Telecommunications is no longer a one-dimensional voice provider and network transformation creates exciting and profitable revenue streams. 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...
The migration from legacy TDM networks to all IP architectures is the name of the game for telcos. Carriers are looking for new ways to optimize and monetize their networks. TIA NOW has the pleasure of talking with three leaders in the network transformation space. Read more...
As the worlds of energy and communications converge, the resulting innovation will change the way everyone manages and consumes energy - personally, in households, businesses, government and industry. Pete Tseronis (CTO, Dept. of Energy) and Gee Rittenhouse (Chairman, GreenTouch; COO, Alcatel-Lucent’s Software, Services, and Solutions Group) join us in the studio. Read more...
Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke at the TIA Cybersecurity Breakfast on Wednesday, April 26, to discuss the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Read more...
KITCO Fiber Optics is a leading provider of fiber optic connectorization products and consulting services to the military and the commercial communications industry. Read more...
The Connect to Compete initiative is garnering a lot of attention and key industry stakeholders are joining the effort. Read more...
Spectrum, updating the Telecom Act and telecom's international outlook are all big ticket items that will be discussed at TIA's 2012 Spring Policy Summit. Read more...
Dean Zerbe, National Managing Director at alliantgroup, is widely recognized by the press as a leader in tax and oversight matters and he’s also a columnist for Forbes magazine where he’s called the Dean of Taxes. You may remember Dean during his tenure in Congress as Senior Counsel and Tax Counsel on the Senate Finance Committee for Senator Chuck Grassley. 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...
Tony Franklin, Program Manager for Microsoft’s Partners in Learning, is here to give his insight into an initiative that could soon turn the tide of broadband adoption for the better. Read more...
As we move towards an interoperable global network, ICT standards become more integral to the success of industry stakeholders. 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...
Grant Seiffert, TIA's president is in the TIA NOW studio to give the industry his perspective for the future. Join Grant and TIA NOW Anchor Abe Nejad for an overview of important topics that affect ICT industry stakeholders. Read more...
Jake MacLeod is here to break down TIA’s 2012 CTO council meeting at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Jake is the founder and president of Gray Beards Consulting, and the former principal VP and CTO of Bechtel Corporation, the largest engineering company in the United States. Read more...
What’s your piece of this year’s $4.7T global information and communications technology industry pie? Is your company growing in the cloud? How does the build-out of data centers and network infrastructure affect your business? What role does M2M Technology and the Internet of Things have in your world? Read more...
As global commerce becomes more competitive every day, the U.S. Department of Commerce takes swift steps to protect American businesses. Bryan Erwin was selected by the Obama Administration to serve as the Director of the International Trade Administration’s Advocacy Center. Bryan is responsible for coordinating U.S. Government resources and authority in order to level the playing field on behalf of U.S. businesses and the center also creates and retains U.S. jobs through exports. 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 Sustainable Technology Environments Program also referred to as STEP, is a rating system intended to bring sustainability to the process of planning, designing, integrating andoperating technology systems, as well as reduce long-term environmental impact from technology deployment. Read more...
New partnerships & strategic alliances across the M2M value chain are what’s necessary in the current climate of the M2M space and ICT industry stakeholders are taking a bullish approach in ensuring their position for the future. Read more...
Reality is setting in for industry stakeholders about USF reform and what their role will be in the shake up. Read more...
Ret. Rear Admiral Jim McGarrah is the Director of the Information and Communications Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and tells TIA NOW about the National Information Exchange Federation Center and how TIA is joining the effort to facilitate information sharing in the healthcare 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...
The Fiber Optics LAN Section of TIA is critical to providing the most current, reliable, and vendor neutral information about fiber optics. What better resource than FOLS to give BICSI attendees the latest news and information on fiber optics. Read more...
TIA’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers is discussed by Jonathan Jew, President of J&M Consultants, who is a primary contributor for TIA- 942A, a telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers. Also on the panel is Herb Congdon, Associate VP of TIA’s Dept. of Technology & Standards. Read more...