Press Releases
TIA Congratulates Robert Lighthizer on Confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative
Arlington, VA (May 11, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today congratulated Robert Lighthizer on his confirmation as United States Trade Representative (USTR). Cinnamon Rogers, TIA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, commented: “Having served as both a long-time trade lawyer and…
TIA Named to Leadership Role in Smart Cities Standards Development
Work is Part of Broad Effort to Create a Holistic Approach to Implementing Technology Solutions Arlington VA. (May 3, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, will play a lead role in smart community standards development as the newly-appointed Technical Advisory Group (TAG)…
TIA Releases Comprehensive Guide on Fuel Cells for Wireless Infrastructure
Developed by a TIA Focus Group that Includes Altergy, Microsoft, Dept. of Energy, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Assoc., and Others Arlington, VA (April 28, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the publication of a comprehensive reference guide for the…
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…