Press Releases

TIA Appoints David Bain, New Vice President of Standards

Arlington, VA (November 14, 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced that David K. Bain has been named Vice President of Standards, leading the team executing one of the core responsibilities of TIA as an ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO). “David…

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TIA Supports Presidential Memorandum on National Spectrum Strategy

Arlington, VA (October 25, 2018) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today expressed strong support for the White House’s Presidential Memorandum directing the creation of a National Spectrum Strategy. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, issued the following statement: “TIA strongly supports today’s…

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TIA Releases New Central Office Evaluation Strategy Paper

New paper outlines considerations for the future deployment of Information and Communications Technology Equipment Arlington, VA (October 25, 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks today released a new position paper “Central Office Evaluation Strategy For Deployment of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)…

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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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