The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced a new initiative to build industry-driven telecommunications supply chain security standards and programmes. TIA will convene public and private sector leaders at Mobile World Congress on 26 February, including US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai; Ambassador Robert L. Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy at the US Department of State; James Gowen, VP of Supply Chain Operations and Chief Sustainability Officer for Verizon; and Amit Dhingra, VP of Global Services Delivery for Nokia, for a discussion titled ‘The need for supply chain security in a 5G connected world’.
TIA also released a position paper that outlines the ways in which the ICT supply chain is vulnerable to threats that can disrupt business continuity and devastate consumer confidence, with vast economic consequences.
Under the umbrella of its QuEST Forum TL 9000 Quality Management System, TIA established a working group to assess the landscape and initiate the development of global standards that ensure the integrity of the ICT supply chain, while maintaining innovation, competition and economic growth.
TIA’s government affairs team is also leading advocacy efforts on ICT supply chain security and working with regulators across the Americas, Europe and Asia to secure critical infrastructure and networks.
