TIA PSO Report to GSC-14 TIA:

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TIA PSO Report to GSC-14TIA Advancing Global
Communications
DOCUMENT GSC14-PLEN-005
FOR Presentation
SOURCE TIA
AGENDA ITEM PLEN Agenda 4.7 TIA PSO Report
CONTACT(S) Dan Bart, TIA HoD

• Telecommunications Industry Association
• Dan Bart, TIA HoD

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Highlight of Current Activities (1)

• TIAs ongoing domestic standards activities
  encompass
• User Premises Equipment and Wiring Systems and
  Components
• TR-41, TR-42, and FO-4
• Satellite Communications
• TR-34 and TR-47
• Fixed Wireless and Mobile Communications
• TR-8, TR-14, TR-45, and TR-47
• Fiber Optics
• FO-4
• Intelligent Transport Systems and Vehicular
  Telematics
• TR-48 and ISO TC204 TAG
• Healthcare
• TR-49
• Multi-Media Access, Protocols and Interfaces
• TR-30
• TIA is a collaborative organization with
  procedural and institutional connections with
  many other organizations and SDOs worldwide
• TIA manages more than 70 committees, including
  serving as Secretariat for 3GPP2 and several TCs
  and TAGs

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Highlight of Current Activities (2)

• The 2008-2009 TIA Standards and Technology Annual
  Report (PDF at tiaonline.org ) 60-page summary of
  the committees and standards activities
• Includes the International activities
  administered by TIA.
• 2009 TIA Industry Playbook highlights ICT market
  and driving policies
• 2009 ICT Market Review Forecast projects trends
  4 years out
• EIATRACK (eiatrack.org) is TIAs global
  information service tracking environmental
  regulations for RoHS, WEEE, REACH, EuP, energy
  efficiency, dfE
• CTP, TIAs vendor-neutral convergence
  certification programs for individuals to
  validate standards-based knowledge in convergent
  technologies
• TIA unveiled logo for telephones that meet the
  latest hearing-accessibility Standard
• New ICT Industry Glossary includes TIA Standards
  terms http//www.tiaonline.org/market_intelligence
  /glossary

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Strategic Direction

• TIA
• Lobbies for appropriate regulation and removal of
  barriers to ubiquitous deployment of broadband
  networks
• Promotes free-trade agreements
• Advances technology neutrality
• Facilitates going Green using intelligent
  transportation systems, energy efficiency,
  virtual events and other environmental
  initiatives 2009 ICT Market Review Forecast
  includes new Green addendum

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SDO Challenges

• Current economic conditions
• With Market Convergence also see the need to
• strengthen existing cooperation agreements and
• consider increased joint cooperation with other
  organizations in developing standards, conformity
  assessment, and related areas.
• More companies are restricting travel, thus TIA
  is exploring supplemental virtual meetings.

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Changes since GSC-13

• TIA instrumental in obtaining 7.2 billion for
  broadband spending in current U.S. Governments
  Stimulus Package
• Roadmap for companies seeking funding on TIA
  Website

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Other TIA Activities since GSC-13

• TIA IPR SC has met several times
• A detailed report will be given to GSC IPRWG
• Seeks Reaffirmation of the three GSC IPR
  Resolutions
• TIA released Open Standards Paper and filed it
  with EU, India, etc.
• Filed Comments with OMB on NTTAA
• Filed Survey Comments on Standards System in USA
• Produced 4 White Papers on environmental
  regulation for electronics products
• North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia
  regions

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The Future Vision
TIAs Future Vision

• TIA sees standards growth opportunities in many
  areas in spite of the economy
• Smart Grid
• http//ict2020.tiaonline.org/may_june_2009/policy_
  stimulus.cfm
• Health ICT
• TIA launched an Health ICT Section to focus
  members goals as well as continuing with TR-49
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• ISO TC 204 Secretariat, US TAG Admin, TR-48
• Public Safety/Emergency Communications
• 4G Deployments
• Data services and social networking
• VoIP and IP Virtual Private Networks
• Virtual events, video-conferencing, Web
  conferencing and unified communications