ORGANIZATIONS--Standards

These are organizations that play some part in setting technical standards for telecommunications and networking.
• ACM-TSC (acm-tsc.html) Association for Computing Machinery Technical Standards Committee
• ANSI American National Standards Institute, a US clearinghouse for standards, member of ISO
• ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions: phone (202)434-8845
• CCITT: International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, a member of the ITU: phone +41-22-995111
• Committee T1 ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) sponsored Committee T1 (Telecommunications); the focal point for developing U.S. positions for the ITU-T (formerly CCITT)
• DISA Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc.
• ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association, computer and communications technologies, a Europe based international association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems
• EIA: Electronic Industries Association, national trade association: phone (202)457-4966
• ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• IEC (home.html) International Electrotechnical Commission
• IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE Standards (ieeestds.htm)
• ISO: International Organization for Standardization, a voluntary body of national standardization organizations: phone +41-22-341240
• ISO International Organization for Standardization
• ISO info (home.html) International Organization for Standardization information, by Dr. Hiroaki Ikeda
• ITU International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency which coordinates telecommunications
  NCS: National Communications System, consortium of US federal agencies with large telecom capabilities
• NIST-USA (welcome.html) National Institute of Standards and Technology WWW Home Page