Press Releases
TIA Applauds FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Call for U.S. Leadership on 5G
Arlington, Va. (June 20, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded remarks made by Federal Communications Commissioner Tom Wheeler on next generation 5G wireless connectivity and the impending Spectrum Frontiers proceeding. “In order for the U.S. to continue leading the world…
TIA Welcomes FCC Decision to Extend Compliance Timeline for Certifying Telecom Equipment Testing Labs in Foreign Countries
Arlington, Va. (June 16, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, welcomed the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend the transition period for testing labs that certify mobile phones and other radio equipment in some foreign countries by one year,…
Title II Court Decision Means Industry Must Re-Double Policy Efforts
Arlington, Va. (June 14, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, said today that a federal court ruling on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality plans leaves in place inflexible regulations that will harm consumers and the U.S. economy. TIA CEO Scott…
Recent Blogs
Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and other compute-intensive workloads are imposing new demands on rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. Increasing power densities and more complex cooling architectures leave less tolerance for failure. Many existing standards address facility design or quality management for information and communications technology. However, none provides a lifecycle quality framework for suppliers…
Data center quality risk no longer stops at servers, switches, and software. As facilities scale, the risk extends into the power, cooling, and controls that keep operations online. Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads increase power density, thermal complexity, and system interdependence, reducing tolerance for variation in infrastructure quality. This shift exposes a gap, as…
Adapted from a podcast produced by the Telecommunications Industry Foundation (TIF). As data centers evolve rapidly, driven in large part by AI—industry standards play a critical role in ensuring reliability, scalability, and trust. In this Q&A, Michelle Kang, TIF Chair and newly appointed TIA Board Member, speaks with Tom McGarry, VP of Standards at the…