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NTGTS NEWS FLASH
July 25, 2005
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A Publication of NTGTS - a bi-weekly bulletin designed to help keep you
informed of NTGTS and CTC programs, activities, and services.
In this News Flash:
- President’s Message
- Douglas Wiley Joins Advisory Board
- Membership Drive
- Leadership Opportunities
- JETRO-Houston CEATEC in Japan
- Corporate Member Bracewell & Patterson Changes Name to Bracewell & Giuliani
- Resources, Jobs & More
- Industry Trends
- Upcoming Events
- Questions and Support
- Subscribing and Unsubscribe
- Editor’s Comments
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear NTGTS/CTC Members and Colleagues,
We hope you are having an enjoyable and fun summer. The
organization continues to be busy with implementing its 2005 programs
calendar for both Texas and Washington, D.C. We have held
several events in Texas and Washington, D.C. since the New Year.
These programs have allowed members to continue learning about the
latest trends and technologies as well as providing excellent
opportunities to network and exchange information. Recently, our
programs have discussed such topics as crossover technologies, start-up
incubators, wireless data security, intellectual property rights in
technology. We will take a break for the rest of the summer and
look forward to starting things up in September.
We continue to recruit new leaders to help take the organization to the
next level. Recently, Douglas S. Wiley, Senior Vice President of
the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) has joined our Advisory Board
in Washington, D.C. If you or someone you know is interested in a
leadership role with either NTGTS-Texas or CTC-DC, please contact me at
president@ntgts.org. We look forward to expanding the
organization and brining on new leadership is critical to the success
of our future.
Finally, we are very close to launching our brand new website. Be
on the look out shortly for a detailed news release outlining some of
the site’s new features. We encourage you to check it out.
Sincerely,
Jeremy L. Azif,
President and co-founder, NTGTS/CTC
DOUGLAS WILEY JOINS ADVISORY BOARD
Douglas S. Wiley joined the Society’s Advisory Board effective July 25,
2005. In this role, Douglas will be providing strategic advice,
guidance and direction on programming and membership development to the
North Texas Global Telecommunications Society (NTGTS) and
Communications and Technology Connections (CTC).
In his current role, Wiley oversees the EIA’s public policy issues and
team. Prior to joining EIA in 2003, he was the Director of
Government Relations for Alcatel in Washington, D.C. As the head
of Alcatel’s Washington Office and Government Relations team, Wiley’s
responsibilities including managing the panoply of domestic public
policy, legislative and regulatory issues of importance to Alcatel. For
more information on the EIA, please see http://www.eia.org/.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
We are currently conducting our Annual Membership Drive and if you are
not yet a member, you can join/renew today at www.ntgts.org. If
you renew your membership by August 15, you will receive 50% off of
your applicable category of membership. This offer is NOT valid
for corporate or institutional memberships.
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We seek volunteers to serve in various leadership and internship roles
in North Texas and the Greater Washington, D.C. area. Becoming
involved from a leadership standpoint is an excellent way to enhance
your industry visibility, knowledge, leadership, management and
professional development skills with a dynamic non-profit professional
industry organization. We have a proven track record of providing
our members and others in the community with programs and information
that enable them to better understand and benefit from the developments
taking place in global communications.
We are looking for motivated, professional and team-oriented
individuals to help continue to grow the organization and make it even
a greater success. Specifically, we are looking to assemble
strong program and membership teams in North Texas and the Washington,
D.C. area to help produce and implement events as well as increase the
organization’s membership.
If you are interested, please contact Jeremy Azif at
president@ntgts.org. When responding, please provide us your full
contact information in the event we need to follow up with you by
phone, email or fax. Thank you for your interest and we look
forward to hearing from you.
JETRO-HOUSTON CEATEC IN JAPAN
The Japan-External Trade Organization (JETRO), which is a NTGTS/CTC
institutional member, encourages area ICT companies to take advantage
of free, pre-arranged business meetings with Japanese companies during
the Combine Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) conference in
Chiba, Japan near Tokyo from October 4-6, 2005.
This direct access to Japanese clients and partners business – JETRO at
CEATEC 2005 includes complimentary admission to the CEATEC conference,
interpretation services and a business meeting booth.
Participants are responsible for travel to and from Japan, room and
board.
CEATEC – Combine Exhibition of Advanced Technologies – is Asia’s
largest IT show and will be held in Chiba, Japan at Makuhari
Messe. The conference itself features business networking events
focusing on recent tends and current practices in the Japanese
market. Major Japanese firms will showcase their latest
technologies and panel sessions with Japanese analysts will discuss
distribution networks and market intelligence.
