Press Releases

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…

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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…

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TIA Welcomes U.S.-EU Trade Framework

Arlington, VA (August 21, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association – the trusted industry association for the connected world – released the following statement from TIA’s Patrick Lozada, Director, Global Policy: “TIA welcomes the release of additional details regarding the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. The Framework takes valuable steps…

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Recent Blogs

TR-42 February 2021 Virtual Committee Meeting Highlights

By Cheryl Thibideau | February 24, 2021 | Comments Off on TR-42 February 2021 Virtual Committee Meeting Highlights

TIA’s TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee held their first committee meeting for 2021 the week of February 1-5, 2021. During the Opening Plenary, which took place on Monday, February 1st, TR-42 Chair, Greg Sandels, spoke of the committee’s smooth transition to TIA Connect, the TR-42 officers’ elections, and gave an overview of the work…

Closing the Homework Gap: How to Turn the E-Rate Program into a Game-Changer

By TIA | February 16, 2021 | Comments Off on Closing the Homework Gap: How to Turn the E-Rate Program into a Game-Changer

As we approach the 1-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic reaching a global proportion, it’s important to note that while many of us in the United States were largely able to adapt to living, learning, working and, of course, streaming from home, there were an estimated 12 million children without reliable and affordable connectivity. Those…

An Open Letter to TIA Members and Participants from CEO, Dave Stehlin

By Dave Stehlin | January 20, 2021 | Comments Off on An Open Letter to TIA Members and Participants from CEO, Dave Stehlin

Dear TIA Members and Participants, Happy New Year and on behalf of TIA, we all hope that 2021 will bring each of you success and safety! 2020 was quite a year for all of us, and here at TIA, we were extremely busy. Our many accomplishments included: Making clear our intent to become the trusted…

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