Your Associate membership gives you and your company numerous privileges, including:

• Listing in the widely-read ITA Member Directory
• Priority consideration for displaying at the ITA Annual Convention and Tradeshow (sold out every year)
• Subscription to the monthly ITA Associate Member Newsletter
• Preferential speaking opportunities at ITA events
• "Members Only” access to www.broadband4iowa.com
• Opportunity to participate at the ITA Golf Outing, ITA Convention and other ITA special events and continuing education seminars
• Networking and service opportunities on ITA Committees

If you are a Telecommunications Company - whether it be an ILEC, CLEC or Municipal - please contact Iowa Telecommunications Association for more information on becoming a member.

Here are some of the benefits of membership:

Our mission statement is "Broadband for All Iowans" and we are moving forward to achieve that mission. Change is here, and it is our goal to master these changes and help you use them to your advantage.

Education. We continue to be the leading source of education on telecom matters. Whether we are educating our legislators, regulators or the public, or providing key updates and training to our members, ITA stands at the forefront in being the voice of Iowa’s rural industry.

Knowledge Transfer. The ITA Update is the most comprehensive industry newsletter that turns information from a wide variety of sources into knowledge you can use. ITA members regularly receive a "Pencil it In” newsletter advising of current educational opportunities from ITA and outside sources and a TelePAC Update that keeps members current on political matters.

New Technologies. For those interested in up-to-the-minute information from ITA events, the Capitol and other industry sources, ITA is very active with blogs, Facebook posts and Twitter Updates.

Advocacy. ITA is your most aggressive, proactive advocate to promote positive changes on your behalf. We all know many threats face our industry – federal and state regulators favoring policies that discriminate against small business and rural customers; competitive carriers failing to pay their fair share for the use of your networks; property tax policies unfairly penalizing small telecom providers. The list goes on. We are there taking the lead for you.

Member Involvement. Perhaps as important as the direct financial benefits and the comfort of knowing that your voice is being heard, ITA also facilitates your quest to expand your knowledge base. Whether you choose to participate on committees, attend events to share best practices with your peers, or learn about the latest industry developments, we work to help you deal with the issues that keep you up at night.

In short, we are the "one-stop shop” for your advocacy and industry needs.