TIA WaveLength Blog
Heading into 2020 and Beyond
By: Dave Stehlin
Posted on January 16, 2020
2020, a new year, a new decade, tremendous new opportunities…and risks. TIA is at the forefront of leading advances in new areas like smart buildings and critical 5G enablement programs like edge data centers. At the same time, our global telecommunications infrastructure and ICT supply chain are at a growing risk to cyberattacks that threaten…
INSIGHT: Telecom Industry Must Develop Trustworthy 5G Equipment Supply Chains
By: Clarence Reynolds
Posted on November 4, 2019
The telecom industry must do all it can to safeguard the nation’s telecommunications systems in light of coming 5G changes and pending federal rules, David Stehlin, CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association says. Industry has an opportunity to address supply chain security through industry-driven standards and programs. I may be new to Washington, but I…
TIA Joins Group to Help Bring Global Security Guidelines to IoT Devices
By: Colin Andrews
Posted on September 17, 2019
TIA is proud to be a part of the C2 Consensus to advance IoT security through collaboration with global ICT companies and technical experts.
Update from TIA’s Cabling Standards Committee: Network security standard is advancing in international adoption process
By: David Bain
Posted on July 29, 2019
TIA’s ANSI/TIA 5017 standard, which specifies requirements for analyzing security levels and develops an individualized security framework for telecommunications infrastructures is now officially under consideration to become an international standard.
How to Use TL 9000 To Improve Your Supply Chain: Recapping TIA’s Business Performance Community Webinar Series
By: Ken Koffman
Posted on June 26, 2019
Supply chain mangers are learning that the requirements from TL 9000’s standard can improve product quality and assure a better customer experience. TIA’s Business Performance Community just finished a four-part webinar series in partnership with experts from Fujitsu, National Quality Assurance, Cisco Systems, and AT&T, that covered how companies can use the TL 9000 Quality Management System to decrease risk in their supply chains and featured testimonials from organizations who have successfully used TL 9000 to improve their supply chains.
Keeping Structures Connected: Updated Standards for Telecom Cabling Including Popular New Field Terminatable Plugs
By: David Bain
Posted on June 5, 2019
Companies involved in testing field terminatable plugs will benefit from reviewing the summary of the methods defined in the latest ANSI/TIA-568.2-D standard
TIA Communications Tower Standard Celebrates 60 Years
By: David Bain
Posted on April 29, 2019
TIA is proud to celebrate the 60th anniversary of providing guidance in the structural design and fabrication of communications towers with our engineering standard ANSI/TIA-222, Structural Steel Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Supporting Structures.
TIA Hosts Tower Climbing Facilities Working Group to Talk about Safety and Care
By: Andy Kurtzman
Posted on April 26, 2019
TIA and its Foundation are pleased to support communication and education for the Climbing Facilities industry uplifting the current standards as published.
TIA Teams Up With UL To Advance Work in Smart Buildings
By: Harry Smeenk
Posted on April 2, 2019
We were eager to kick off 2019 announcing our collaboration with UL, a leading global safety science organization, to accelerate an industry framework for the evolving world of smart buildings.
TIA Sets the Foundation for Smart Buildings at MWC Barcelona
By: Clarence Reynolds
Posted on April 1, 2019
This year MWC Barcelona was full of the usual bustle, but TIA stood out among the conversations about next-gen networks by leading the discussion around one of 5G’s most essential components – Smart Buildings.
Finding a Path for Bipartisan Net Neutrality Legislation
By: Cinnamon Rogers
Posted on March 13, 2019
TIA has long supported principles that ISPs not block or throttle content, along with providing customers with transparency. We support enabling the free flow of information and commerce that drives our economy. We also support policies that encourage an innovation-friendly environment for entrepreneurs and engineers and that generate high-paying jobs.
Five Key Principles for a National Spectrum Strategy
By: Dileep Srihari
Posted on January 28, 2019
TIA supports a new national strategy that encompasses federal, state & local, commercial, and private users of spectrum. It should also account for the manufacturers of communications technologies and platforms that support those users.
