If you’re in the Washington area on April 8, the annual TIA Spring Policy Summit affords you a valuable opportunity to mingle with executives and decision makers in the industry.

You’ll also learn from industry experts and top government officials about the latest important developments in the policy arena relating to broadband deployment, technologies for those with disabilities, the 2008 spectrum landscape, and trade policy progress during this election year.

Don’t miss this – it’s a Members-Only event, and there is no charge. But we must know in advance whether you are coming, so please RSVP right away by e-mailing sps@tiaonline.org or calling +1.202.346.3240.

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this a must-attend event: Alcatel-Lucent, Bechtel Communications, Cisco, Corning, Intel, Motorola, Nortel, 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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Is your company Interested in doing business in Asia?  ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 will bring together the world’s leading and most influential names in the telecommunications industry, as well as key policy- and decision-makers from government and regulatory bodies. ITU is working in partnership with TIA to ensure that U.S. companies gain maximum value from participating in the event! 

Did you know that high-speed wireless networks and broadband access are key drivers of the telecommunications market in Asia Pacific, the leading region for mobile television, according to the recently released TIA 2008 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast.  Despite already having the largest wireless subscriber base in the world at 1.3 billion in 2007, Asia Pacific is still adding more subscribers than it did during the first half of the decade. 

Asia Pacific is where the telecom action is happening. Make sure your company has all the facts it needs to be a player in the region. Reserve your space now in TIA’s USA Pavilion at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008. This event promises to be the key meeting place for the Asian telecommunications industry. This critical event provides a vital platform where participants can exhibit, meet, network and do business with the world’s top ICT (information and communications technology) players.  

Key benefits to working with TIA:

• High-quality visitors and traffic at the event
• Showcase your company before an audience of the region’s and industry's key buyers.
• Free editorial entry in the Event Catalogue, the event’s most widely-read publication.
• Invite your key clients to join you; free exhibition passes will be available for exhibitors’ guests.
• Exhibitor Lounge and USA Restaurant to entertain customers
• Access to VIP delegations attending the ITU TELECOM AFRICA show
• Private meeting rooms available to conduct business
• and more…

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On April 7, Emmy-winning Producer Mark Burnett, the creator of Survivor and a reality television entertainment empire, will provide remarks on the future development and distribution of entertainment through communications channels at a free wine-and-cheese reception hosted by NXTcomm and InfoComm for communications and entertainment industry executives at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles.

Sponsored by iHollywood Forum, the reception, “An Evening with Survivor Producer Mark Burnett,” is free for communications and entertainment industry executives interested in learning more about how content will be created, distributed, owned and operated in the future.

Guests who attend "An Evening with Survivor Producer Mark Burnett" will also be eligible to win a free Nintendo Wii console raffled off at the conclusion of the evening's reception.

For more information, go to http://ihollywoodforum.com/burnett_reception.html. To register for the April 7th reception, go to http://ihollywoodforum-ticket.stores.yahoo.net/nxreap720.html.

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iHollywood Forum Inc. and NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, have announced that iHollywood Forum will host Communications Goes Green @ NXTcomm08 on June 16, 2008. The special NXTcomm Summit will take place at NXTcomm08, being held June 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Communications Goes Green @ NXTcomm08 is the first serious business summit to explore how telecommunications manufacturers and developers of applications, services and technologies can create a sustainable future, develop environmentally-friendly practices, adopt green policies and deploy energy-saving technologies while still keeping their competitive edge. 

Communications Goes Green at NXTcomm08 is directed at telecommunications executives who face the following business challenges:

1. New demands for a thoughtful environmental plan as part of responsible corporate governance
   
   
2. Desire to design and market environmentally innovative products, services or technologies and need to reach customers who are green-minded decision makers
   
   
3. Development of brand campaigns to incorporate green strategies for marketing and advertising in an authentic way
   
   
4. Complex procurement decisions for products, services and technologies to implement environmentally sound practices and operations
   
   
5. Desire for greater understanding of how sustainable practices and technologies will affect costs and revenue at a macro level
   
   
6. Need to recommend plans to reduce heat emission and conserve energy with servers, data centers and IT operations

To view a complete agenda, register or learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.commgoesgreen.com.

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