Press Releases
Broadband Nation Launches Workforce Initiative to Upgrade Florida’s Communications Infrastructure
Tallahassee Florida (April 24, 2025) – Broadband Nation, in partnership with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and Fierce Network’s parent company Questex, is spearheading a major initiative to build the skilled workforce necessary to upgrade Florida’s communications infrastructure to ensure every Floridian has access to high-speed reliable internet. With the influx of government investments such…
Broadband Nation Expo Opens Call for Speakers and Announces 2025 Advisory Board
NEW YORK, April 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce Network today announces the Call for Speakers for Broadband Nation Expo 2025, the nation’s largest meeting ground for end-to-end broadband deployment and innovation. Now in its third year, the event is moving to Orlando, Florida, where it will take place November 17-19, 2025, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology…
More than 600 Global Data Centers Certified Under TIA-942 Standard, which Delivers Improved Performance and Efficiency
Arlington, VA (Mar. 26, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world — today announced that approximately 100 global facilities have been certified under TIA’s latest revision to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, ANSI/TIA-942 Revision C. Since its inception more than 600 data centers across 51 countries and 6 continents have…
Recent Blogs
Author: Elizabeth Goldsmith Standards are the backbone of ICT. While the adoption of industry-standard practices and principles has always been essential to ensure compliance, performance and the support of future applications, exploding data rates and the need for reliable network performance make it even more important for manufacturers, network designers, installers and other ICT professionals…
Bridging the Digital Divide: The BEAD Program It’s been over 1,000 days since the Infrastructure, Investments and Jobs Act was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This landmark legislation created the $42.45 billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, aimed at connecting all Americans to fast, reliable broadband networks. Despite the ambitious goals…
By: TIA QuEST Forum Oversight Work Group (OSWG) Climate Change Amendment Background On February 23, 2024, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) issued climate change amendments which initially affected 31 management system standards (including ISO 9001:2015) by adding text at the following requirements: 4.1 – understanding the organization and its context and a 4.2 –…