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Fora, associations, Standard Bodies

3G Americas
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).
ALACEL
Latin American Wireless Industry Association
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.
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.
Broadband Wireless Association
Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association
CDMA Development Group
International consortium of companies who have joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of CDMA wireless systems around the world
Celtic initiative (The)
Cooperation for a European sustained Leadership in Telecommunications
China Wireless Telecommunication Standard
(CWTS) Group is the SDO responsible for wireless standardization in China, as approved by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
CIAJ
Communications and Information network Association of Japan
CITEL
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission
CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
DECT Forum
The DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) Forum's objectives are to promote the DECT standard and to provide a forum for the exchange of marketing and technical information, as well as field-trial experience
DECTweb
The DECT Community
DIF
the Digital Interoperability Forum
DVB
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project
EICTA
the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Industry Technology Association
ERO
European Radiocommunications Office
ETNO
The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
ETO
European Telecommunications Office
ETP
The European Telecommunications Platform
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Fora Watch
guide to telecommunications related fora and consortia. Part of ETSI
EURESCOM
the European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications GmbH
FCC
Federal Communication Commission
GPRS Forum
GSA
Global mobile Suppliers Association
GSM Alliance
(North America)
GSM MoU
The site of the GSM Association. It is responsible for the development, deployment and evolution of the GSM standard for digital wireless communications and for the promotion of the GSM platform.
GSMA
Global System for Mobile Communications Association
Hermes partnership
Network of independent telecom research centers in Europe
HiperLAN2 Forum
It is the all new high performance radio technology, specifically suited for operating in LAN environments.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IPv6 Forum
IMTC
International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium
ITU
I.T.U. Mobile Communications
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
ITU - Radiocommunications
ITU-R Sector is responsible for all ITU's work in the field of radiocommunications.
ITU-T IMT 2000 and beyond
Mobile Data Association
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) was established in 1994 to increase awareness of mobile data amongst users and their advisers.
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 GPRS
Details of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) on mobile networks
MobileSMS
All about the text messaging Short Message Service (SMS) on mobile phones
Mobile Web Initiative
MHP
Multimedia Homa Platform - DVB-MHP
MSUA
The Mobile Satellite Users Association site.
National Telecommunications & Information Administration
OAS/CITEL
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission
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.
PCIA
Personal Communications Industry Association
SDR Forum
Aka MMITS Forum (Modular Multifunctional Information Transfer System Forum)
Standards Committee T1 Telecommunications
The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum
(MWIF) is an international non-profit industry association. Its mission is to Drive a single open mobile wireless internet architecture that enables seamless integration of mobile wireless telephony and internet based services (voice, data, video, web etc), meeting the needs of network operators and Internet service providers, and is independent of the wireless access technology.
T1
US Standards Committee T1 Telecommunications
T1P1
Technical Subcommittee T1P1
TETRA MoU
TErrestial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) is an open digital standard defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
The Telecommunications Industry Association
(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.
The Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of Korea
is the SDO authorized by the Ministry of Information and Communication for standardization activities in Korea and represents 150 members.
The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) of Japan
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
TSACC
Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of Canada
UMTS Forum
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems Forum
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
WAP Forum
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is the de-facto world standard for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals
Wibrace forum
Wireless broadband access everywhere
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
WWRF
Wireless World Research Forum

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