Blockchain for ICT Supply Chain Security Part 3: Securing The National Wireless Infrastructure

September 7, 2021

By Kevin L. Jackson, SVP, Total Network Services Corporation This is Part 3 of a 3 Part Series on the Enhanced Mobile Equipment Identifier (E-MEID) and how it can be…

Blockchain for ICT Supply Chain Security: Part 2 – IoT and NFT Management Use Cases

August 30, 2021

By Kevin L. Jackson, SVP, Total Network Services Corporation This is Part 2 of a 3 Part Series on the Enhanced Mobile Equipment Identifier (E-MEID) and how it can be…

Establishing Trust: Foundational to Securing the ICT Supply Chain

August 25, 2021

By Colin Andrews and Patrick Lozada The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is leading the way on securing the global information communications technology (ICT) supply chain with the development of the…

Blockchain for ICT Supply Chain Security: Part 1 – The Enhanced MEID (E-MEID)

August 23, 2021

By Kevin L. Jackson, SVP, Total Network Services Corporation This is Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on the Enhanced Mobile Equipment Identifier (E-MEID) and how it can be…

Drones in Telecom: Tower Operations to Benefit from Standardizing Emerging Tech

August 2, 2021

By: Sam McGuire (5×5 Technologies) and Robert McCoy (Crown Castle) Since its inception in 2018, the goal of the TIA Drones Ad Hoc Subcommittee (under TIA’s TR-14 Engineering Committee) has…

TIA Industry Transformation Study: A Results Preview

July 26, 2021

The TIA Industry Transformation Study gathered insight from business leaders at TIA member companies who were asked to compare their business priorities for three specific time periods: the year before…

Software Identification & Traceability: Essential to Securing the ICT Supply Chain

July 20, 2021

By Carlos C. Solari, VP of Product Development at SecureG Software identification and traceability (SWID&T) is essential to securing the information communications technology (ICT) supply chain, especially considering the central…

Zero Trust for Supply Chain: A Critical Aspect of the SCS 9001 Architecture

July 1, 2021

By Dave Sanicola, President of The DESARA Group, TIA Supply Chain Security Work Group Lead The rise of cyberattacks by sophisticated criminals and foreign adversaries threaten to endanger national security,…

Day 2 TIA Global Conference and Member Meeting: Security, Technology, Smart Buildings, Networks of the Future and more

June 25, 2021

Day 2 of the TIA 2021 Global Conference and Member Meeting was packed with insights and discussions around a range of highly relevant ICT and telecommunications topics. Guest speakers talked…

Day 1 Recap: TIA Global Conference and Member Meeting

June 22, 2021

TIA’s 2021 Global Conference and Member Meeting now has Day 1 in the books after a half day of substantive sessions and discussions with industry and government leaders. The sessions…