Press Releases

TIA Announces 2016 Award Winners at Annual Network of the Future Conference

Arlington, VA. (June 13, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) – the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high tech communications networks –recently named inductees to its first-ever TIA Hall of Fame and announced the recipient of this year’s TIA CEO award. Individuals were recognized during a ceremony at the TIA 2016:…

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TIA Survey: With Nearly Half of Companies Actively Using IoT, Major Enterprise Break-Out is Expected

Report Identifies a Significant Usage Shift as Companies See IoT’s Value in Product Performance ARLINGTON, VA (June 8, 2016) – Within two years more than 90 percent of companies will be using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, according to a new survey of business leaders announced by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association…

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ICT Spending Saw Big Gains in 2015; Future Growth will Slow as Leading Technologies Reach Maturity

*** TIA Annual Market Review & Forecast *** TIA Warns of Economic Disruption if Companies Face Increasingly Heavy Regulation During Time of Lower Growth Rates ARLINGTON, VA (June 7, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) today released its 20th annual ICT Market Review & Forecast (MR&F), the industry’s most comprehensive data review, analysis and…

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Recent Blogs

DCE 9000 Is Moving Fast Because the Industry Can’t Wait

By TIA Staff | September 19, 2026 | Comments Off on DCE 9000 Is Moving Fast Because the Industry Can’t Wait

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…

Why Data Center Infrastructure Needs Its Own Quality Standard

By Mike Regan | July 14, 2026 | Comments Off on Why Data Center Infrastructure Needs Its Own Quality Standard

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…

Understanding TIA-942: A Q&A with Tom McGarry

By TIA Staff | June 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Understanding TIA-942: A Q&A with Tom McGarry

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…

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