The Telecommunications Industry Association Wednesday named Scott Belcher as...
The Telecommunications Industry Association Wednesday named Scott Belcher as CEO. TIA President Grant Seiffert will report to Belcher, the group said (http://bit.ly/1pR99Fp). Belcher was CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, which has been battling the wireless industry on…
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proposals to use the 5.850-5.925 GHz band for Wi-Fi. Belcher’s group has lobbied on behalf of the automotive industry, which plans to use the spectrum for vehicle-to-vehicle crash avoidance systems and has been worried about Wi-Fi interference (CD Feb 4 p4). Industry officials said in June the TIA board was looking for a new CEO and had hired a major head-hunter firm to identify and vet candidates (CD June 9 p11). Seiffert had been the top official at the group since January 2007. Belcher takes over Nov. 9. As CEO, Belcher “will have responsibility for managing TIA’s overall operations and providing long-term strategic direction,” said TIA Chairman Tom Stanton, CEO of Adtran.