Anil Kripalani, Technical Committee Chair Dan Bart, TIA

1. Technical Committee MeetingOctober 7 , 2003Report of TSSC Activities Supporting TIA Board Ad Hoc Anil Kripalani, Technical Committee Chair Dan Bart, TIA

2. TSSC Activities • The first step in the process was briefing TIA Division and Engineering Committee leadership on the findings of the Standards Strategies and Priorities Breakout • Additional work and conference call meetings were scheduled over the next few weeks • TIA staff will assist the Chairs in following through on the action items

3. Findings of Review of TIA Standards Program • Approach: Self Examination of Projects, Technology Trends, Current Committee Names, and International Approach by Each Engineering Committee • Many common themes emerged: • Current work is often a well-kept secret in Committees • “Getting the Word Out” and focused publicity desired by all • Industry economics affecting number of active participants, more outreach to potential new members

4. TR-8Chair: John Oblak • Has been growing in participation, lots of interest from users • Current name is appropriate • Has been responsive to FCC’s National Coordination Committee • Partnership with ETSI in MESA • Public Safety InterOP Summit with NIST and DHS • WLAN approaches for Public Safety users • Expertise in Push-to-Talk area

5. TR-8Chair: John Oblak • Principal SDO addressing public safety communications needs, ETSI has similar work • Still some perception about standards process taking too long • Has been active since 1944 • Could do better job educating internationally, at ITU, and with foreign regulators, tie-in with Homeland Security • Need to improve “Awareness Level”

6. TR-45Chair: Cheryl Blum • Many similar issues to TR-8 • Committee name to be reviewed, current naming reflects technology rather than applications • Need for cross-pollenization across Committees • Hot issues, IP, ESNs, LAES, Disability, Homeland Security, ITU support • Synergistic with 3GPP2 • Joint work with T1

7. TR-45Chair: Cheryl Blum • Projects in support of Homeland Security, LAES, WPS, E-911 location info • T1P1 also does similar work, now also IEEE • Open to new technology proponents • Interworking across technologies should be pursued • Supports more joint discussions with TR-8

8. FO-4Chair: Steve Swanson • Critical challenge is getting time from volunteers • Components side of industry well represented but need more on systems side and active components • Need process improvements • Perception that TIA is US or Regional Body • Need more promotion of FO-4’s work • IEC is an end point for FO-4, as well as ITU, JTC1 • Support to IEC Sector Board 4

9. FO-4Chair: Steve Swanson • There has been a proliferation of “fora/consortia” partly as response to lack of timeliness of standards process • Should recruit new companies including from international locations • TIA should adopt an “ambassador program” similar to ATM Forum • Should solicit help at TIA Board level • Renaming will be investigated

10. TR-41Chair: Steve Whitesell • Has picked up work from dissolved Engineering Committees • Should better address use of standards at consumer and retail level and by consultants • Better support for conformity assessment needed, “don’t buy junk” • Concept of “TIA-Approved” or “Meets the TIA Standard” • Lots of IP work, will be looking at UWB • Heavy involvement in ACTA, joint meetings with T1E1 also

11. TR-41Chair: Steve Whitesell • International focus has been Canada and some EU • Need to investigate Asian opportunities • Need more synergy with CEA • Work with IEEE on spectrum co-existence i.e., cordless and WLANs • Expertise with many Section 255 issues • Parallel relationship with ETSI • Re-naming being pursued

12. TR-30Chair: Fred Lucas • Re-naming being pursued • Drop of attendance is not lack of interest by lack of funding • Also active with disability group representatives • IP work, modems, fax, text telephony • Support ITU work, much work feeds into ITU, SG16 • Principal SDO in this area

13. TR-30Chair: Fred Lucas • Pursuing “multi-media platforms and interworking” which is similar to work TR-30 did on gateways for modems • Need more PR on TIA standards work, TIA members and others often do not know all TIA is doing • TIA should be more active in new technology areas to add to existing groups or create new committees

14. TR-42Chair: Bob Jensen • TR-42 has been outreaching to others for years, e.g., CABA, BICSI • Town Hall Meeting session for local users will be used in 2004 • Change standards structure to “core” and then adders like residential, commercial, industrial, healthcare, etc. • International outputs go to JTC1 • More synergy with CEA needed

15. TR-42Chair: Bob Jensen • Need to pursue builder associations for Residential Wiring standard. • Currently only high-end homes get built per standards • Driver in homes is DSL • More brochures and PR needed, also targeted ad placements “Being good is one thing, looking good is another” • Investigating renaming and scopes • Need more horizontal communications among ECs

16. TR-42Chair: Bob Jensen • Look into China, Japan, other targeted countries and create key alliances • Past Wiring Seminar work now takes place at BICSI meetings • Pricing and groupings of standards needs to investigated by TIA staff especially addendums

17. Action Plan to MaintainTIA Standards Excellence • Present details of TSSC review for Board review • Aggressive industry communications activities with clear message about TIA standards program • Maintain linkages to other ‘legs of TIA’s foundation’ • Task TSSC to Execute Strategic Standards Plan • Complete Action item list from TSSC breakouts

18. Specific Sequence of Activities • Educate and solicit new members • Report at November Board Meeting • Chairs to participate in Board Breakout and Board meeting • Follow Board meeting with another TSSC meeting • Prioritize communications plan • Institute various horizontal communications programs • One on one • One to many • Many to many, and Town Hall • Many to all

19. Questions?Discussion