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 Melissa Newman, VP of Government Affairs, TIA At TIA, we want the United States to lead the next generation of telecommunications technologies. However, short-sighted tax policies that are out of step with the way the rest of the world taxes private R&D spending are leaving our country at a significant disadvantage compared to…
By Jacques Fluet, Data Center Program Director, TIA TIA recently released the Edge Data Center Addendum to the ANSI/TIA-942-B data center infrastructure standard. The Addendum defines requirements for newer “edge” or “micro” data centers, which often come in prefabricated enclosures that are significantly smaller than the more traditional sprawling warehouses. The TIA-942-B-1 addendum is…
By Mike Regan, Vice President of Business Performance, TIA Various trade and standards organizations as well as government agencies from around the world have been developing recommendations to help the global response to rising threats to cybersecurity. For example, the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) developed their Criteria for Security and Trust in Telecommunications…