Press Releases

TIA Inaugural Star Awards Recognize the Most Engaged and Active Members

Arlington, VA (February 17, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—presents the winners of the first ever TIA Star Awards. The TIA Star Awards are designed to recognize TIA’s most active companies and individuals for their contributions to the advancement of TIA and industry objectives and initiatives. To measure member engagement…

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TIA QuEST Forum Recognizes Accomplishments of Member Companies and Professionals with Annual Awards

Arlington, VA (February 9, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—congratulates the winners of the TIA QuEST Forum Annual Awards, including the 2021 Sustainability Awards, a new TIA QuEST Forum Fellow, the Volunteer of the Year and Participant Company of the Year. TIA QuEST Forum was established more than two decades…

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TIA Statement on Doreen Bogdan-Martin Nomination for ITU General Secretary

Arlington, VA (February 2, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today issued the following statement. “TIA supports the historical nomination of Doreen Bogdan-Martin to serve as Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union,” said David Stehlin, CEO of TIA. “Her experience and forward-looking approach make her an ideal candidate to lead…

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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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