Press Releases

Registration Now Open for Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo – The Nation’s Premier Event for the Next Era of End-to-End Connectivity

NEW ORLEANS, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Broadband Nation Expo today announces that registration is officially open for the fourth annual event taking place November 18-20 at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans in New Orleans, LA. Recognized as the nation’s largest meeting ground for end-to-end broadband, the event brings together service providers, equipment manufacturers, technology…

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TIA QuEST Forum to Present DCE 9000 Quality Standard Progress at Data Center World Webinar; Sub-Teams Accelerate Draft Development

Arlington, VA (April 29, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)—enabling the future of trusted digital infrastructure—today announced it will present development milestones, scope, and progress on the Data Center Excellence (DCE 9000) quality standard initiative at an upcoming Data Center World webinar. The initiative is advancing under TIA QuEST Forum’s formal, consensus-based development process…

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TIA Advances AI Ready Data Centers with New ANSI/TIA 942 Addendum, Global Certification Leadership, and Expanded Industry Quality Initiative

Arlington, VA (March 24, 2026) – As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads drive unprecedented changes in data center design, performance, and operational risk, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) today announced a coordinated set of actions to help the industry meet AI‑era infrastructure requirements. These include the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence addendum to the ANSI/TIA‑942…

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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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