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Associate Members Benefits
Associate members are those companies or organizations that provide wireless service beyond North America or are consultants, resellers, academia, law firms, engineers, etc, working with the wireless industry.
Membership dues are $6,000 annually.
Members of CTIA-The Wireless Association® are rewarded with numerous benefits. Please find below a brief explanation of these broken down by category.
- Generous $8-$10 discount per square foot off exhibit space fees rewarding member exhibitors with savings at the industry’s two premier exhibitions – CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment® and CTIA WIRELESS®.
- Savings of up to $100 - $300 off show registration fees for member attendees.
- Discounts on Trade Show Mailing List Rentals and on the Virtual Show Packages.
- Free recognition of all CTIA Members in the Official Show Program and Directory for each CTIA Conference and Exhibition.
* Exhibiting member companies receive added recognition with a CTIA logo
next to their company listing, providing extra business exposure.
- Subscription to our free, daily e-newsletter, CTIA SmartBrief. It contains summaries of the day's most relevant stories handpicked from hundreds of sources so that you are always up-to-date on the most pertinent information.
- Ability to post your company’s press releases for free to our site, providing you with exposure to the tens of thousands of visitors to our website each month.
- Access to podcasts, video, PSAs, brochures, bill stuffers and mailers for company use on a variety of issues relevant to the wireless industry.
- Subscription to our Quarterly Member Connections e-Newsletter.
- Discounts on all products sold within the CTIA Research eStore. These include:
1) CTIA Semi-Annual Wireless Survey, which provides industry-wide
information drawn from operational wireless service providers, including
PCS and ESMR providers allowing you to better understand the trends that
drive your business.
2) CTIA Wireless Industry Indices Report, which features an in-depth analysis
of the year-end semi-annual data survey results and provided benchmarks
for industry performance and productivity.
3) Wireless Industry Break-Out Reports
4) Publications, research reports, maps and training kits produced by
reputable non-CTIA researchers. - Free copies of issue-specific surveys and PowerPoint Presentations on such topics as “Role of Wireless,” etc.
- Access to market/economic research staff, whose years of industry knowledge are a valuable resource for insights about products trends, business development, etc.
- Immeasurable business exposure for products and services of members at CTIA Wireless Tech Day on Capitol Hill where one-on-one contact with Members of Congress and staffers educate decision-makers about the positive aspects of wireless technology.
- Added exposure of products and services at CTIA trade shows where CTIA’s Product Tour for Members of Congress acquaints officials with industry technologies and services.
- Opportunities to participate in shaping voluntary initiatives organized by CTIA to advance the industry’s best image and that could forestall costly government mandates (e.g. recycling program, National Wireless AMBER Alert Program, Safe Driving Campaign).
- Access to CTIA’s Public Affairs professionals who can provide media and public relations assistance to help promote your best efforts before International, National and Local Media.
- Representation on issues affecting growth of the industry before policymakers in the Executive Branch, the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, the States and the Courts to protect your business from cost inefficient mandates and other restrictions to marketplace growth. CTIA fights to shape the best possible legislation and regulation for the wireless industry.
- Timely access to an extended staff of skilled policy specialists (many former Congressional and federal government agency staffers) whose decades of collective experience will provide insights about how to influence legislation and regulations that impact your products and services, saving you countless dollars of research and consulting fees.
- Opportunities to participate in efforts that build markets for new products and services (e.g. SMS, MMS, etc.) and that provide new revenue streams. Receive recognition and visibility when CTIA announces new initiatives.
- Access to interoperability guidelines and best practices, where available.
- Opportunities to participate in Working Groups of CTIA’s acclaimed Certification Program. Participants determine new program tests and criteria for best practices.
- Opportunity to become a member of our Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC) where you can join the forum of professionals representing the value chain in the wireless industry, and work with them on the issues most prevalent to their businesses to create one common solution.
- 20% discount for employer job postings on the online CareerSite service.
- 10% discount on executive and senior employment searches hosted by CTIA partner IdealWave.
- Opportunities for volunteers to serve on the CTIA Foundation where high-profile programs (e.g., Call to Protect®, Wireless AMBER Alerts, VITA - Wireless Samaritan Awards) are created to put the industry’s best foot forward.
- Opportunities to participate in Working Groups of CTIA’s acclaimed Certification Program. Participants determine new program tests and criteria for best practices.
If wireless is your business, then CTIAThe Wireless Association® should be your indispensable business partner.