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

Delete, Delete, Delete: TIA’s Proposal to Modernize Legacy FCC Regulations

By Colin Andrews | April 17, 2025 | Comments Off on Delete, Delete, Delete: TIA’s Proposal to Modernize Legacy FCC Regulations

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) strongly supports Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr’s bold “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative to eliminate outdated regulations that limit innovation and progress. In response to this sweeping deregulatory effort, TIA has outlined key recommendations to modernize and streamline the FCC’s regulatory framework. This blog reviews those recommendations, which include…

A Closer Look at Class 4 Fault-Managed Power Systems in Smart Buildings

By TIA Staff | April 5, 2025 | Comments Off on A Closer Look at Class 4 Fault-Managed Power Systems in Smart Buildings

Authors: Authors: Gale Moericke (CRUX), Isaac Sachse (Belden), Miguelangel Ochoa (ITTERA) Introduction In our blog, “Enabling Smart Buildings Through Evolution in DC Power,” we looked at how innovative direct current (DC) power technologies are revolutionizing in-building power distribution. This blog delves more into Class 4 fault-managed Power (FMP) systems. FMP systems are a new way…

A Closer Look at Class 2 Power in Smart Buildings

By TIA Staff | April 5, 2025 | Comments Off on A Closer Look at Class 2 Power in Smart Buildings

Authors: Gale Moericke (CRUX), Isaac Sachse (Belden), Miguelangel Ochoa (ITTERA), Sekhar Kondepudi (Cisco) Introduction In our last blog, “Enabling Smart Buildings Through Evolution in DC Power,” we looked at how innovative direct current (DC) power technologies are revolutionizing in-building power distribution. This blog delves more into Class 2 power-limited circuits like Power over Ethernet (PoE)….

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