Press Releases

TIA Welcomes Adam Cassady’s Nomination as Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Arlington, VA (March 4, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, today issued a statement welcoming President Trump’s nomination of Adam Cassady to serve as Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the U.S. Department of State. TIA’s SVP of Government Affairs, Melissa Newman stated:…

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TIA Advances DCE 9000 Initiative to Strengthen Quality and Reliability Across Data Center Infrastructure

Arlington, VA (February 25, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—announced continued industry momentum behind the Data Center Excellence (DCE 9000) initiative, a collaborative effort to establish the first quality management system standard specifically designed for modern data center physical infrastructure. Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing,…

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TIA Congratulates 2025 Star and QuEST Forum Award Winners

Arlington, VA (February 5, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world— proudly announces the recipients of its two annual awards programs: the TIA Star Awards and the TIA QuEST Forum Awards. These awards celebrate the most dedicated members whose leadership, expertise, and active engagement help advance the global ICT industry through TIA’s…

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Recent Blogs

Discover the Free FOTC Standards Explorer Database

By TIA Staff | September 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Discover the Free FOTC Standards Explorer Database

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…

Congressional Hearing Highlights Workforce Shortage in Advance of BEAD

By Dave Stehlin | September 12, 2024 | Comments Off on Congressional Hearing Highlights Workforce Shortage in Advance of BEAD

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…

TL 9000 Certified Companies Well Positioned for ISO Climate Change Amendments

By TIA Staff | May 6, 2024 | Comments Off on TL 9000 Certified Companies Well Positioned for ISO Climate Change Amendments

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 –…

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