Press Releases
TIA Applauds Senate Action to Support U.S. Leadership in Tech Standards
Arlington, VA (July 31, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association – a standards developing organization representing trusted manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and services – released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Melissa Newman: “TIA commends the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the actions taken today in supporting U.S….
TIA offers Various Educational and Training Resources to Help Improve Cyber Security and Supply Chain Posture
Arlington, VA (July 8, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today announced a comprehensive range of on-demand and instructor-led educational and training sessions tailored to facilitate the understanding and successful execution of the SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System certification process. The SCS 9001™ 2.0 Supply Chain Security Management System…
TIA Unveils Revision C of the Global Data Center Infrastructure Standard
Arlington, VA (May 9, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association—the trusted industry association for the connected world — today announced an update to its Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, ANSI/TIA-942. This newly published document marks the third revision since the inception of the original ANSI/TIA-942 standard, which sets forth the requirements and recommendations for designing and implementing…
Recent Blogs
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…
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 –…