The 9th Annual TIA Spring Policy Summit, "Driving Communications Innovation," to be held April 8 at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C., is the must-attend event for members and invited government guests to obtain insight and updates on the policy and regulatory environment for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. For more information on the Summit, click here.

Add your name to the list of executives and decision-makers for this important Summit, featuring Informative keynotes and diverse panels on accessibility, broadband, spectrum and trade policy that will keep you in the know and energize your thinking.

RSVP to SPS@tiaonline.org or call +1.202.346.3240. TIA thanks the Summit sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent, Bechtel, Cisco, Corning, Intel, Nortel, Motorola, RIM, Telcordia, Tellabs, Tyco Electronics and Ulticom.

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TIA will be in Booth# 137 at this year’s CTIA Wireless 2008 conference showcasing our presence in the wireless industry. We’ll highlight the standards work we do, in which TIA, as an ANSI-accredited (American National Standards Institute) organization, has published more than 3,000 wireless standards. We’ll discuss the policies that affect the vendor community, which we are the forefront in advocating. These include the 700MHz Auction, Commercial Mobile Alerts System (CMAS) and Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) issues. We’ll also present the various convergence certification programs that can help you in your career. We’ll talk about the U.S. wireless market, which totaled $208.4 billion in 2007, up 10 percent from 2006* and how you can position your company to take advantage of these trends.

Stop by Booth #137 and find out how you can become more involved in TIA’s work. You can participate in one of our wireless engineering committees (TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards, TR-14 Point-to-Point Communications Systems or TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards), become more active on the policies that affect your business and be informed of the latest market research information in the TIA 2008 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. Talk with a representative from our convergence certification program about how you can become a knowledge expert and build applicable skills in this converged industry.

CTIA Wireless 2008 is April 1-3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. TIA will hold a drawing for a free IPod plus a copy of TIA 2008 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast (a $1,295 value) and will be present to discuss the wireless work we do that affects you and your business and the other benefits of joining the association.     

If you are interested in meeting with a TIA representative at the show, please contact Florence Sumaray at +1.703.907.7471 or fsumaray@tiaonline.org.

*TIA 2008 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast

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TelecomTV, the world's first entirely web-based TV channel that provides video streaming, live webcasting and interactive media services to the global ICT sector, and NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, have announced that TelecomTV has been named the NXTcomm08 official online TV partner. In this role, TelecomTV will film, produce and broadcast all news and newsmakers at NXTcomm08. NXTcomm08 is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm 08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace.

As NXTcomm08's official online TV partner, TelecomTV will create a dedicated online TV channel for NXTcomm called "NXT TV," which will broadcast on-demand executive interviews and panel discussions with key industry thought leaders, as well as features from the show floor. TelecomTV will broadcast from a dedicated studio located on the exhibit floor in Las Vegas. Programming will be accessible during the show in Las Vegas and around the world, via TelecomTV's dedicated online NXTcomm event channel, http://www.telecomtv.com/nxt.

This will be the second consecutive year that TelecomTV has partnered with NXTcomm. In 2007, the company provided a similar service – highlights from TelecomTV's coverage of NXTcomm07 are available at http://www.telecomtv.com/nxt. For information on TelecomTV editorial opportunities, contact Natalie Smith at natalie@telecomtv.com. For information on TelecomTV sponsorship or advertising opportunities, contact Neal Moore at neal@telecomtv.com.

NXTcomm08 is expected to draw 20,000 communications professionals from more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. NXTcomm08 will feature more than 500 exhibitors occupying 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space, as well as 100 keynote addresses, sessions and conference events, and coverage by more than 450 press and analysts.

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Sun Microsystems Chairman and Co-Founder Scott McNealy will discuss the future of the communications industry during a keynote address at NXTcomm08 slated for Wednesday, June 18, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the industry exhibition and conference entity announced today. NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm 08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace. For more information, go to http://www.NXTcommShow.com.

"Sun Microsystems is a giant in the world of communications," NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. "Its open source technologies and network computing platforms facilitate productivity for leading companies in several sectors, including financial services, entertainment and healthcare, to name just a few. Given that NXTcomm08 is the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data for our industry, it is especially fitting to have the chairman and co-founder of a company such as Sun Microsystems, a company whose vision is `The network is the computer', grace our stage. We're honored to have Scott McNealy provide a keynote at our `08 show and share his thoughts on the future of our industry."

In addition to McNealy, NXTcomm08 will feature keynotes by Survivor Producer Mark Burnett, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall L. Stephenson, Verizon Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl and Sprint Nextel President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Hesse. More NXTcomm08 Keynotes will be announced shortly.

NXTcomm08 is expected to draw 20,000 communications professionals from more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. NXTcomm08 will feature more than 500 exhibitors occupying 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space as well as 100 keynote addresses, sessions and conference events and coverage by over 450 press and analysts.

Photos and biographical information on Sun Microsystems Chairman and Co-Founder Scott McNealy and other NXTcomm08 keynotes are available at http://NXTcommShow.com/keynotes.html

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