The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (

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) to develop voluntary, consensus-based industry standards for a wide variety of Information and Communication Technologies ( ICT) products, and currently represents nearly 400 companies. TIA's Standards and Technology Department operates twelve engineering committees, which develop guidelines for private radio equipment,

cellular tower A cell site, cell tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adja ...

s, data terminals,

satellites A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotop ...

, telephone terminal equipment,

accessibility Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

, VoIP devices,

structured cabling In telecommunications, structured cabling is building or campus cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. Structured cabling components include twisted pair and op ...

data centers A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommun ...

mobile device A mobile device (or handheld computer) is a computer small enough to hold and operate in the hand. Mobile devices typically have a flat LCD or OLED screen, a touchscreen interface, and digital or physical buttons. They may also have a physica ...

communications, multimedia

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, vehicular

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, healthcare ICT, machine to machine communications, and smart utility networks. Active participants include communications equipment manufacturers, service providers, government agencies, academic institutions, and end-users are engaged in TIA's standards setting process. To ensure that these standards become incorporated globally, TIA is also engaged in the International Telecommunication Union (

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), the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO), and the International Electrotechnical Commission (

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). TIA merged in 2017 with the Quest Forum, home of the TL9000 quality standard for operators, which substantially increased the number of companies under the TIA umbrella. The boards of the two organizations were combined into a single board. The headquarters of the combined organization was the TIA location in Arlington, Virginia.

TIA Standards

The Telecommunications Industry Assoc's most widely adopted standards include: # TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers # TIA-568 (telecommunications cabling standards, used by nearly all voice, video and data networks). # TIA-569 Commercial Building Standards for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces # TIA-607 (Commercial grounding - earthing - standards) # TIA-598 (

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color-coding) # TIA-222 Structural Standard for Antenna Supporting Structures and Antennas # TIA-602 Data Transmission Systems and Equipment, which standardized the common basic Hayes command set. # TIA-102 - Land Mobile Communications for Public Safety (APCO/ P25)

Participating in TIA Standards Development

TIA encourages engineers who represent the manufacturers and/or users of network equipment technology products and services (from both the public and private sectors), to become engaged in TIA's engineering committees, by voting and submitting technical contributions for inclusion in future standards.

Collaborative Activities

TIA is a participating standards organization of the ITU-T

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(GSC) initiative. The GSC has created a

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Standardization Task Force (MSTF) to foster industry collaboration on standards across different vertical markets, such as finance, e-health, connected vehicles, and utilities.MSTF
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Legislation

TIA supported the E-LABEL Act (H.R. 5161; 113th Congress), a bill that would direct the

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(FCC) to allow manufacturers of electronic devices with a screen to display information required by the agency digitally on the screen rather than on a label affixed to the device. Grant Seiffert argued that "by granting device manufacturers the ability to use e-labels, the legislation eases the technical and logistical burdens on manufactures and improves consumer access to important device information."

References

External links

Telecommunications Industry Association Website
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