Press Releases
TIA Statement on Announcement to Nominate Ambassador Robert Lighthizer to be United States Trade Representative
Arlington, VA (January 3, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today welcomed the nomination of Ambassador Robert Lighthizer to be the next United States Trade Representative (USTR) under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump. TIA Board Chairman and Interim CEO David Heard…
TIA Applauds Re-Introduction of the MOBILE NOW Act
Arlington, VA (January 3, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today applauded Sen. John Thune (R-SD) for the re-introduction of the MOBILE NOW Act. This important legislation will be critical to building 5G networks and make more spectrum available for commercial wireless broadband…
FCC Privacy Rules Place Undue Restrictions on ISPs
Arlington, VA (October 27, 2016) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, said that today’s split-decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on consumer privacy rules for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) creates an uneven and overly burdensome regulatory environment. The new rules, which affect…
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…