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.

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Telecommunications is no longer a one-dimensional voice provider and network transformation creates exciting and profitable revenue streams. In this second episode of the GENBAND webinar series on network transformation, TIA NOW talks with Sara Hughes (Senior Director, Applications Product Marketing, GENBAND), Brian Partridge (Vice President, Network Research, Yankee Group) and Manish Jha (Vice President, Business Development, Switchpoint Solutions, and one of GENBAND’s Developer Community Contest Winners).

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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: Mark Woollam, Senior Director of Product Marketing at GENBAND; Jim Hodges, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading; and Joe McGarvey, Director of Analyst Relations at GENBAND.

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 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.

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 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.

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 The Connect to Compete initiative is garnering a lot of attention and key industry stakeholders are joining the effort.

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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?

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Dean Zerbe 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 Charles E. Grassley. Dean recently wrote an article for Forbes on the impact of “Obama’s Tax Reform Proposal” on small and medium-sized businesses which makes up a large part of the TIA membership.

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Tony Franklin, Program Manager for Microsoft’s Partners in Learning, joins TIA NOW to give his insight into an initiative that could soon turn the tide of broadband adoption for the better.

Learn more about Connect 2 Compete.

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As we move towards an interoperable global network, ICT standards become more integral to the success of industry stakeholders. With us to give a list of critical standards for our membership base including equipment manufacturers and service providers is Herb Congdon, Associate Vice President of TIA’s Dept. of Technology and Standards.

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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.

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 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.   

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 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.

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 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.

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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? Join TIA NOW as we unveil the 2012 TIA ICT Market Review & Forecast.

Any media queries or requests for press copies of the report can be directed to Mike Snyder at msnyder@tiaonline.org.

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