Press Releases
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…
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…
TIA Applauds FCC Draft Order Modernizing Network Discontinuance and Notice Rules
Arlington, VA (March 19, 2025) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the trusted industry association for the connected world, applauds the Federal Communications Commission’s release of a draft Report and Order that, if adopted, would modernize outdated network discontinuance and notice requirements and better align Commission rules with today’s communications technologies. “By updating rules that…
Recent Blogs
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, held a hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 19th at 2pm titled “Big Hacks and Big Tech: China’s Cybersecurity Threat”. This hearing addressed the growing concerns over cybersecurity threats posed by China, focusing on the implications for technology companies and national security. Senator Richard…
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…