Press Releases

Forge’s Broadband Nation Expo Builds Major Momentum for 2026 Event, Nearly 100 Speakers and Growing Roster of Industry Sponsors

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The fourth annual Broadband Nation Expo, produced by Forge’s Fierce Network and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), is building major momentum for its 2026 event taking place November 18-20 in New Orleans. Nearly 100 speakers have been added to the agenda and leading companies across broadband and digital infrastructure will…

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TIA’s DCE 9000 Initiative Builds Momentum with New Members, Expanded Collaboration, and Program Milestones

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11, 2026  — The Telecommunications Industry Association—enabling the future of trusted digital infrastructure,—announced continued momentum for its Data Center Excellence (DCE) 9000 initiative with the addition of eighteen new member organizations, the launch of two critical program sub-teams, and the publication of additional resources. As demand for resilient, scalable, and high-performing digital infrastructure continues to…

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TIA welcomes 5 new board members

Arlington, VA (June 19, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)– enabling the future of trusted digital infrastructure, welcomes 5 new  member to the organization’s Board of Directors: John Bozzetto, Vice President of Structural Engineering, Vertical Bridge Michelle Kang, PE Discipline Leader, Telecommunications, Colliers Engineering & Design Scott Kisting, Executive Vice President, Proactive Telecommunications Solutions, LLC and Vice…

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Recent Blogs

Establishing Trust: Foundational to Securing the ICT Supply Chain

By TIA Staff | August 25, 2021 | Comments Off on Establishing Trust: Foundational to Securing the ICT Supply Chain

By Colin Andrews and Patrick Lozada The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is leading the way on securing the global information communications technology (ICT) supply chain with the development of the global SCS 9001 standard that specifies verifiable and measurable criteria and uses a process-based quality management system to ensure quality and transparency. There are several…

Blockchain for ICT Supply Chain Security: Part 1 – The Enhanced MEID (E-MEID)

By TIA Staff | August 23, 2021 | Comments Off on Blockchain for ICT Supply Chain Security: Part 1 – The Enhanced MEID (E-MEID)

By Kevin L. Jackson, SVP, Total Network Services Corporation This is Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on the Enhanced Mobile Equipment Identifier (E-MEID) and how it can be used to improve ICT Supply Chain Security. The E-MEID is a tokenized MEID that creates a globally unique, auditable, and verifiable data repository for any…

Drones in Telecom: Tower Operations to Benefit from Standardizing Emerging Tech

By TIA | August 2, 2021 | Comments Off on Drones in Telecom: Tower Operations to Benefit from Standardizing Emerging Tech

By: Sam McGuire (5×5 Technologies) and Robert McCoy (Crown Castle) Since its inception in 2018, the goal of the TIA Drones Ad Hoc Subcommittee (under TIA’s TR-14 Engineering Committee) has been to understand the needs of the tower industry and help usher in the next generation of field services and data analytics via unmanned aerial…

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