1. TIA, a Trade Association, an SDO, and a Secretariat Sheraton Hotel New Orleans, LA March 2, 2000 IFAST

2. March 2, 2000 TIA - A Trade Association  TIA is a Trade Association representing US Suppliers and Manufacturers of communications and information technology products  Over 1,000 members, large and small  Normal Trade Association Activities –Public Policy to Congress –Public Policy to Regulators –Trade Shows, e.g., SUPERCOMM, SUPERCOMM Mexico, etc. –US Pavilions in other shows, e.g., Americas Telecom, TELECOM99, etc.

3. March 2, 2000 TIA - A Trade Association  Normal Trade Association Activities –Education for members, (Seminars, Conferences) –International Offices, i.e., Sao Paolo, Moscow, Brussels, Beijing –International trade support, e.g., trade missions, reverse trade missions, Distributor program –Communications, WWW.TIAONLINE, Industry Pulse, Industry Beat –Market statistics –Meeting Planning, 1-50,000 –Offices in Arlington, VA; Washington, DC; and San Jose, CA

4. March 2, 2000 TIA - A Trade Association  Represent industry on FCC’s North American Numbering Council (NANC), Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC), Public Safety National Coordinating Committee (NCC)  Represent industry on DoS International Telecommunications Advisory Committee (ITAC)  Chaired ACCESS Board’s Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee  Chosen by DoC as Sector Coordinator for Information and Communication Sector for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)  Business-to-Business web page, www.getcommstuff.com

5. March 2, 2000 TIA - A Standards Developer  As a Standards Developer, activities open to participation worldwide, not North America only  Accredited by American National Standards Institute (ANSI)  Over 1,300 experts participate  12 Engineering Committees, about 70 Formulating Groups  Over 400 companies/organizations participate  Active in CITEL, NAFTA Consultative Committee Telecommunications (CCT), ITU, APEC  Recognized by ITU-T under Recommendations A.5 and A.6

6. March 2, 2000 TIA - A Standards Developer  TIA standards form part of ITU-R IMT-2000 Recommendation  Participant in Global Standards Collaboration/RAdio STandardization (GSC/RAST) meetings  Use electronic working methods, i.e., E-mail, list servers, web, FTP, wireless LANs  Standards available over Internet from publisher, CD- ROM, hard copy

7. March 2, 2000 TIA Engineering Committees  TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards  TR-14 Point-to-Point Communications Systems  TR-29 Facsimile Systems and Equipment  TR-30 Data Transmission Systems and Equipment  TR-32 Personal Radio Equipment  TR-34 Satellite Equipment and Systems  TR-41 User Premises Telephone Equipment Requirements  TR-42 Telecom. Cabling Infrastructure  TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems  TR-46 Mobile and Personal Communications  FO-2 Optical Communications Systems  FO-6 Fiber Optics

8. March 2, 2000 Who Validates the TIA Standards Process?  TIA has been accredited to develop standards by ANSI since 1992. Before that used EIA accreditation. –ANSI is a non-profit, non-governmental body that sets guidelines for and accredits standards developers –ANSI accredits standards developers for everything from automobiles to zinc oxide coatings –ANSI focuses on the process being open, fair, similar to a Robert’s Rules of Order

9. March 2, 2000 Who Validates the TIA Standards Process?  When a standard developer applies for accreditation, ANSI reviews its guidelines for key principles and then, if appropriate, grants accreditation. ANSI also audits the process. –ANSI does NOT develop standards but accredits developers, much as a “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval indicates a product is recognized for certain excellence Following the ANSI process helps protect the standards developers and participants from antitrust or collusion claims

10. March 2, 2000 Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA  Openness of the process –Anyone with a direct and material interest can participate in the process  Consensus –Agreement by all participants is desired but not required if a certain approval threshold is reached and a reasonable attempt has been made to resolve all comments  Appeals process

11. March 2, 2000 Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA  Balanced Representation –No one interest group is allowed to dominate –One organization/one vote »Small company and large company have the same clout when it comes to voting  Minority Voice Heard –Rigorous process, including complaints and appeals, established to hear any dissenting opinions –Extra measures built in so that a dissenter is given a fair opportunity to outline reasons for voting “against”

12. March 2, 2000 Standards for Cellular and for Personal Communications Services (PCS) at 1900 MHz  TIA developed, AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA and TDMA, ANSI-41  Related standards for local number portability, location, emergency services, etc.  ESN Administration at request of FCC

13. March 2, 2000 Original Joint Technical Committee (JTC) PCS Standards  J-STD-007: Personal Communications Services - PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification  J-STD-008: Personal Station-Base Station Compatibility Requirements for 1.8 to 2.0 GHz Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Personal Communications Systems  J-STD-011: PCS IS-136 Based Air Interface Compatibility 1900 MHz Standard

14. March 2, 2000 Original JTC PCS Standards (continued)  J-STD-014: Personal Access Communications System Air Interface Standard  J-STD-017: Composite CDMA/TDMA Air Interface Compatibility Standard for Personal Communications in 1.85 - 1.99 GHz for Licensed Applications  J-STD-015: W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) Air Interface Compatibility Standard for 1.85 to 1.99 GHz PCS Applications

15. March 2, 2000 After issuance of Original JTC PCS Standards, TIA or T1 assigned as lead SDO to maintain and evolve standards  Standards assigned to Standards Development Organizations (SDO), based on expertise and interests of materially interested parties.  Some standards evolved to become standards of only one of the SDOs (i.e., TIA or T1)

16. March 2, 2000 Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployed  TIA/EIA-95-B:Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular Systems –ANSI Approved, April 1999 »This standard defines the requirements for a PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology while also maintaining compatibility with AMPS analog technology.

17. March 2, 2000 Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployed  TIA/EIA-136:TDMA Cellular PCS –ANSI Approved, April 1999 »This is a multi-part standard that when taken in total, defines the requirements for a PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations using Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology while also maintaining compatibility with AMPS analog technology.

18. March 2, 2000 Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployed  J-STD-007: PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification –ANSI Approved, February 1999 »This Standard describes in detail air interface suitable for Personal Communications Services (PCS operating in the licensed U.S. Emerging Technologies bands. The purpose of this standard is to give operator, manufacturers and users information which will ensure interoperability between equipment, which is compliant with the draft standard.

19. March 2, 2000 TIA Standards used for IMT-2000  cdma2000  UWC-136  WP-CDMA influenced ETSI proposal

20. March 2, 2000 TIA as Secretariat  USA Secretariat to NAFTA CCT  Secretariat to Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2)  Secretariat or TAG Administrator to USA TAG ISO TC-204, WG 16, wide area Intelligent Transportation Systems  Secretariat to US TAGs for 23 IEC TCs/SCs  International Secretariat to 11 IEC TCs/SCs  Secretariat to US ITU Association (USITUA)  Secretariat to Global Telecom Action Committee (GTAC)  Interim Secretariat to IFAST

21. March 2, 2000 All TIA Standards available electronically on Internet, CD-ROM, Hard copy  To find TIA standards, visit TIA web site www.tiaonline.org or www.ihs.com

22. March 2, 2000 Questions??  Contact: Dan Bart, dbart@tia.eia.org