Press Releases
TIA Congratulates 2025 Star and QuEST Forum Award Winners
Arlington, VA (February 5, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world— proudly announces the recipients of its two annual awards programs: the TIA Star Awards and the TIA QuEST Forum Awards. These awards celebrate the most dedicated members whose leadership, expertise, and active engagement help advance the global ICT industry through TIA’s…
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…
Recent Blogs
By: Barry Elliott, Director, Capitoline CEng MIET MCIBSE MBA BSc(Hons) DCE ATD The ANSI/TIA-942-B-2017 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, recognizes the need for an adequate fire detection and suppression strategy in a functional data center. It calls for: Fire resistant walls and other structures, up to four hours in some cases Meet NFPA 75 or…
It has been a long time coming. Too long if you ask many TIA standards committee participants and leaders. Following a rapid shift to all virtual committee work in response to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, TIA’s TR-14 Committee and TR-42 Committee were excited to reconvene in person in St. Petersburg, FL for important work on…
With Cybersecurity Awareness Month now underway, we want to pause to acknowledge the new era that has quickly come upon us in which governments and regulators around the world are growing more prescriptive in their cyber security requirements for organizations, especially when it comes to critical network infrastructure. In order to counter rising threats from…