Press Releases
TIA Applauds House-Senate Deal on FCC Reauthorization & MOBILE NOW
Arlington, VA (March 2, 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded the bipartisan and bicameral agreement to re-authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) via the RAY BAUM’s Act and to promote next-generation wireless technologies via the MOBILE NOW Act. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, issued the…
TIA Welcomes FCC Commissioner Carr’s Plan to Advance 5G Deployment
Arlington, VA (February 28, 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded FCC Commissioner Brendon Carr’s plan to advance 5G deployment in the U.S. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, issued the following statement: “TIA welcomes today’s announcement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr…
TIA & Edge Data Center Leaders Launch Edge Data Center Working Group
Working Group of Carriers, Data Center Owners, Equipment & Cabling Suppliers & More Will Establish Standards for Mass Scale Operation of Edge Data Centers Arlington, VA (February 22, 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the launch of the Edge Data Center Working Group….
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…