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CTIA is the voice of
the wireless industry—representing its members in a constant
dialogue with policy makers in the Executive Branch, in the
Federal Communications Commission, and in Congress, CTIA's industry
committees provide leadership in the area of taxation, roaming,
safety, regulations, fraud and technology. www.ctia.org |
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ETSI plays a major
role in developing a wide range of standards and other technical
documentation as Europe's contribution to world-wide standardization
in telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology.
ETSI's prime objective is to support global harmonization by
providing a forum in which all the key players can contribute
actively. ETSI is officially recognized by the European Commission
and the EFTA secretariat. www.etsi.org |
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The Femto Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation founded in 2007 to promote femtocell deployment worldwide. Comprised of mobile operators, telecoms hardware and software vendors and innovative start-ups, its mission is to advance the development and adoption of femtocell products and services as the optimum technology for the provision of high-quality 2G/3G coverage and premium services within the residential market.www.femtoforum.com |
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The GSM Association’s
goal is to make wireless work globally. Among many areas of
focus by the GSMA as a global trade association, it aims to
accelerate the implementation of collectively identified, commercially
prioritised operator requirements and to take leadership in
representing the global GSM mobile operator community with one
voice on a wide variety of issues—nationally, regionally
and globally. www.gsmworld.com |
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The Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of
network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned
with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth
operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
www.ietf.org |
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The Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA) is the leading U.S. non-profit trade
association serving the communications and information technology
industry, with proven strengths in market development, trade
shows, domestic and international advocacy, standards development
and enabling e-business. Through its worldwide activities, the
association facilitates business development opportunities and
a competitive market environment. TIA provides a market-focused
forum for its member companies, which manufacture or supply
the products and services used in global communications. www.tiaonline.org |
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USTA is the premier
trade association representing service providers and suppliers
for the telecom industry. USTA’s 1,200 member companies
offer a wide range of services, including local exchange, long
distance, wireless, Internet and cable television service. As
the voice of the converged telecommunications industry in Washington,
USTA advocates for the industry’s critical issues before
Congress, regulators, the courts, the White House and the media.
www.usta.org |
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The 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that
was established in December 1998. The original scope of 3GPP
was to produce globally applicable Technical Specifications
and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation Mobile System based
on evolved GSM core networks and the radio access technologies
that they support (i.e., Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
(UTRA) both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division
Duplex (TDD) modes). The scope was subsequently amended to
include the maintenance and development of the Global System
for Mobile communication (GSM) Technical Specifications and
Technical Reports including evolved radio access technologies
(e.g. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data
rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)). www.3gpp.org |
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The concept of a "Partnership
Project" was pioneered by the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI) early in 1998 with the proposal to
create a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) focusing
on Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology. Although discussions
did take place between ETSI and the ANSI-41 community with a
view to consolidating collaboration efforts for all ITU "family
members," in the end it was deemed appropriate that a parallel
Partnership Project be established - "3GPP2," which,
like its sister project 3GPP, embodies the benefits of a collaborative
effort (timely delivery of output, speedy working methods),
while at the same time benefiting from recognition as a specifications-developing
body, providing easier access of the outputs into the ITU after
transposition of the specifications in a Standards Development
Organization (SDO) into a standard and submittal via the national
process, as applicable, into the ITU. www.3gpp2.org |
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The IEEE is a non-profit,
technical professional association of more than 380,000 individual
members in 150 countries. The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
develops Local Area Network standards and Metropolitan Area
Network standards. One of its working groups is 802.11 which
specifies standards for wireless local area networks. The IEEE
802.11 specifications address both the Physical (PHY) and Media
Access Control (MAC) layers and are tailored to resolve compatibility
issues between manufacturers of Wireless LAN equipment.
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The Bluetooth Special
Interest Group (SIG) is a trade association whose mission is
to develop, publish and promote short-range wireless specification
for connecting mobile products, and to administer a qualification
program that fosters interoperability for a positive user experience.
The Bluetooth SIG promoters include 3Com, Agere, Ericsson, IBM,
Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and hundreds
of Associate and Adopter member companies. www.bluetooth.com
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The Wi-Fi Alliance
is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to
certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products
based on IEEE 802.11 specification. Currently the Wi-Fi Alliance
has over 200 member companies from around the world, and over
1500 products that have received Wi-Fi® certification
since certification began in March of 2000. The goal of the
Wi-Fi Alliance's members is to enhance the user experience
through product interoperability.
www.wi-fi.org |
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