Find the most recent information on EU Funding activities in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by visiting our ICT in FP7 website, which covers ICT in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) 2007 - 2013.
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