Press Releases
TIA elects new officers and welcomes 2 new board members
Arlington, VA (January 21, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today announced the election of the following new officers of the organization’s Board of Directors: Bruce McClelland, President and CEO at Ribbon Communications as Board Chair. Bruce previously held the treasurer position. Annie Bogue, SVP and Chief Sales Officer at…
TIA Launches Data Center Quality Standard Initiative
Arlington, VA (October 8, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announces a new initiative to develop an infrastructure-focused Data Center Quality Standard aimed at advancing operational excellence, reliability, and sustainability in the rapidly expanding global data center market. Driven by the growth of AI, cloud computing, and digital services, demand for data centers is…
TIA to Establish Free-Space Optical Communications Standard; Attochron to Lead New Working Group
Arlington, VA (September 8, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today announced it will lead the establishment of U.S. standards for free-space optical communications (FSOC). This effort will be led by a sub-committee of the TR-45 – Mobile and Point-to-Point Communications Standards committee and be called the FSOC Working…
Recent Blogs
Late last year, TIA’s Director of Global Policy, Patrick Lozada, traveled to Europe for meetings in Belgium, Berlin, and London with government officials to discuss the increasingly complex landscape around standards and supply chain security. What he found was a common understanding that yesterday’s solutions don’t work for securing today’s networks. Across the board, countries…
For the last 12 months, TIA has been busy with members developing and updating critical industry standards, helping advance connected technologies and advocating on behalf of the global ICT industry that is connecting more people around the world with safe, reliable high-speed broadband. From launching the first-of-it’s-kind ICT supply chain security standard, SCS 9001, to…
The TIA QuEST Forum Trusted Network Summit has wrapped up and given the industry and government attendees some insightful discussions and remarks on the big challenges and opportunities that ICT organizations are facing in the areas of quality and security. With technology, business and government expert speakers on hand, a variety of perspectives were shared…