Press Releases
TIA Statement on FCC’s Plan to Terminate Proceeding to Expand Mobile Wireless Services In-Flight
Arlington, Va. (April 10, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association expressed disappointment with today’s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to terminate its 2013 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that sought to expand consumer access to mobile wireless services onboard aircraft. Ashley Simmons, TIA’s Director of Government and Public Affairs, commented: “We believe the FCC should reconsider…
TIA Applauds House E&C #SubCommTech’s Focus on Connectivity Issues
Subcommittee Hearing Today Affirmed Importance of MOBILE NOW for Advancing 5G and IoT Arlington, Va. (April 5, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, applauded the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for today’s hearing on mobile connectivity. “Facilitating the 21st Century…
TIA Congratulates FirstNet on Reaching Major Milestone with Selection of AT&T as Network Partner
Arlington, Va. (March 30, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today congratulated the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) for reaching an important milestone that brings the first national public safety broadband network closer to reality. FirstNet’s choice of AT&T means the telecommunications…
Recent Blogs
Submarine cables are the invisible infrastructure powering our digital world. They carry 99% of intercontinental internet traffic and support over $10 trillion in daily financial transactions. Yet, despite their critical importance, the time it takes to land these cables in the United States has increased dramatically. In the past five years, the licensing timeline…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently hosted a listening session titled “Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience, and Security.” The session built on NTIA’s 2024 request for comment and gathered input from industry, academia, and civil society experts to inform an upcoming report with actionable policy recommendations. Patrick Lozada, Director of Global Policy at…
AI-driven workloads and compute-intensive applications are transforming legacy data center infrastructure. As operators shift from CPU-based x86 systems to GPU clusters and specialized accelerators, data center deployments are growing more complex. Meeting the power, cooling, and interconnection demands of high-performance applications requires efficient architecture and management, along with robust security controls. This article explores how…