President Obama’s second term is on the minds of tech policy makers and industry stakeholders as a myriad of issues hang in the balance. From cybersecurity and regulations to taxes and start-ups, ICT technologies are expected to catapult the US economy out of the red. Read more...
What is the public’s level of trust in government? What are the resulting implications for telecom policy and the tech industry? We explore these questions with Andrew Baumann, Vice President at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. Read more...
World Standards Day raises awareness among regulators, industry and consumers of standardization to the global economy. Join TIA NOW for a roundtable discussion with key figures at World Standards Day, including Steve Swanson, Manager of Standards Engineering at Corning. Read more...
The FCC recently held a Developing With Accessibility (DevAcc) event to promote the concept and practice of developing applications with regard for generally-accepted accessibility guidelines, thereby maximizing their usability for everyone, including people with disabilities. TIA NOW spoke with three esteemed panelists on the new, innovative strides in accessibility. Read more...
The U.S. China Spectrum Roundtable, under the auspices of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, is a workshop between the China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, organized by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). TIA NOW is happy to welcome an industry pillar who helps facilitate global spectrum efficiency. Read more...
There are concerns on both sides of the proverbial fence regarding privacy, freedom of speech and commerce vis-a-vis internet regulation. We discuss the latest with Eliza Krigman of POLITICO Pro and Josh Smith of the National Journal. Read more...
TIA NOW spoke with Cyrus Farivar, Sr. Business Editor at Ars Technica, and Brendan Sasso, Staff Writer at the Hill, about the Law of the Sea Treaty, the WCIT Conference, cybersecurity and more news from the Hill. Read more...
The 2012 outlook for telecoms rests on an overarching market driver that the ICT industry is banking on. Yes, spectrum is on the minds of telecoms and the outlook is still cloudy. Read more...
Can telcos create high-value community clouds to serve the needs of specific vertical industries? Can they mobilize the cloud to transform business processes encompassing people and embedded devices? Read more...
Washington is on the path to creating more jobs, encouraging innovation and allowing SMBs to enter the market on a level playing field. Gautham Nagesh of Congressional Quarterly and Brooks Boliek of Politico join TIA NOW to give their insight into the latest from Capitol Hill and how new legislation affects American companies here and abroad. Read more...
The convergence of the network is displayed each year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, but as new players enter the market the need for a robust and interoperable network is mission critical to support a burgeoning tech industry. Read more...
The "invisible infrastructure" came to light this week. Spectrum legislation is on the minds of members on the Hill and Americans across the country as the benefits of more bandwidth and revenue from incentive auctions are imminent. Read more...
Capitol Hill is getting aggressive on cybersecurity and TIA member Juniper Networks testified this week at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing. Bob Dix, VP of Gov't Affairs and Critical Infrastructure Protection for Juniper, spoke with us about the hearing and what we can do as an industry to protect ourselves. Read more...
This discussion provides an overview of issues facing the economic and business climate in India as well as some important technology and trade policy issues facing the world’s second largest telecommunications market. Read more...
Cybersecurity, the cloud and innovation are all necessary to keep the network moving forward. What should you know? Read more...
On this week's live segment of All the Angles, POLITICOPro's Eliza Krigman and TIA Senior VP John Jacobs give their insight on what we should all expect through 2011 and what's on the horizon for 2012 in tech policy and in the tech industry. Read more...
The FCC announced their final plan for USF and ICC reform and TIA NOW is here to cover all the angles. Read more...
Bryce Baschuk (Associate Editor, Comm Daily) and Ron Westfall (Research Dir., Current Analysis) are at the roundtable this week's tech news, including free trade agreements, proposed cybersecurity legislation, USF reform, and the latest on the American Jobs Act. Read more...
This week's All The Angles covers cloud computing, the government's migrations towards cloud services, TIA's cloud computing whitepaper and NIST's cloud computing standards roadmap. Joining us in the TIA NOW studio are Bryce Baschuk (Assistant Editor, Comm Daily), Sandra Palumbo (Research Fellow, Yankee Group) and Herb Congdon (Associate Vice President, TIA). Read more...
What is the tech industry talking about this week? Panelists Bill Myers (Comm Daily), Ron Westfall (Current Analysis) and John Jacobs (Senior VP, TIA) debate the American Jobs Act, R&D tax credit, cybersecurity and more. Read more...
In our first live, interactive episode of All The Angles, journalists Adam Bender (Comm Daily), Brooks Boliek (POLITICO) and Paul Kirby (TR Daily) join us in the studio to discuss the deal deal, spectrum, public safety, the latest unemployment report and much more. Read more...
TIA Now's new show, All The Angles, featuring TR Daily's Ted Gotsch, POLITICO's Eliza Krigman, and Current Analysis's Ron Westfall. Read more...
Journalists from Comm Daily, TR Daily and Connected Planet comment on USF, D-block, spectrum and the debt ceiling plan. Read more...