Alphabetical List
| | | 3GAmericas | Americas-based
organization that seeks to integrate the five major wireless technologies, and support their Third Generation migration| Advanced Switching Interconnect SIG (ASI SIG) | Develops and
promotoes a switched fabric interconnect standard| aHIT! | Documents interoperability requirements for
IP Telephony and Multimedia applications | Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) | North American service provider body developing telecom standards | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Forum (DSL Forum) | Promotes DSL broadband adoption | Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum (ATM) | Promotes the
Asynchronous Transfer Mode and other broadband technologies| Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) | Implements and manages communications self-regulation within Australia.| Bluetooth SIG | Promotes the implementation
of Bluetooth wireless technology
| Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCD Forum) | Promotes adoption of broadband networks | Cable Laboratories | Research and
development consortium pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and facilitating interoperability| CDMA Development Group | Promotes
development, adoption and standardization of CDMA wireless systems | Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) | Sets standards in computing and communications industries | Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) | Global space agency forum for development of data and information-systems standards| Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications Forum (DECT) | Promotes digitally enhanced cordless technology| Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) | Develops
standards for the digital television and data services industry| DSL Forum (DSLF) | Promotes the development of broadband
DSL| Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (ECTF) | Promotes interoperability in the computer telephony (CT) industry| European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) | Promotes the standardization of information and communication systems| European Telecommunications Informatics Services (ETIS) | Provides a forum for telecommunications industry operators, suppliers and content suppliers| European Telecommunications Platform (ETP) | Represents the European Telecommunications industry in the European regulatory framework| European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) | Develops telecommunications and wireless standards| Frame Relay Forum (FRF) | Promotes the
implementation of Frame Relay standards| Global Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Industry Forum (GIIF) | Promotes the growth of the ISDN industry
| Global Mobile Commerce Forum (GMCF) | Promotes
the development of mobile commerce services| Global Organization for Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol (GO-MVIP) | Promotes the MVIP standard for the computer telephony field| Global System for Mobile Association (GSM Association) |
Promotes the creation of a global wireless communications network | Health Industry Business Communications Council, The (HIBCC) | Promotes electronic communications through the development of standards for information exchange among all health
care trading partners| High Tech Broadband Coalition, The (HTBC) | Promotes the
development of broadband technology| HiperLAN2 Global Forum (H2GF)
| Supports the
ETSI HiperLan2 wireless standard
| Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) | Develops
phoneline networking interoperability standards | HomeRF Working Group | Maintains
a wireless network standard optimized for homes and small businesses| Information Society Standardization System (CEN/ISSS) | Seeks to facilitate rapid creation of information and communications standards | Infranet Initiative | Promotes and develops infranet technologies| Infrared Data Association (IrDA) | Develops
specifications for infrared wireless communication| International Communications Association (ICA) | Organization of Telephony, Information and Data Network professionals | International Forum on ANSI41 Standards Technology (IFAST) | Addresses international interoperability issues between cellular systems and providers| International Multimedia Telecommunication Consortium (IMTC) | Promotes telecommunications media| International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) | Promotes packet-based network technologies and markets| International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) | Promotes the benefits and expansion of working remotely| Internet Mail Consortium (IMC) | Manages and promotes
email on the Internet | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) | Develops telecommunications standards | Jabber Software Foundation | Creates protocols for instant messaging, presence, and near-real-time communication| Mobile Electronic Transactions Limited (MeT) | Maintains a framework for secure mobile transactions independent of device, service and network | Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium (MIPC) | Fosters interoperability across the hardware, software and wireless technologies and content providers involved in mobile imaging and printing| MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance | Promotes the
deployment of multi-vendor, multi-service label switching networks and associated applications| Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) | Develops and
promotes open-architecture, multi-service switching systems| Near Field Communication Forum (NFC Forum) | Promotes near
field wireless communication technology| Network Processing Forum | Develops network processing
standards for next-generation networking and telecommunications products | Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) | Collects market
requirements and defines specifications designed to enhance mobile communications industry interoperability | Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) | Promotes the
deployment of interoperable, cost-effective and robust optical internetworks| Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Forum (OFDM) | Develops and promotes a unified standard for OFDM technology| OSGi Alliance | Develops open specifications for
the delivery of multiple services over wide-area networks to local networks and devices
| PayCircle | Promotes payment technology| RapidIO Trade Association | Supports and promotes the RapidIO Interconnect Architecture for high-performance packet-switched, interconnect technology
| Remote Direct Memory Access Consortium (RDMA) | Develops specifications for remote direct memory access over TCP/IP| Russian Association for Networks and Services (RANS) | Co-ordinates efforts of service providers, vendors, and legal and insurance companies | Scope Alliance (SCOPE) | Promotes the deployment of carrier grade base platforms for service provider applications| Service Availability Forum (SAForum) | Develops and promotes
availability and management software interface specifications| Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) | Professional association providing technical training, certification and standards| Speech Applications Language Tags Forum (SALT Forum) | Develops standards to enable multimodal and telephonic access to diverse data and services | Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) | Promotes
the communications and information technology industries| Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Consortium (TINA-C) | Defines a common software architecture for telecommunications| Telemanagement Forum (TM Forum)
| Supports the information and communications services (ICS) industries | Third Generation Internet Protocol Forum (3G.IP) | Promotes IP based wireless systems for 3G mobile communications technology| Third Generation Partnership Project No. 2 (3GPP2)
| Develops global specifications for ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 Cellular Radiotelecommunication Intersystem Operations network evolution
to 3G| Voice eXtensible Markup Language Forum (VXML Forum) | Promotes the Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML)
| Voice over IP Security Association (VOIPSA) | Addresses VoIP and Information Security issues and concerns| VXIbus Consortium | Maintains VXIbus
Standard
| WiMAX Forum | Promotes interoperability standards for
broadband wireless access| Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) Forum | | Develops
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