Press Releases
UL Solutions and the Telecommunications Industry Association Launch SPIRE 2.0 to Enhance Smart Building Performance in Cybersecurity, Connectivity and Sustainability
Northbrook, Illinois — Nov. 8, 2023 — UL Solutions, a leading global safety science company and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today announced the launch of the SPIRE™ 2.0 Smart Building Program, enhancing assessment capabilities in cybersecurity, connectivity and sustainability. SPIRE™ is the world’s first comprehensive and objective assessment and rating program…
Telecommunications Industry Association Looks Forward to Working with New FCC Commissioner Gomez
Arlington, VA (September 07, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world — today released a statement about the Senate’s vote on President Joe Biden’s nomination for Anna Gomez to serve as a Commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). TIA CEO David Stehlin released the following statement: “TIA congratulates…
Costa Rica Takes Bold and Decisive Stance on Cybersecurity
Arlington, VA (September 06, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world— today announced its support for the recent actions by the Costa Rican government to enhance its national cybersecurity posture. During a recent meeting at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden and Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves discussed the importance of…
Recent Blogs
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…
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…
From streaming and cloud services to AI and enterprise applications, nearly every aspect of the modern digital economy depends on highly reliable data centers. As capacity scales rapidly and operating environments grow more demanding, infrastructure reliability, resilience, performance, and efficiency become mission‑critical priorities. Standardized approaches to data center design and to the quality of the infrastructure supply chain are…