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

TIA Remembers Co-Founder Paul H. Vishny

By Andy Kurtzman | May 11, 2020 | Comments Off on TIA Remembers Co-Founder Paul H. Vishny

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is remembering the life of Paul Vishny and the impact he had on the telecommunications industry.  Paul was a visionary co-founder and General Counsel for TIA who formally incorporated the organization and continued to provide wisdom and guidance to TIA from its first day until his retirement. Paul worked with…

TIA QuEST Forum Announces Training Webinar Series

By Ken Koffman | April 23, 2020 | Comments Off on TIA QuEST Forum Announces Training Webinar Series

At TIA, our members and participants are our lifeblood, so when they tell us what they want, we listen. The TIA QuEST Forum sends surveys every year to its industry participants and the most recent survey had one particular theme that was pervasive – the desire for more educational and training content. And, it’s worth…

Assessing Smart Buildings – The Time is Now for a Holistic Approach

By Dan Brown | April 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Assessing Smart Buildings – The Time is Now for a Holistic Approach

There’s no denying the growing demand for smarter buildings – regardless of building type or industry vertical. According to reports from CABA, Navigant Research and Markets and Markets, the commercial smart building market is expected to grow from $35 billion in 2018 to $70 billion by 2023. The question becomes: How do building owners, REITs,…

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