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Standards
- 3GPP
- (3rd Generation Partnership Project)
- ARIB, ETSI, T1, TTA and TTC (the "Organizational Partners") have agreed to co-operate for the production of Technical Specifications for a 3rd Generation Mobile System based on the evolved GSM core networks and the radio access technologies that the Organizational Partners support (i.e. UTRA both FDD and TDD modes).
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- ARIB
- Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
- It was chartered by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan, as a public service corporation on May 15, 1995. ARIB has about 300 members including both Japanese firms and overseas firms.
- China Wireless Telecommunication Standard
- (CWTS) Group is the SDO responsible for wireless standardization in China, as approved by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
- DVB
- The Digital Video Broadcasting Project
- ERO
- European Radiocommunications Office
- ETSI
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- FCC
- Federal Communication Commission
- HGI
- Home Gateway Initiative
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- IPR Helpdesk
- Free of charge service supporting creativity and innovation in Europe
- ITU
- I.T.U. Mobile Communications
- MHP
- Multimedia Homa Platform - DVB-MHP
- MHP Knowledge Database
- MHP Knowledge Database
- SMTPE
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Fora
- 3G Americas
- Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology
- Application Home Initiative, the
- The Application Home Initiative
- ATM Forum
- International non-profit organization formed with the objective of accelerating the use of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) products and services through a rapid convergence of interoperability specifications. In addition, the Forum promotes industry cooperation and awareness.
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth is an open specification for wireless communication of data and voice.
- CIAJ
- Communications and Information network Association of Japan
- CNCP
- Canadian National Contact Point - IST
- Consumer Electronics Association, the
- Electronics Association
- DIF
- the Digital Interoperability Forum
- Digital Audio Visual Council
- Digital Audio Visual Council
- Digital Media Project (DMP), the
- The Digital Media Project (DMP)
- EICTA
- the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Industry
- European Audiovisuel Observatory
- European Audiovisuel Observatory
- European Broadcasting Union
- European Broadcasting Union
- European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF)
- European Digital Cinema Forum
- Home Audio Video Interoperability
- Home Audio Video Interoperability
- IPv6 Forum
- IMTC
- International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium
- ISMA
- Internet Streaming Media Alliance
- MPEG Industry Forum
- MPEG Industry Forum
- NFC Forum
- The Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum
- OSGi Alliance
- OSGi Alliance
- Pro-MPEG Forum
- The Pro-MPEG Forum is an association of broadcasters and programme makers, equipment manufacturers and component suppliers with interests in realising interoperability of professional television equipment, according to the implementation requirements of broadcasters and other end-users.
- SD Card Association
- SD Card Association
- TV-Anytime Forum
- TV-Anytime Forum
- UMA Alliance
- Unlicensed Mobile Access
- UWB Forum
- Ultra WideBand Forum
- Wimedia
- The WiMedia Alliance is a not-for-profit open industry association formed to promote personal-area range wireless connectivity and interoperability among multimedia devices in a networked environment.
- Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
- WECA's mission is to certify interoperability of Wi-FiT (IEEE 802.11) products and to promote Wi-FiT as the global wireless LAN standard across all market segments
Association
- Broarband Wireless Association
- Celtic initiative (The)
- Cooperation for a European sustained Leadership in Telecommunications
- DLNA
- Digital Living Network Alliance
- ETNO
- The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- EURESCOM
- the European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications GmbH
- HomePlug Powerline Alliance
- HomePlug Powerline Alliance
- IABM - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING MANUFACTURERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING MANUFACTURERS
- Internet Home Alliance
- Internet Home Alliance
- Mobile Data Association
- The Mobile Data Association (MDA) was established in 1994 to increase awareness of mobile data amongst users and their advisers.
- Mobile DTV Alliance
- The Mobile DTV Alliance is an open industry consortium that focuses on promoting the best practices and open standards to deliver premium-quality broadcast television to mobile devices in North America
- MultiBand OFDM Alliance
- MultiBand OFDM Alliance
Other Informative
- DVB-H
- The Global Standard for Mobile TV and IP Datacast.
- ETO
- European Telecommunications Office
- ETP
- The European Telecommunications Platform
- GSA
- Global mobile Suppliers Association
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
- Mobile Data Initiative
- The Mobile Data Initiative (MDI) is an industry alliance formed by some of the world's leading mobile telecommunications and information technology companies
- Mobile Entertaiment Forum
- The voice of mobile entertaiment
- MSUA
- The Mobile Satellite Users Association site.
- OMA
- Open Mobile Alliance
- The mission of the Open Mobile Alliance is to grow the market for the entire mobile industry by removing the barriers to global user adoption and by ensuring seamless application interoperability while allowing businesses to compete through innovation and differentiation.
- Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- Telecommunications Industry Association, the
- (TIA) is both a Trade Association of over 1,000 members and an ANSI-accredited SDO with participation from 400 companies and organizations which develops standards for equipment and systems used in the USA and around the world. TIA is also the Secretariat for 3GPP2.
- Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of Korea, the
- is the SDO authorized by the Ministry of Information and Communication for standardization activities in Korea and represents 150 members.
- Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) of Japan, the
- contributes to standardization in the field of telecommunications by establishing protocols and standards for connection between telecommunications networks, terminal equipment, and a telecommunications network, etc., as well as the dissemination of those standards. It has 160 members