Press Releases
Telecommunications Industry Association Applauds FCC Order for Program to Secure America’s Network Infrastructure
Arlington, VA (December 10, 2020) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today released a statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval of an order to establish a Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to help remove and replace network components sourced from untrusted suppliers. The program, which the…
Telecommunications Industry Association Announces 2021 Board Officers
Arlington, VA (December 08, 2020) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the 2021 officers for its board of directors. “TIA is proud to have an active board of directors that recognizes the strategic importance of building trust in a world that is increasingly connected,” said…
Telecommunications Industry Association Statement on Chris Krebs, Director of DHS’ CISA
Arlington, VA (Nov. 18, 2020) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—released a statement on the departure of Chris Krebs, Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “TIA thanks Chris Krebs, the founding Director of DHS’ CISA, for his years of hard work and dedication to…
Recent Blogs
Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and other compute-intensive workloads are imposing new demands on rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. Increasing power densities and more complex cooling architectures leave less tolerance for failure. Many existing standards address facility design or quality management for information and communications technology. However, none provides a lifecycle quality framework for suppliers…
Data center quality risk no longer stops at servers, switches, and software. As facilities scale, the risk extends into the power, cooling, and controls that keep operations online. Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads increase power density, thermal complexity, and system interdependence, reducing tolerance for variation in infrastructure quality. This shift exposes a gap, as…
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…