Press Releases
January 20, 2012
FOA offering ANSI-approved fiber-installation standard for free
November 15, 2011
Telecommunications Industry Association Joins Board of Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP)
July 14, 2011
Longtime ICT Industry Engineer Herb Congdon Joins TIA as Associate Vice President of Technology and Standards
June 28, 2011
TIA-942A data center cabling standard to recommend OM4 fiber
March 28, 2011
Rodney Casteel Elected Chair of Fiber Optics LAN Section for 2011
March 11, 2011
TIA adopts encircled flux in new fiber-test standard
March 09, 2011
TIA-942-A takes another step closer to completion
February 25, 2011
Leviton talks 40/100G on TIA's TV channel
January 06, 2011
TIA debuts online multimedia portal at CES 2011
August 19, 2010
New TIA cabling standard covers healthcare facilities
July 23, 2010
New White Paper: Field Testing Installed Optical Fiber
April 20, 2010
Draka standardizes MaxCap Bendbright in all 50-micron OM3 / OM4 multimode fiber cable
April 05, 2010
Revision of TIA-942 standard likely to recommend certain optical connectors
March 16, 2010
FOLS Webinar LAN Standards, News & Trends is now available "On Demand"
February 18, 2010
Casteel to lead FOLS in 2010
February 08, 2010
Tyco Electronics receptacle doubles standard RJ-45 Ethernet port density
January 25, 2010
Draka offering bend-insensitive OM3 and OM4 multimode fiber
January 21, 2010
AFL Telecommunications intros three Noyes M700 OTDR models
January 18, 2010
Legrand-Ortronics attains ISO 14001 environmental certification
November 16, 2009
Former FOLS Chair Co-authors The Complete Guide to Copper and Fiber Optic Networking
September 17, 2009
FOLS Webinar Green Aspects of Structured Cabling Now Available for "On Demand" Viewing
September 03, 2009
TIA’s Fiber Optics LAN Section Launches New Website
August 31, 2009
Free Webinar on The Green Aspects of Structured Cabling
June 23, 2009
FOLS Webinar 40/100 Gb/s Ethernet over Multimode Fiber Now Available "On Demand"
June 15, 2009
FOLS Hosts Free Webinar: 40/100 Gb/s Ethernet over Multimode Fiber
May 14, 2009
LAN Standards, News & Trends Available On-Demand
May 14, 2009
CommScope Enterprise Solutions unveils executive briefing center
May 11, 2009
CommScope Provides Network Infrastructure to Support Operations, Communications at Dallas Cowboys’ New Stadium
May 05, 2009
Tyco Electronics joins Cisco Technology Developer Program
March 11, 2009
TIA releases 568-C.0, C.1 standards
March 10, 2009
Air-blown fiber system aids National Library of Medicine
March 02, 2009
Casteel to Lead FOLS in 2009
May 09, 2008
New Affiliate Membership Program Opens up TIA's Fiber Optics LAN Section to Broader Range of Companies
February 12, 2008
Casteel to Lead FOLS in 2008
February 15, 2007
FOLS Updates and Enhances Popular Premises Cost Model for Estimating LAN Infrastructure Costs
February 06, 2007
FOLS Elects 2007 Officers
December 10, 2006
FOLS Hosts Free Web Conference: "Can Power over Ethernet be used with Fiber-based Architectures?"
November 17, 2006
FTTE Web Conference Now On-line
November 6, 2006
FOLS Hosts Free Web Conference on November 13th
July 7, 2006
June 2006 Standards Update Now Available
March 6, 2006
TIA FOLS Elects 2006 Officers
Feb 9, 2006
New Standards Update Now Available
Cost Model
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