Industry Associations & User Groups
Please see also the the TRP eLearning website for additional resources.
Note: this page was formerly entitled Non-Governmental Organisations.
- 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) - brings together standards bodies for GSM
- Alliance for Public Technology
- Asia-Pacific Bluetooth News and Events
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
- Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT)
- ATM Forum
- Australian Communications Industry Forum
- Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) - useful links to Australian telecoms sites
- BCD Forum (Broadband Content Forum) - addresses issues of end-to-end broadband content and services
- Bluetooth SIG Website
- Business Software Alliance
- BWA - Broadband Wireless Association (European)
- CableLabs - consortium founded
1988 to develop new cable telecommunications technologies
- CASBAA - Cable and Satelite Broadcasting Association of Asia
- CDMA Development Group (CDG) - consortium to promote the development of the CDMA2000 3G standard
- CompTel (Competitive Telecommunications
Association) - represent competitive carriers in US markets
- Digital Content Forum - founded in UK, includes directory of members
- Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) - industry consortium to promote global standards for digital TV and data services
- DSL Forum
- Entertainment and Leisure Software
Publishers Association (ELSPA) - founded 1989 to represent the British
computer and video games industry
- Ethernet First Mile Alliance (EFMA) - to promote use of Ethernet in the subscriber local loop
- ETIS - e-and telecommunications information services (for discussion and professional networking)
- European Telecommunications Office (ETO) - office of the European Commttee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs (ECTRA) - useful weblinks
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
- Frame Relay Forum
- Global Billing Association - "the voice and advocate of the billing industry"
- GNU Project - Website for open sources software
- GSA - a forum of GSM/3G suppliers world-wide
- GSM Association
- Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)
- H.323 - forum to promote this multimedia conferencing protocol for VoIP systems
- Hong Kong Call Centre Association
- Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF)
- Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA)
- HKJUG - Hong Kong Java Users Group
- Hong Kong Linux Industry Association (HKLIA) - vendors association to promote Linux in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Linux Player Group - disseminates Open Source Development by "exploring and disclosing Linux configuration, application and development skills in an aggressive manner"
- Hong Kong Linux User Group (HKLUG) - promote knowledge and use of Linux in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Telecommunications Users Group (HKTUG)
- IandI Asia - useful Hong Kong links
- IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers) - based in London, UK
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) - a non-profit organization to promote and facilitate the development and use of interoperable, real time, multimedia telecommunication products and services.
- International Telecommunications Society - professional association to promote research
- Internet and Telecom Association of Hong Kong (ITAHK)
- INTUG (International Telecommunications Users Group)
- IProA (Industry Professionals Association) - formed in Hong kong to advance the science of Internet technology, its applications and aesthetics.
- ISIA (Information and Software Industry Association) - formed July 1999 in Hong Kong to promote software standards and value-added information and software services
- IPDR - to promote open, carrier-grade IP-based support systems
- Linux Online - non-profit site dedicated to information about the Linux operating system
- MASTEL (originally the Indonesian Telecommunications Society, now Masyarakat Telematika Indonesia)
- Mobile Data Association - excellent links to manufacturers, software developers, vendors and networks
- MPEG - Moving Picture
Experts Group for digital audio and video codec standards development
- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) - US broadcasters' trade association
- National Cable and Telecommunications
Association - trade association of the cable TV industry in the
USA
- OFDM Forum - a voluntary association of hardware manufacturers, software firms and other users of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology in wireless applications, created to foster a single, compatible OFDM standard
- Pacific Economic Cooperation (PECC)
- PECC Telecommunications & Information Industries Forum (PTIIF)
- PECC EduPACT
- Secure Digital Music Forum - representing the worldwide recording industry, ISPs, consumer electronics and the security industry.
- SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) - worldwide recording industry consortium covering information technology, consumer electronics, security technology, and Internet service providers.
- Software Defined Radio Forum (SDRF) - industry association to promote the development, deployment and use of software defined radio technologies for advanced wireless systems.
- Telecommunications Association of Thailand (Thai)
- Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)- US trade association in the communications and information technology industry.
- Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ)
- Telecom Users Group of
India
- Tetra (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) MOU around ETSI defined standards
- TIAB2B - useful site for glossary of terms and white papers.
- TIAonline - useful home site includes regulatory filings, research papers, market reports, etc.
- Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) - international consortium of wireless carriers and vendors supporting the TDMA, EDGE & WIN technology standards and their interoperability with GSM and UMTS.
- UMTS Forum
- US-ASEAN Center for Technology
Cooperation
- WAP Forum
- WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) - articles from the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance which certifies IEEE 802.11 (Wireless Ethernet) products and global wireless LAN standards
- WiMAX Forum - to promote deployment of broadband wireless access networks by using a global standard and certifying interoperability of products and technologies.
- Wireless LAN Association - US non-profit educational trade association, comprised of leaders and technology innovators in the local area wireless technology industry
- Wireless Multimedia Forum (WMF)
- World Digital Audio Broadcasting Forum (DAB) - International organisation to promote digital radio services based on the Eureka 147 DAB system
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- WTA (World Teleport Association) - a nonprofit trade association representing the key commercial players in broadband.
- WTIA - Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association