The ATCA Newsletter is a bi-monthly publication focused on AdvancedTCA-related topics (including AdvancedMCs, MicroTCA, and other related specifications). It includes short contributed articles, reviews, stories, notes, and news from relevant companies and organizations, including such groups as Service Availability (SA) Forum, OpenSAF Foundation, RapidIO Trade Association, Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA), SCOPE Alliance, AXIe Consortium, and UNH-IOL (University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory). Its area of interest is the design and development of telecommunications and military communications equipment. Current circulation is about 25,000, including 10,000 from a co-publishing agreement with Hearst Electronics Group.
The newsletter publishes issues in February-March, April-May, June-July, August-September, October-November, and December-January. Publication date is typically the first day of the month after the bimonthly period (for example, June 1 for the April-May issue).