Press Releases
TIA Updates Data Center Cabling Standard to Keep Pace with Rapid Technology Advancements
Arlington, Va. (August 9, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee approved the TIA-942-B Data Center Cabling Standard. To help data centers address current and future needs, the updated standard includes several substantial changes from the previous version. TIA represents the companies that supply high-tech communications networks and is a global…
TIA Applauds Senate Approval of MOBILE NOW Act; Says it is Essential for Delivering 5G, IoT and More
Arlington, Va. (August 3, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of S. 19, the MOBILE NOW Act. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, commented: “MOBILE NOW is an essential ingredient for advancing modern connectivity and…
TIA Applauds Senate Passage of DIGIT Act; Legislation Will Drive Investment and Wide-Ranging Society Benefits
Arlington, Va. (August 3 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of S. 88, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, commented: “With strong bipartisan support, the…
Recent Blogs
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…
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…
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…