Press Releases

TIA Looks Forward to Working with New FCC and NTIA Leaders on Critical ICT Issues

Arlington, VA (October 26, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today released a statement about President Joe Biden’s leadership nominations for Jessica Rosenworcel as Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Alan Davidson as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and Gigi Sohn as an FCC commissioner.   TIA CEO…

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TIA Broadens Reach with New Members from Adjacent Industries

Arlington, VA (October 19, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has welcomed over 15 new members in 2021, including several companies outside of the traditional telecommunications sector. In the past few months, new members from other industries include: JK Moving Services, Arup, Concert Technologies, Maser Consulting, and Barnes and Thornburg, LLP,…

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TIA Issues Final Call for Comments on New SCS 9001 Supply Chain Security Standard

Arlington, VA (October 6, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—has directly solicited over 100 industry and government organizations for final comments on the ICT industry’s first supply chain security standard. In a fitting start to National Cyber Security Month, TIA is entering the final stages of completion for SCS 9001…

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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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