yahoo.com >>

•	Does Web 2.0 Have Enterprise Potential? informationweek.com >>

•	Wireless Grid Wants to Hook You Up businessweek.com >>

•	FCC Vote Opens Cable Competition washingtonpost.com >>

•	Alliance to Create Social Networking Standards nytimes.com >>

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