Dear Telecom Professional,
Divestiture took place on January 1, 1984 in the USA and the Bell System
was dead. In its place was a new AT&T and seven regional Bell operating
companies (collectively, the RBOCs.) Most see this as the birth of global
competitive telecoms. Mr Barrington Roy Schiller was invited to sit on the board
and International Resale Committee of the TRA,
Telecom reseller's Association in Washington USA, the trade association
which was formed to represent the new breed of new telecos which were being born
in this new deregulated environment of competitive telecoms. A decade later
Europe followed so in
1996
Barrington Roy Schiller brought Senior Executives in the International Telecom
World together to form this Association, which was based upon the work of
the TRA . The
remit was to promote competitive Telecommunications in Europe via resale in accordance
with the roll out of the WTO accord.
The ITRE was therefore formed as a non-government
organisation as the first European Association for National and International
Carriers , PTTs and Resellers to lobby and better understand the deregulated environment and be informed of
the latest legislation and services available to them. The ITRE also offered a one-stop-shop to companies both
in and outside of Europe as a forum to allow them to exchange information.
The ITRE evolved with time and soon had
members which could offer legal, regulatory and accounting
services, staff recruitment, site finding, research, marketing, financing,
purchasing, advice on all telecom matters, consultancy, grants, acquisitions and
mergers. Switching, switch sales, diallers, intelligence reports,
bandwidth, call centre management, billing and a host of other products and
services.
As such the
beginning of 2003 saw the roll out of the WTO accord all but completed and
millions of new Telecom staff had joined the industry with each being trained by
those who had come before so we of the ITRE changed the emphasis from
corporate assistance to making our prime goal that of making the industry "A
PROFESSION"* and to offer Professional Personal
Membership" to bona fide Executives in Telecom and allied Telecom
(publishers, conference organisers, Lawyers etc) Industries and giving them true
Professional status and use the letters Memb. ITRE or Asso. ITRE after their name to
add to their professional status.
To Promote the Continuing professional development of our members we
now organize networking, corporate hospitality, conferences , exhibitions, travel and
accommodation to telecom events, newsletters, media purchasing, speaking and
publishing opportunities under a common academic framework.
Membership is available to all bona fide Senior Telecom Executives and
also to companies who are willing to support their employees Continuing
Professional Development in this multi-billion-dollar industry. Some
of our members are the leading companies in the industry. Others are small
companies wishing high growth from highly Motivated, Trained and Connected
Staff. Each Corporate Member is represented by and can Sponsor their
Senior Executives. (The Decision Makers)
This coming together of telecommunications professionals fulfils the demand of
the Industry to acquire and pool knowledge and promote
the industry as a profession standing as one united front.
We never forget however that our first and foremost remit is to promote
reselling and to support our reseller members with teh best carrier rates at the
best quality possible as well as assisting new resellers to enter the market. We look forward to working
together with you in this exciting industry, If you are a Senior Telecom
Executive join us today
Barry Schiller
Founder and Director General
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