Pacific Telecommunications Council
Established1979 (1979)
Typetrade association
Registration no.99-0200235
Legal statusnon-profit
Location
Region
Pacific Rim
Key people
Brian Moon (CEO)[1]
Websiteptc.org

The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) is a telecommunications industry non-profit trade association representing wireline, wireless, Internet, and other information, communications, and technology companies across the forty nations that make up the Pacific Rim.[2][3][4] The organization is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi and became a 501(c)(3) in 1980.[5][6] The organization was founded to bring industry, academics, and government together to help create a meeting ground for the exchange of ideas and policies.[7]

History

PTC held what would become its first annual PTC conference in 1979 with the support of IEEE, the University of Hawaii, Hawaiian Telephone Company, and the Alaska Office of Telecommunications.[8] In 1986, the United States Information Agency began providing funding to the PTC to allow greater participation in its programs by telecommunications industry professionals from developing Pacific Rim countries.[9]

The organization held its 44th annual conference in January 2022, perennially in Waikīkī‬. It is the largest annual exhibition and conference held in Hawaiʻi for the telecommunications industry in the Pacific Rim. Past keynote speakers included Nobuyuki Idei, then-chairman of Sony, Jung-Uck Seo, then-minister of science and technology for South Korea, William Kennard, then-chairman of the FCC, and Mike Roberts, then-president of ICANN.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Pacific Telecommunications Council Appoints Brian Moon as New CEO". businesswire.com. 3 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Nickelson, Richardson (1999). "The Pacific Hemisphere: The future of telecommunications". connect-world.com. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. ↑ Engle, Erika (2015-01-19). "Telecom conference boasts demonstrations of 8K TVs". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  4. ↑ "PTC Member Listing". Pacific Telecommunications Council. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  5. ↑ Elbert, Bruce (2008). "A Look at PTC 1986 – 2008: More Than 20 Years of Communication and Friendship". Sat Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. ↑ Miyake, Cliff (2011-01-30). "Despite cable bypass, Hawaii can remain a key telecom hub". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  7. ↑ Barber, Richard (1989). "Pacific Telecommunications: The Role of Regional Organizations". Columbia Journal of World Business. 24 (1): 101–103 – via EBSCO Host.
  8. ↑ Jeanne., Anderson, Kari (1981). Origins growth and future directions of the Pacific Telecommunications Council : an international policy delphi study. University of Hawaii. OCLC 1203040414.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Talbott, Jim (January 2, 1986). "Business briefs: PTC grant". Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
  10. ↑ Duchemin, John. "Telecom council raises local profile". Honolulu Advertiser.
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