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http://blog.tiaonline.org The official blog of TIA, the Telecommunications Industry Association. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:32:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TIA has long-advocated for a light-touch, market-oriented framework that fosters investment and innovation in network facilities, from the core to the edge. Although well-intentioned, many regulations have the consequence of hindering such investment and innovation in next-generation technologies, products and services. This week, there has been a good deal of ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/11/02/a-broadband-congress/ TIA's Regulatory and Government Affairs Manager Becky Schwartz moderated a panel yesterday at the IDEAS 2007 conference here in D.C. that fostered some great discussion about technology solutions for government procurement. Not only was the panel a total success, addressing question on various emerging and established technologies for the deaf and ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/11/02/access-opportunities/ Tomorrow's Hill Markup Schedule is going to be hectic for the throngs of rabid tech and telecom legislation fans. At 2 p.m. the House Energy & Commerce Committee will mark up, among several other bills, HR-3403, Rep. Gordon’s 911 Modernization and Safety Act of 2007 and an amended version of HR-3919, ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/10/29/a-busy-day-on-the-hill/ We talk a lot in this industry about investment, about innovation and regulation and other political issues. In hopeful moments we speak of connecting rural Americans and the people of developing nations to a high-speed, global information network. In anxious moments we talk about bandwidth limitations and technological neutrality. There ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/10/25/a-standard-setting-career/ I love the way TechCrunch consistently tracks startup content providers with an eye to their market viability and their utility (and "cool factor" for that matter) in the consumer market. None of the companies they feature in and of themselves is necessarily the next big thing, or even a ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/10/22/monday-blog-roundup-6/ Last week I had the pleasure to be a panelist and an attendee at the Telephony LIVE summit in Dallas. As a conference focusing on turning cutting-edge technology into profits, Telephony LIVE was also a unique opportunity to join several TIA member companies in exploring the latest trends in our ... http://blog.tiaonline.org/2007/10/19/conferring-in-a-changing-landscape/