ResourcesHelp Yourself
If you're reading ICT2020, you're concerned about the future of the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Once you've finish reading your issue, there's a bounty of additional resources produced by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) available as you map your company's future course.
Coming Attractions | Online Tools | Publications | Brochures
Coming Attractions
TIA Member Product Directory. In 2009, TIA will launch its product directory, which compiles the products offered by each of our member companies. The directory will be a valuable marketing and sales tool for TIA member companies. Want to have your products listed? Join TIA today.
Online Tools
EIATRACK is an online tool for quickly and cost-effectively navigating the maze of environmental regulations and legislation in every country.
The TIA Glossary of Telecommunication Terms provides definitions and explanations for more than 5,800 engineering words and phrases in the ICT industry. Arranged alphabetically, and searchable by term, the glossary—originally based upon the Federal Standard 1037C Glossary of Technological Terms—is a dependable guide to unfamiliar vocabulary from "A" to "Zone of Silence." Moreover, glossary items are cross-linked, so that unfamiliar terms in one definition are quickly accessible. And because it's housed entirely online, the Glossary is available wherever an internet connection exists.
Each day, TIA brings subscribers to our RSS feeds the latest industry news, press releases relating to TIA's work, updates on standards, and a myriad of other topics and activities. Never miss an important piece of intelligence you may need when you subscribe to our RSS feeds.
Twice each month, the TIA Podcast Series features interviews with ICT industry leaders and insightful analysis and news from the telecommunications world. From broadband to cable and standards to environment, the TIA Podcast Series brings fresh views and voices to our rapidly changing industry.
Publications
TIA develops the in-depth research and analysis that companies need to compete in today's dynamic environment. For more than a decade, the Market Review and Forecast has helped members, government agencies, analysts and the media understand and anticipate market changes. Packed with statistical data, charts and descriptive explanations, this annual resource clearly presents trends, emerging markets, challenges and opportunities in the evolving information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
TIA's 2009 Industry Playbook (PDF 2MB) provides information on information, communications and entertainment technology industry economic trends and the policies needed to drive innovation for years to come.
The 2007-08 Standards and Technology Annual Report (STAR) is a summary of the latest actions taken by the respective TIA engineering committees toward the development of standards for the advancement of global communications.
Brochures
TIA's work is driven by a set of core values: connectivity, innovation, leadership, and responsibility. This brochure describes these values and how TIA is working to convert these to initiatives that benefit our membership and the global telecommunications industry.
