| ACRONYM |
NAME |
WEBSITE |
Country |
| 10
GEA |
10
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance |
www.10gea.org |
US |
| 1394TA |
1394
Trade Association |
www.1394ta.org |
US |
| 3G3P |
3G
Patent Platform Partnership |
www.3gpatents.com |
US |
| 3G.IP |
Third
Generation Internet Protocol Forum |
www.3gip.org |
US |
| 3GPP |
Third
Generation Partnership Project |
www.3gpp.org |
US |
| 3GPP2 |
Third
Generation Partnership Project No. 2 |
www.3gpp2.org |
US |
| ACA |
Australian
Communications Authority |
www.austel.gov.au |
Australia |
| ACIF |
Australian
Communications Industry Forum |
www.acif.org.au |
Australia |
| ACM |
Association
for Computing Machinery |
www.acm.org |
US |
| ACTA |
Administrative
Council for Terminal Attachments |
www.part68.org |
US |
| ACUTA |
Association
for Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education |
www.acuta.org |
US |
| adXML |
adXML.org |
www.adxml.org |
US |
| AES |
Audio
Engineering Society |
www.aes.org |
US |
| AIIM
International |
Association
for Information and Image Management International |
www.aiim.org |
US |
| AIM |
Association
for Interactive Media |
www.interactivehq.org |
US |
| ALTS |
Association
for Local Telecommunications Services |
www.alts.org |
US |
| AMTA |
American
Mobile Telecommunications Association |
www.amtausa.org |
US |
| ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute |
www.ansi.org |
US |
| APCO |
Association
of Public Safety Communications Officials International |
www.apcointl.org |
US |
| ARIB |
Association
of Radio Industries and Businesses |
www.arib.or.jp |
Japan |
| ATM
Forum |
Asynchronous
Transfer Mode Forum |
www.atmforum.com |
US |
| ATSC |
Advanced
Television Systems Committee |
www.atsc.org |
US |
| BCD
Forum |
Broadband
Content Delivery Forum |
www.bcdforum.org |
US |
| BIC |
Business
Internet Consortium |
www.businessinternetconsortium.org |
US |
| BioAPI |
Bio
Application Programming Interfaces Consortium |
www.bioapi.org |
US |
| BREW |
Binary
Runtime Environment for Wireless |
www.qualcomm.com/brew |
US |
| Broadband Forum |
Broadband Forum |
www.broadband-forum.org |
US |
| CableLabs |
Cable
Television Laboratories |
www.cablelabs.com |
US |
| CFCA |
Comminications
Fraud Control Association |
www.cfca.org |
US |
| CDG |
Code
Division Multiple Access Development Group |
www.cdg.org |
US |
| CGM
Open |
Computer
Graphics Metafile Open Consortium |
www.cgmopen.org |
US |
| CITEL |
Inter-American
Telecommunication Commission |
www.citel.oas.org |
Americas |
| CIX |
Commercial
Internet Exchange Association |
www.cix.org |
US |
| CN |
CommerceNet |
www.commerce.net |
US |
| CompTel |
Competitive
Telecommunications Association |
www.comptel.org |
US |
| ControlNet |
ControlNet
International |
www.controlnet.org |
US |
| CTIA |
Cellular
Telecommunications & Internet Association |
www.ctia.org |
US |
| cXML |
Commerce
Extensible Markup Language |
www.cxml.org |
US |
| DIG |
Digital
Imaging Group |
www.digitalimaging.org |
US |
| DISA |
Data
Interchange Standards Association |
www.disa.org |
US |
| DMTF |
Distributed
Management Task Force, Inc. |
www.dmtf.org/index.php |
US |
| ebXML |
Electronic
Business XML Initiative |
www.ebxml.org |
US |
| ECCMA |
Electronic
Commerce Code Management Association |
www.eccma.org |
US |
| ECTF |
Enterprise
Computer Telephony Forum |
www.ectf.org |
US |
| EFF |
Electronic
Frontier Foundation |
www.eff.org |
US |
| EIA |
Electronic
Industries Alliance |
www.eia.org |
US |
| EIDX |
Electronics
Industry Data Exchange Association |
www.eidx.org |
US |
| EMA
Forum |
Electronic
Messaging Association Forum |
www.ema.org |
US |
| EPF |
Electronic
Payments Forum |
www.epf.net |
US |
| ETSI |
European
Telecommunications Standards Institute |
www.etsi.org |
Europe |
| FCIA |
Fibre
Channel Industry Association |
www.fibrechannel.org |
US |
| FSTC |
Financial
Services Technology Consortium |
www.fstc.org |
US |
| GlobalPlatform |
