TIA Committee Vice-Chair Explains Plan to Consolidate Cabling Standards

TR-42.1 Vice Chair Cindy Montstream goes into detail describing the rationale behind, and practical impacts of, consolidating 3 TIA standards into 1.
Dec. 5, 2025

We recently had the opportunity to interview Cindy Montstream, who holds several positions within the Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee. One of those positions is Vice Chair of the TR-42.1 Subcommittee that currently is working to consolidate 3 cabling standards into 1. Watch this in-depth discussion in which Cindy explains why the TIA decided to initiate this project; the practical impacts of the consolidation on cabling system designers, installers, and users; the TIA’s anticipated timeline for the project’s progress; and more.

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