1. Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All TIA PSO Report to GSC-16 TIA “Advancing Global Communications” Cheryl Blum VP, Technology and Standards Document No: GSC16-PLEN-49 Source: TIA Contact: Cheryl Blum (cblum@tiaonline.org) GSC Session: PLENARY Agenda Item: 4.7

2. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of Current Activities (1) TIA’s ongoing domestic standards activities encompass: –User Premises Equipment, Data Centers, Wiring Systems and Components TR-41 and TR-42 –Satellite Communications TR-34 and TR-47 –Fixed Wireless and Mobile Communications TR-8, TR-14, TR-45, and TR-47 –Multi-Media Access, Protocols and Interfaces TR-30 –Fiber Optics TR-42 2

3. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of Current Activities (2) TIA’s newer domestic standards activities encompass –Intelligent Transport Systems and Vehicular Telematics TR-48 –Healthcare TR-49 –Smart Device Communications TR-50 –Smart Utility Communications TR-51 TIA manages more than 70 committees, serves as Secretariat for 3GPP2, TCs and TAGs 3

4. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of Current Activities (3) TIA is a collaborative organization with procedural and institutional connections with many other organizations and SDOs worldwide Developed MOUs with Academia –Georgia Institute of Technology –Florida Atlantic University 4

5. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Highlight of Current Activities (4) The 2010-2011 TIA Standards and Technology Annual Report –http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/about/documents/StarReport_ 10-11.pdf –64-page summary of the committees and standards activities 2011 TIA Industry Playbook –Highlights ICT market and driving policies 2011 ICT Market Review & Forecast –projects trends 4 years out TIA has launched a new Digital Marketing Platform: TIANow (http://www.tianow.org/)http://www.tianow.org/ –Topical and educational video programs 5

6. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All SDO Challenges Current economic conditions Global Influence of Initiatives – need to: –Strengthen existing cooperation agreements –Increase joint cooperation with other organizations in developing standards, conformity assessment, and related areas. Restrictions on travel expenses driving migration to virtual meetings. Participation fees also under review 6

7. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Other TIA Activities since GSC-15 STEP (see other presentation) MSTF Conferences –Panel discussion (June 2011 at TIA2011) –Conference and Roundtable (September 2011 at Georgia Tech Research Institute) 7

8. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All TIA’s Programs and Events TIA sees standards growth opportunities in many areas in spite of the economy: –Smart Devices –Health ICT –Public Safety/Emergency Communications –4G Deployments –Data services and social networking –M2M –Cloud Computing –Privacy/Security 8

9. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All TIA’s Programs and Events The Emerging Technology Subcommittee –Evaluates new and existing technologies for standardization –Released Cloud Computing Report Next step is to drive recommendations through engineering committees (http://www.tiaonline.org/market_intelligence/publication_dow nload.cfm?file=TIA_Cloud_Computing_White_Paper) 9

10. GSC16-PLEN-49 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 10 TIA’s Programs and Events TIA 2012 Inside the Network –June 5-7, 2012 in Dallas, TX –http://www.tia2012.org/ The Business and Technology of The Network Blueprint for Energy-Efficient, Sustainable Technologies and Practices Industry Leading Speakers TIA’s Annual Membership Convention