Please see www.jetro.org/ceatec2005 for a detailed schedule and
registration form. The application deadline is Friday, August 5
and eligible companies must be looking to expand their business, offer
products in the ICT field and may not already have a subsidiary in
Japan.
Please contact Takashi Nakamizo at takashi_nakamizo@jetro.go.jp or call 713-654-5204.
CORPORATE MEMBER BRACEWELL & PATTERSON CHANGES NAME TO BRACEWELL & GIULIANI
In March, Bracewell & Patterson announced that former New York City
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has joined the firm as a name partner.
His arrival represents the entry of the 60-year old firm now known as
Bracewell & Giuliani-into the New York market.
Bracewell & Giuliani have been a corporate member of NTGTS/CTC for
several years. It is one of the nation’s largest law firms.
Founded in 1945 in Houston, the firm has grown to include approximately
400 attorneys and operates offices in Texas; New York; Washington,
D.C.; London and Kazakhstan. For more information, see
www.bracewellgiuliani.com.
RESOURCES, JOBS & MORE
Information Gatekeepers Inc. (IGI) Telecom Reports
To help clients get up-to-date on the hot industry topics and other
issues, IGI is making a special offer of its latest reports on Triple
Play related issues. For more information on these reports and
IGI, please call Chris Danecek at 617-782-5033 or
chris@igigroup.com. For more information on IGI, see their
website at www.igigroup.com
Opportunities with Marketing and Promotion Committee (MCPC), Japan
MCPC is an organization formed in 1997. It includes member
companies such as NTT DoCoMo, Toshiba, Microsoft, CTC, among
others. As of February 2005, there were 112 member
companies. The organization’s objective is to help promote
interaction among all the companies involved in designing, marketing,
and implementing wireless communications and mobile computing products
and services.
For more information on MCPC, please e-mail start-up@mcpc-jp.org or see their website at www.mcpc-jp.org.
Job Positions
If you are currently in the job market and looking for a telecom
recruiter, contact Kathy Brodie at 919-644-7727 or e-mail her at
Kathy@brodierecruiting.com. You can see her website at
www.brodierecruiting.com.
For another recruiter, you can contact Chris Shoulet of Top Dog
Recruiting at 301-530-9694 or e-mail her at chris@topdog-inc.com.
You can see her website at www.topdog-inc.com.
INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS
Do you know about the Department of Commerce Office of Technology and
Electronic Commerce of the International Trade Administration’s Global
Telecommunications Newsletter? If not, you may want to subscribe
to it, it is free. See their website at
http://export.gov/infotech. You can also contact the newsletter
editor Paulette Hernandez at 202-482-0399.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NTGTS/CTC EVENTS
We are taking a break for the summer. Look for more NTGTS/CTC events starting in September.
OTHER INDUSTRY EVENTS
What: TelecomHub 2005 Annual Summer Mixer
Organizer: TelecomHub
Sponsor: Global Internetworking (GII) – see www.globalinternetworking.com
When: August 8, 2005
Where: eCitie Restaurant & Bar, 8300 Block
of Tyco Road, McLean, VA 22102. For more information, see
www.ecitiecafe.com for directions.
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
Cost: $5 fee for non-members payable at door.
Payment by cash only. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and valet
parking available for $3.
URL: www.telecomhub.com
What: The 2005 Texas Wireless Symposium
Organizer: Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG)
When: October 26-28, 2005
Where:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Time: See website
URL: www.wncg.org/symposium
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT
If you have questions about NTGTS and CTC, send them to
membership@ntgts.org. For technical matters, contact
shelly.haffly@mavericksystemscorp.com.
SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS
Editors: Jeremy Azif and Jennifer Ullman
We hope that you enjoyed reading this NTGTS News Flash! We welcome your
comments and suggestions about this bulletin. Please send them to
membership@ntgts.org. Copies of the NTGTS News Flash also will be
available on the NTGTS website at
http://www.ntgts.org/news/newsflash.shtml.
NTGTS and CTC seek to stimulate friendships, professional cooperation,
and respect in order to effectively promote cross-cultural developments
and commerce. A further goal of the Society is to provide members
and organizations with the information, resources, and tools that
better enable them to take advantage of the developments occurring in
the international communications and technology arenas. The
Society also fosters personal/professional development and the
networking needs of its members by providing access to a global network
of industry contacts and leaders. In addition, one of the
Society’s key missions is to continue expanding and developing into
other markets worldwide.
NTGTS News Flash is published bi-weekly by the North Texas Global
Telecommunications Society (NTGTS). It is a member service from
NTGTS and is distributed to the NTGTS membership at-large.
Copyright 2005 North Texas Global Telecommunications Society
(NTGTS). Copying or distribution in whole or in part is welcome,
so long as this notice is included in the distribution.
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