3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Program

3GPP2

3rd Generation Partnership Program 2

ACF

Autonomic Communications Forum

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

AISG

Antenna Interface Standards Group

ANIE

Federazione Nazionale Imprese Elettrotecniche ed Elettroniche

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APT

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

  • Description: Japan

ASF

Apache Software Foundation

ATIS

Alliance for Telecom Industry Solutions

ATSC

Advanced Television Systems Committee

AVS

Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China

BBF

BroadBand Forum

BITAG

Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group

Bitkom

Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.

BSA

Business Software Alliance

CalCom

California Telephone Association

CCIF

Cloud Computing Interoperability

CCSA

China Communications Standards Association

CDG

CDMA Development Group

CEA

Consumer Electronics Association

CEN

Comité Européen de Normalisation

CENELEC

Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique

CEPT

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations

CIAJ

Communications and Information Network Association of Japan

CIPA

Camera & Imaging Products Association

CITEL

Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones

CMMB

China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting

CPRI

Common Public Radio Interface

CSA

Cloud Security Alliance

CTAM

Cable Telecommunications Marketing

CTAN

the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

DANTE

Deutschsprachige ANwendervereinigung TEx

DAVIC

Digital Audio-Visual applicatIons and Services

DECT

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

DLNA

Digital Living Network Alliance

DMTF

Distributed Management Task Force

DTG

Digital TV Group

DTLA

Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator

DVB

Project Digital Video Broadcasting Project

EABC

European American Business Council

ECC

European Communications Office

ECMA

European Computer Manufacturers Association

  • Description: discontinued, see ECMA

  • Links: Home

ECMA

ECMA International - European association for standardising information and communication systems

EI

Enterprise Ireland

EIA

Electronic Industries Alliance

EICTA

European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association

EMBC

European Mobile Broadcasting Council

EPC

European Policy Centre

ERCIM

European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

ETIS

The Global IT Association for Telecommunications

ETNO

European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

ETP

European Telecom Platform

ETSI

European Telecommunication Standards Institute

EU

European Union

FAT

Foresight Academy of Technology

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FhG

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

FIND

Future Internet Design

FLO

Forum Forward Link Only Forum

FMCA

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance

FMCF

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Forum

FSAN

Full Service Access Network

FTTH Council

Fibre To The Home Council

GBA

Global Billing Association

GCF

Global Certification Forum

GENI

Global Environment for Network Innovations

GeSI

Global e-Sustainability Initiative

GISFI

Global ICT Standardisation Forum for India

GMD

Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung

GNU

GNU’s Not Unix

GPF

Global Policy Forum

GSA

Global mobile Suppliers Association

GSC

Global Standards Collaboration

GSMA

GSM Association

GSMNA

GSM North America

HbbTV

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV

HEA

Higher Education Authority

HGI

Home Gateway Initiative

i3Forum

International Interconnect Forum for Services over IP

IARIA

International Academy, Research, and Industry Association

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IECcon

Inclusive Engineering Consortium

IEE

Institution of Electrical Engineers

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEI

Institution of Engineers of Ireland

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

  • Description: RFC 1603/2418/3233

IFIP

International Federation for Information Processing

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMTC

International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium

InfoQ

Information Queue

INRIA

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique

IPIA

IP Interworking Alliance

IPSF

IPsphere Forum

IPSO

IP for Smart Objects Alliance

IPTEC

Intellectual Property Technology

IrDA

Infrared Data Association

ISMA

Internet Streaming Media Alliance

ISO

International Standardisation Organisation

ISOC

Internet Society

ITIC

Information Technology Industry Council

ITS

InformationsTekniska Standardiseringen

ITSMA

IT Services Marketing Association

ITU

International Telecommunication Unit

JEDEC

Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council

JIL

Joint Innovation Lab

LAP

Liberty Alliance Project

LF

Linux Foundation

LiPS

Linux Phone Standards Forum

MAAWG

Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group

MCA

Multicore Association

MDTVA

Mobile Digital Television Alliance

MEF1

Metro Ethernet Forum

MEF2

Mobile Entertainment Forum

MMA1

MIDI Manufacturers Association

MMA2

Mobile Marketing Association

MMCA

Multi Media Card Association

MMF

Mobile Manufactures Forum

MPF

Mobile Payment Forum

MSF

MultiService Forum

MTA

Minnesota Telecom Association

NAB

National Association of Broadcasters

NABA

North American Broadcasters Association

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCOIC

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium

NFC

Forum Near Field Communication Forum

NGMN

Next Generation Mobile Network alliance

NICTA

National ICT Australia

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NRIC

Network Reliability and Interoperability Council

NRTC

National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative

NSF

National Science Foundation

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCC

Open Cloud Consortium

OCM

Open Cloud Manifesto

OCP-IP

Open Core Protocol International Partnership

OFII

Organization for International Investment

OGF

Open Grid Forum

OHA

Open Handset Alliance

OIDF

OpenID Foudation

OIF

Optical Internetworking Forum

OIPF

Open IPTV Forum

OMA

Open Mobile Alliance

OMG

Object Management Group

ONF

Open Networking Foundation

ONVIF

Open Network Video Interface Forum

OpenSAF

Open Service Availability Framework Foundation

OSCI

Open SystemC Initiative

PSOC

Pouzin Society

  • Description: RINA standardization organization

  • Links: Home

QuEST Forum

Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications

RCA

Rural Cellular Association

RTG

Rural Telecommunications Group

SA Forum

Service Availability Forum

SAAC

Swedish American Chamber of Commerce-DC Chapter

SCCAN

Seamless Converged Communication Across Networks

SCTE

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

SDCA

Secure Digital Card Association

SFI

Science Foundation Ireland

SIP Forum

SIP Forum

SIS

Swedish Standards Institute

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

SNIA

Storage Networking Industry Association

SSPI

Society of Satellite Professionals International

TABD

The Transatlantic Business Dialogue

TCF

Telecommunications Carriers' Forum

TCG

Trusted Computing Group

TDIA

Telecommunication Development Industry Alliance

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association

TINA-C

Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Consortium

TM Forum

TeleManagement Forum

TMIA

The Messaging Industry Association

TTA

Telecommunications Technology Association

  • Description: Korea

TTC

Telecommunication Technology Committee

  • Description: Japan

TUG

TeX Users Group

UCIF

Unified Communications Interoperability Forum

UIC

International Union of Railways

UK Sim

UK Society for Modelling and Simulation

UMTS Forum

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Forum

UPnP Forum

Universal Plug and Play Forum

USB IF

USB Implementers Forum

VDMA

Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau

VESA

Video Electronics Standards Association

VSF

Video Services Forum

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

  • Description: SDO for all WWW related aspects

  • Links: Home

WAC

Wholesale Aplications Community

WATHWG

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group

WBA

Wireless Broadband Alliance

WCAI

Wireless Communications Association International

WI-FI

WiFi Alliance

WIP

Wireless Industry Partnership

WS-I

Web Services Interoperability Organisation

WWRF

Wireless World Research Forum

XGP Forum

Extended Global Platform Forum