GlobalPlatform |
www.globalplatform.org |
US |
| GO-MVIP |
Global
Organization for the Multi-Vendor |
www.mvip.org |
US |
| HAVi |
Home
Audio Video Interoperability |
www.havi.org |
US |
| HNF |
High
Performance Networking Forum |
www.hnf.org |
US |
| HomePlug |
HomePlug
Powerline Alliance |
www.homeplug.org |
US |
| HomePNA |
Home
Phoneline Networking Alliance |
www.homepna.org |
US |
| IBIA |
International
Biometric Industry Association |
www.ibia.org |
US |
| IBTA |
InfiniBand
Trade Association |
www.infinibandta.org/home |
US |
| ICANN |
Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
www.icann.org |
US |
| IDEAlliance |
International
Digital Enterprise Alliance |
www.gca.org |
US |
| IEEE |
Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
www.ieee.org |
US |
| IETF |
Internet
Engineering Task Force |
www.ietf.org |
US |
| ILPF |
Internet
Law and Policy Forum |
www.ilpf.org |
US |
| IMC |
Internet
Mail Consortium |
www.imc.org |
US |
| IMS |
IMS
Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
www.imsproject.org |
US |
| IMTC |
International
Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium |
www.imtc.org |
US |
| INCITS |
InterNational
Committee for Information Technology Standards |
www.incits.org |
US |
| Internet
Home Alliance |
Internet
Home Alliance |
www.internethomealliance.com |
US |
| IPDR.org |
Internet
Protocol Detail Record Organization |
www.ipdr.org |
US |
| IrDA |
Infrared
Data Association |
www.irda.org |
US |
| ISACC |
Information
& Communications Technology Standards Advisory Council of Canada |
www.isacc.ca |
Canada |
| ISC |
Internet
Software Consortium |
www.isc.org |
US |
| ISMA |
Internet
Streaming Media Alliance |
www.isma.tv/home |
US |
| ISOC |
Internet
Society |
www.isoc.org |
US |
| ITS
America |
Intelligent
Transportation Society of America |
www.itsa.org |
US |
| ITU |
International
Telecommunications Union |
www.itu.int |
US |
| IWA |
International
Webcasting Association |
www.webcasters.org |
US |
| IWTA |
International
Wireless Telecommunications Association |
www.iwta.org |
US |
| jCert |
Certification
Initiative for Enterprise Development |
www.jcert.org |
US |
| M4IF |
MPEG-4
Industry Forum |
www.m4if.org |
US |
| MDI-ng |
Mobile
Data Initiative-Next Generation |
www.mdi-ng.org |
US |
| MEF |
METRO
Ethernet Forum |
www.metroethernetforum.org |
US |
| MFA |
MPLS
and Frame Relay Alliance |
www.mplsforum.org |
US |
| MFPA |
MultiFunction
Products Association |
www.mfpa.org |
US |
| MMCF |
Multimedia
Communications Forum |
www.mmcf.org |
US |
| Mobile
Payment Forum |
Mobile
Payment Forum |
www.mobilepaymentforum.org |
US |
| MSF |
Multiservice
Switching Forum |
www.msforum.org |
US |
| MWIF |
Mobile
Wireless Internet Forum |
www.mwif.org |
US |
| NANOG |
North
American Network Operators' Group |
www.nanog.org |
US |
| NCTA |
National
Cable and Telecommunications Association |
www.ncta.com/index.cfm |
US |
| NISO |
National
Information Standards Organization |
www.niso.org |
US |
| NIST |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology |
www.nist.gov |
US |
| NRIC |
Network
Reliability and Interoperability Council |
www.nric.org |
US |
| NSSN |
National
Standards Systems Network |
www.nssn.org |
US |
| NTIA |
National
Telecommunications and Information Administration |
www.ntia.doc.gov |
US |
| OAG |
Open
Applications Group |
www.openapplications.org |
US |
| OASIS |
Organization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
www.oasis-open.org |
US |
| OBI |
Open
Buying on the Internet |
www.openbuy.org |
US |
| OeB |
Open
eBook Forum |
www.openebook.org |
US |
| OGC |
Open
GIS Consortium |
www.opengis.org |
US |
| OIF |
Optical
Internetworking Forum |
www.oiforum.com |
US |
| OMG |
Object
Management Group |
www.omg.org |
US |
| OPA |
Online
Privacy Alliance |
www.privacyalliance.org |
US |
| OpenPGP |
OpenPGP
Alliance |
www.openpgp.org |
US |
| OSDL |
Open
Source Development Lab |
www.osdlab.org |
