Press Releases
ICT Leader Ken Koffman to Retire After Decades of Helping Improve ICT Quality, Sustainability, and Security; Former Aspect Software SVP, Mike Regan Hired to Lead TIA QuEST Forum
Arlington, VA (November 16, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today announced that Ken Koffman, TIA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer will be retiring at the end of year. Ken was a founder of TIA QuEST Forum and has been contributing to the ICT industry for more than 35…
Infrastructure Bill an Opportunity to Invest in America’s Future
Arlington, VA (November 06, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted ICT industry association—applauded the House for passing an historic bipartisan infrastructure bill today that includes investments up to $65 billion to expand critical broadband access including a permanent federal program to help more low-income households gain access to affordable services. “This is a once in a…
UL and TIA Announce SPIRE™ Smart Building Verifications Now Available
Northbrook, Ill. and Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2021 – UL, the global safety science leader, and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today launched the SPIRE™ Smart Building Verified Assessment. SPIRE is a comprehensive evaluation for smart buildings that provides an overall UL Verified SPIRE Smart Building Rating, as…
Recent Blogs
Submarine cables are the invisible infrastructure powering our digital world. They carry 99% of intercontinental internet traffic and support over $10 trillion in daily financial transactions. Yet, despite their critical importance, the time it takes to land these cables in the United States has increased dramatically. In the past five years, the licensing timeline…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently hosted a listening session titled “Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience, and Security.” The session built on NTIA’s 2024 request for comment and gathered input from industry, academia, and civil society experts to inform an upcoming report with actionable policy recommendations. Patrick Lozada, Director of Global Policy at…
AI-driven workloads and compute-intensive applications are transforming legacy data center infrastructure. As operators shift from CPU-based x86 systems to GPU clusters and specialized accelerators, data center deployments are growing more complex. Meeting the power, cooling, and interconnection demands of high-performance applications requires efficient architecture and management, along with robust security controls. This article explores how…