Pacific Telecommunications Council

{{Short description|American industry trade association}}

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| established = {{start date|1979}}

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| type = trade association

| status = non-profit

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| location = Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States

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| region = Pacific Rim

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| key_people = Brian Moon (CEO){{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221003005976/en/Pacific-Telecommunications-Council-Appoints-Brian-Moon-as-New-CEO|title=Pacific Telecommunications Council Appoints Brian Moon as New CEO|website=businesswire.com|date=3 October 2022 }}

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| website = {{url| https://ptc.org}}

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| registration_id = 99-0200235

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The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) is a telecommunications industry non-profit trade association representing wireline, wireless, Internet, and other information, communications, and technology companies across the forty nations that make up the Pacific Rim.{{cite web |last=Nickelson |first=Richardson |date=1999 |title=The Pacific Hemisphere: The future of telecommunications |url=https://connect-world.com/the-pacific-hemisphere-the-future-of-telecommunications/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=connect-world.com}}{{cite web |last=Engle |first=Erika |date=2015-01-19 |title=Telecom conference boasts demonstrations of 8K TVs |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2015/01/19/business/thebuzz/telecom-conference-boasts-demonstrations-of-8k-tvs/ |access-date=2020-10-06 |website=Honolulu Star Advertiser}}{{Cite web |title=PTC Member Listing |url=https://council.ptc.org/PTC/member-listing.aspx |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Pacific Telecommunications Council}} The organization is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi and became a 501(c)(3) in 1980.{{cite web |last=Elbert |first=Bruce |date=2008 |title=A Look at PTC 1986 – 2008: More Than 20 Years of Communication and Friendship |url=http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=331507886 |access-date=2020-10-06 |website=Sat Magazine}}{{cite web |last=Miyake |first=Cliff |date=2011-01-30 |title=Despite cable bypass, Hawaii can remain a key telecom hub |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2011/01/30/hawaii-news/tech-view/despite-cable-bypass-hawaii-can-remain-a-key-telecom-hub/ |access-date=2020-10-06 |website=Honolulu Star Advertiser}} The organization was founded to bring industry, academics, and government together to help create a meeting ground for the exchange of ideas and policies.{{Cite journal |last=Barber |first=Richard |date=1989 |title=Pacific Telecommunications: The Role of Regional Organizations. |url= |journal=Columbia Journal of World Business |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=101–103 |via=EBSCO Host}}