Global telecommunications revenue is projected to hit nearly $5 trillion by 2011, with growing demand for high-volume data applications driving both business and consumer markets. This and other revealing trends will be addressed through TIA’s important new initiative to produce unique market intelligence for companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
TIA is working with TelecomView, a strategic analysis firm for the telecommunications industry, to create the ICT2020 series of reports, beginning with a brief expected this fall and a full forecast in February 2009.
“As the leading association representing the ICT industry, TIA will continue to provide critical market intelligence so that companies can make well-founded strategic decisions,” said TIA President Grant Seiffert. “As the industry addresses its transition to converged voice/data and converged fixed/mobile networks that support content and communications services, the ICT2020 reports will move beyond today into a comprehensive view of technology in the year 2020.”
In November, TIA will publish the ICT2020 Brief that will define the best practices for service providers in the year 2020 and will give examples of companies today that have already made significant progress along this path. The ICT2020 Analysis will be published in February and will provide an extensive analysis of the progress being made toward the standard defined in the ICT2020 Brief. TIA will offer a variety of options to companies wishing to subscribe to portions of the information or to the entire package. In addition, TIA will provide information online and in searchable formats, as well as through a series of Webinars.
“We’re excited to provide this service to TIA and its constituents,” said Bob Larribeau, principal analyst and co-founder of TelecomView. “As the coming decade sees telecom operators moving away from a focus on technologies to a focus on services, this will significantly change how services are defined and delivered and require new technologies and architectures.”
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Reserve your space now in TIA’s USA Pavilions at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 and ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009. These events promise to be the key meeting places for the global telecom industry. They will provide a vital platform where participants can exhibit, meet, network and do business with the world’s top ICT players. 
Exhibit space in the USA Pavilion will be allotted by TIA on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to book without delay. Contact Paul Semple at +1.714.731.2113, or via email at