Two high-profile standards were just completed at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42 Engineering plenary meeting: Specifications for 100Ω Category 8 cabling (ANSI/TIA-568-C.2-1 Addendum 1) and the specification for Wideband Multimode Fiber (ANSI/TIA-492AAAE).
This article will provide a general overview of the standards work that is ongoing, some work that was just completed, and new projects that have been started. A list of recently published standards is provided at the end.