US |
| OSGi |
Open
Services Gateway Initiative |
www.osgi.org |
US |
| Pam
Forum |
Presence
and Availability Management Forum |
www.pamforum.org |
US |
| Parlay
Group |
Parlay
Group |
www.parlay.org |
US |
| PCCA |
Portable
Computer and Communications Association |
www.pcca.org |
US |
| PCI
SIG |
Peripheral
Component Interconnect Special Interest Group |
www.pcisig.com/home |
US |
| PCIA |
Personal
Communications Industry Association |
www.pcia.com |
US |
| PESC |
Postsecondary
Electronic Standards Council |
www.standardscouncil.org |
US |
| PICMG |
PCI
Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group |
www.picmg.org |
US |
| PKI
Forum |
Public-Key
Infrastructure Forum |
www.pkiforum.org |
US |
| QuEST |
Quality
Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications Leadership Forum |
questforum.asq.org |
US |
| RosettaNet |
RosettaNet |
www.rosettanet.org |
US |
| RPR
Alliance |
Resilient
Packet Ring Alliance |
www.rpralliance.org |
US |
| RUS |
Rural
Utilities Service |
www.usda.gov/rus |
US |
| SAF |
Service
Availability Forum |
www.saforum.org |
US |
| Salutation
Consortium |
Salutation
Consortium |
www.salutation.org |
US |
| SBCA |
Satellite
Broadcasting and Communications Association of America |
www.sbca.com |
US |
| SCTE |
Society
of Cable Telecommunications Engineers |
www.scte.org |
US |
| SDR
Forum |
Software
Defined Radio Forum |
www.sdrforum.org |
US |
| SETCo |
Secure
Electronic Transaction LLC |
www.setco.org |
US |
| SIA |
Satellite
Industry Association |
www.sia.org |
US |
| Smart
Card Alliance |
Smart
Card Alliance |
www.smartcardalliance.org |
US |
| SNIA |
Storage
Networking Industry Association |
www.snia.org |
US |
| STA |
Small
Computer System Interface Trade Association |
www.scsita.org |
US |
| SyncML |
SyncML
Initiative |
www.openmobilealliance.org/syncml |
US |
| TIA |
Telecommunications
Industry Association |
www.tiaonline.org |
US |
| TM
Forum |
TeleManagement
Forum |
www.tmforum.org |
US |
| TPC |
Transaction
Processing Performance Council |
www.tpc.org |
US |
| TTA |
Telecommunications
Technology Association |
www.tta.or.kr |
Korea |
| TTC |
Telecommunication
Technology Committee |
www.ttc.or.jp/e/index.html |
Japan |
| TV
Anytime Forum |
TV
Anytime Forum |
www.tv-anytime.org |
US |
| UCC |
Uniform
Code Council |
www.uc-council.org |
US |
| UL |
Underwriters
Laboratories |
www.ul.com |
US |
| UMTS |
Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System Forum |
www.umts-forum.org |
US |
| Unicode |
Unicode
Consortium |
www.unicode.org |
US |
| UniForum |
UniForum
Association |
www.uniforum.org |
US |
| UPnP
Forum |
Universal
Plug and Play Forum |
www.upnp.org |
US |
| USB-IF |
Universal
Serial Bus Implementers Forum |
www.usb.org |
US |
| USIIA |
US
Internet Industry Association |
www.usiia.org |
US |
| USTA |
United
States Telecom Association |
www.usta.org |
US |
| UTC |
United
Telecom Council |
www.utc.org |
US |
| UWCC |
Universal
Wireless Communications Consortium |
www.uwcc.org |
US |
| VASA |
Value
Added Services Alliance |
www.vasaforum.org |
US |
| VESA |
Standards
Association |
www.vesa.org |
US |
| VoiceXML
Forum |
Voice
Extensible Markup Language Forum |
www.voicexml.org |
US |
| VON
Coalition |
Voice
on the Net Coalition |
www.von.org |
US |
| VSF |
Video
Services Forum |
www.videoservicesforum.org |
US |
| W3C |
World
Wide Web Consortium |
www.w3.org |
US |
| WAP
Forum |
Wireless
Application Protocol Forum |
www.wapforum.org |
US |
| WCA |
Wireless
Communications Alliance |
www.wca.org |
US |
| WCA
International |
Wireless
Communications Association International |
www.wcai.com |
US |
| WEB3D |
Web3D
Consortium |
www.web3d.org |
US |
| WECA |
Wireless
Ethernet Compatibility Alliance |
www.weca.net |
US |
| XIWT |
Cross-Industry
Working Team |
www.xiwt.org |
US |
| XTP
Forum |
Xpress
Transfer Protocol Forum |
www.ca.sandia.gov/xtp/forum.html |
US |
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