About TIG

What is TIG?

A group of telecommunication industry professionals committed to developing and implementing initiatives that:

  • Generate sustainable business development for certified diversity suppliers (minorities, women, veterans or LGBT-owned, operated and controlled);

  • Enhance the professional development of its members including training, position content, compensation and knowledge transfer; and

  • Position supplier diversity as a strategic business initiative that should be a conscious consideration in the corporate strategic planning process.

Who we are

Our members include distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and service providers.

OEMs:

  • Telecom equipment manufacturers

  • Data equipment manufacturers

  • Internet equipment manufacturers

  • Video equipment manufacturers

  • Contract Manufacturers


Services:

  • Telecom repair and logistics

Service Providers:

  • Incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs)

  • Competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs)

  • Inter-exchange carriers (IXCs)

  • Wireless carriers

  • Enhanced service providers

  • Internet service providers

  • Voice-over-IP providers

  • Cable television and telephony providers

What we do

Through our collaborative efforts among our members, we strive to bring supplier diversity into the next generation supply chains. Our vision, mission and strategies are as follows:

Vision

TIG's vision is the equal acceptance and inclusion of diverse companies as strategic partners in the telecom industry.

Mission

TIG's mission is to drive change in the telecom industry that will result in diverse businesses becoming strategic partners in the global economy.

Strategies

  • Provide a forum for member companies to share information, ideas, and issues concerning the identification, development and utilization of diverse suppliers.

  • Promote the professional development and growth of Supplier Diversity Program Managers.

  • Identify developmental needs of diverse suppliers with emphasis on those supporting the telecommunications industry.

  • Provide access to information concerning public policy impacting the development of diverse suppliers and the telecommunications industry.

2008 TIG Members

  • 3M

  • Agilent Technologies

  • Alcatel-Lucent

  • Alltel

  • AT&T

  • Brocade Networks

  • Cisco Systems

  • Comcast Cable

  • CommScope Carrier Solutions

  • Communications Test Design Inc.

  • Cox Communications

  • Embarq Logistics

  • Emerson Network Power

  • Ericsson, Inc.

  • Flextronics

  • Fujistu

  • Humanetics

  • Microsoft Corporation

  • Motorola, Inc.

  • Nokia, Inc.

  • Nokia Siemens Networks

  • Nortel Networks

  • Purcell Systems

  • Qwest Communications

  • Redback Networks

  • Sanmina-SCI

  • SAS

  • Simclar

  • Sprint Nextel

  • Telcordia Technologies

  • Tellabs, Inc.

  • US Cellular

  • Verizon

  • Windstream Communications

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Diverse Suppliers

Definition: businesses that are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by one or more ethnic minorities, women, veterans, service disabled veterans or LGBT persons.