Press Releases

Broadband Nation Expo Unites Industry and Government to Bring Broadband to Every Home in America

NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo brings service providers, industry partners, and a diverse array of stakeholders including academic institutions, local, state and federal government leaders together to discuss the future of broadband in the U.S. and the concerted effort needed to successfully bridge the digital divide. Broadband Nation Expo has…

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TIA Applauds Senate Action to Support U.S. Leadership in Tech Standards

Arlington, VA (July 31, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association – a standards developing organization representing trusted manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and services – released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Melissa Newman: “TIA commends the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the actions taken today in supporting U.S….

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TIA offers Various Educational and Training Resources to Help Improve Cyber Security and Supply Chain Posture

Arlington, VA (July 8, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today  announced a comprehensive range of on-demand and instructor-led educational and training sessions tailored to facilitate the understanding and successful execution of the SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System certification process. The SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System…

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Recent Blogs

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…

Why AI Infrastructure Needs More Than ISO: Reimagining Quality for the Data Center Era

By TIA Staff | June 2, 2026 | Comments Off on Why AI Infrastructure Needs More Than ISO: Reimagining Quality for the Data Center Era

The rapid expansion of AI is reshaping the data center industry at a pace few sectors have experienced. Demand for compute is accelerating, infrastructure is scaling rapidly, and expectations for uptime and performance continue to rise. In a recent webinar, TIA’s Mike Regan and Google’s Govind Ramu examined how this shift is exposing gaps in…

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