Ctia - the Wireless Association

“The organization has two classes of voting members: wireless carrier members and wireless industry members. Each class of voting members has two or more membership categories. Ctia may also have non-voting members whose rights are determined by ctia's president.”

“Each wireless carrier member and wireless industry member, and its member representative, shall have the right to be nominated and elected by the membership and serve as a member of the board. Each large carrier, mid-sized carrier, and wireless industry leader shall be entitled to appoint one director to the board, regional carrier members can elect no more than nine directors to the board, and wireless industry partners can elect no more than eight directors to the board.”

“The ctia 2017 form 990 was prepared by pricewaterhousecoopers and reviewed by management and ctia's audit committee. A copy of the return was provided to ctia's board of directors and officers. All members of the governing body were given the opportunity to review the document. All appropriate changes were incorporated in the final draft before submission to the irs.”

“At the start of each fiscal year, ctia seeks to ensure compliance with the conflict of interest policy by having employees with decision-making authority over ctia activities disclose any situation or areas of actual or potential conflicts of interest by completing a disclosure statement detailing any professional, business, or volunteer position or responsibilities that might give rise to conflicts. In addition, annually ctia requests that each board member disclose any potential conflicts of interest with respect to serving on the board of directors. When conflicts or potential conflicts arise, they are evaluated by the general counsel's office with the assistance of outside legal counsel if necessary. Conflicts are resolved through coordination with the association's ceo, and if appropriate, ctia's board chairman.”

“Ctia's compensation committee reviews and approves the compensation of ctia's ceo. The committee meets annually and consists of up to six independent board members. Ctia engages an independent compensation consultant to provide market data for similar positions, organizations and industry. The decisions of the compensation committee are contemporaneously substantiated by the approval of minutes with the terms of the ceo's compensation being detailed in an employment contract. For employees other than the ceo, ctia performs an annual market analysis to determine if compensation is comparable to similar organizations and industries.”

“Ctia makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to its members; however it does not provide this information to the general public.”

“Ctia represents wireless carriers, their suppliers & wireless data & internet companies. Ctia advocates before the executive branch, fcc, congress, & states on behalf of its members.”

“The association administers several product testing and certification programs including programs relating to wireless products and devices. These programs test consumer wireless products for conformance to established industry standards. They provide the wireless industry with an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation service.”

“Nead db development $5,997,222 test bed implementation $806,642 sas spectrum db dev $248,202 cybersecurity research $997,535 tech and infrastructure $267,978 certification program $523,368 industry related consultants $2,294,222 ---------- $11,135,169”

“Gaap straight line rent adjustment: $169,586; deferred taxes: $519,251”