Press Releases

TIA Surveys State Broadband Offices, Identifying Most Critical Factors to BEAD Funding Success

Arlington, VA (February 14, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has assembled an Advisory Council of eight State Broadband Offices to collaborate on and help refine the agenda for the upcoming 2023 BEAD Success Summit to be held in Arlington, VA on April 19-20, 2023. The BEAD Success Summit will bring…

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TIA BEAD Success Summit Will Bring Together Industry and Government Leaders to Discuss Historic Broadband Deployment Program

Arlington, VA (January 31, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has announced registration is now open for its inaugural BEAD Success Summit taking place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, April 19 and 20, 2023. The Summit will bring together industry, state and federal government leaders to discuss, in…

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TIA Congratulates 2022 Star and QuEST Forum Award Winners

Arlington, VA (January 25, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has announced the winners of the organization’s two annual awards programs: the TIA Star Awards and the TIA QuEST Forum Awards. TIA gives awards to the most engaged members who contribute to the advancement of the global ICT industry through TIA…

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Recent Blogs

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…

ANSI/TIA-942 and DCE 9000: Understanding the Benefits and Difference

By TIA Staff | March 23, 2026 | Comments Off on ANSI/TIA-942 and DCE 9000: Understanding the Benefits and Difference

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…

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