Alphabetical List

3GAmericas
Americas-based organization that seeks to integrate the five major wireless technologies, and support their Third Generation migration
Advanced Switching Interconnect SIG (ASI SIG)
Develops and promotoes a switched fabric interconnect standard
Application Home Initiative, The (TAHI)
Develops solutions for issues surrounding connected homes
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum (ATM)
Promotes the Asynchronous Transfer Mode and other broadband technologies
Bluetooth SIG
Promotes the implementation of Bluetooth wireless technology
Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF)
Addresses the business and technology issues affecting end-to-end delivery of broadband content
Car2Car Communication Consortium
Creates inter-vehicle communications standards to increase road traffic safety and efficiency
CDMA Development Group
Promotes development, adoption and standardization of CDMA wireless systems
ComCARE Alliance
Encourages the deployment of life saving wireless communications networks and technologies
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications Forum (DECT)
Promotes digitally enhanced cordless technology
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
Promotes the development of a home wireless interoperable network
Energy Conservation and Home Network (ECHONET) Consortium
Develops ecologically friendly software and hardware
EnOcean Alliance
Develops and promotes wireless standards for self-powered wireless monitoring and control systems for sustainable buildings
EPCglobal
Promotes development of standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network
Ethernet Alliance
Promotes industry awareness, acceptance, and advancement of technology and products based on both existing and emerging IEEE 802 Ethernet standards and their management
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Develops telecommunications and wireless standards
Frame Relay Forum (FRF)
Promotes the implementation of Frame Relay standards
Global Mobile Commerce Forum (GMCF)
Promotes the development of mobile commerce services
Global System for Mobile Association (GSM Association)
Promotes the creation of a global wireless communications network
HAVi
Promotes a network architecture for Home Audio Video Interoperability
HiperLAN2 Global Forum (H2GF)
Supports the ETSI HiperLan2 wireless standard
HomeRF Working Group
Maintains a wireless network standard optimized for homes and small businesses
IDB Forum
Promotes integration of IDB networking
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
Develops specifications for infrared wireless communication
Insitute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
Promotes interactive media to increase market share
InterForum
Assists British businesses in ecommerce
International Forum on ANSI41 Standards Technology (IFAST)
Addresses international interoperability issues between cellular systems and providers
International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC)
Promotes packet-based network technologies and markets
Internet Industry Association (IIA)
Represents and promotes the Internet industry in Australia
Internet Mail Consortium (IMC)
Manages and promotes email on the Internet
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
Develops telecommunications standards
Mobey Forum
Promotes the use of mobile technology in financial services
Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)
Promotes the mobile computing market
Mobile Data Association (MDA)
Supports mobile data vendors and users
Mobile Electronic Transactions Limited (MeT)
Maintains a framework for secure mobile transactions independent of device, service and network
Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance (MIPI)
Defines and promotes open specifications for interfaces to mobile application processors.
Mobile Payment Forum (MPF)
Develops standards for mobile commerce using payment card accounts
Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA)
Develops specifications based on ultrawideband-based technology
Multimedia Mobile Access Communications Systems Promotion Council (MMAC-PC)
Seeks to enable high-speed wireless multimedia
National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
Promotes a universal emergency telephone number system and related technology
Near Field Communication Forum (NFC Forum)
Promotes near field wireless communication technology
NGMN
NGMN complements and supports the work within standardisation bodies by providing a coherent view of what the operator community is going to require in the decade beyond 2010.
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Develops geo information systems standards
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
Collects market requirements and defines specifications designed to enhance mobile communications industry interoperability
Open Mobile Terminal Platform Group (OMTP)
Promotes advanced mobile platforms
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Forum (OFDM)
Develops and promotes a unified standard for OFDM technology
OSGi Alliance
Develops open specifications for the delivery of multiple services over wide-area networks to local networks and devices
OTA Flash Forum
Promotes the development and deployment of over-the-air (OTA) firmware update solutions for mobile phones
Parlay Group, The
Develops and promotes application programming interfaces
PayCircle
Promotes payment technology
Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA)
Promotes the mobile computing industry
Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG)
Promotes P25 standards and related technologies
Project Mesa
Develops digital mobile broadband standards
RADICCHIO
Establishes a common foundation for secure m-commerce
SD Card Association
Sets industry standards and promotes acceptance for the SD Memory Card in digital applications
Seamless Converged Communication Across Networks (SCCAN) Forum
Enables and advances the utilization of seamless mobility communications solutions
SIP Forum
Promotes the adoption of products and services based on the Session Initiation Protocol
Smart Active Labels Consortium (SAL-C)
Develops and promotes smart active label technologies for multiple industries
Software Defined Radio Forum (SDR Forum)
Supports the development, deployment and use of open architectures for advanced wireless systems
Speech Applications Language Tags Forum (SALT Forum)
Develops standards to enable multimodal and telephonic access to diverse data and services
The Femto Forum
The Femto Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation founded in 2007 to promote femtocell deployment worldwide.
Third Generation Internet Protocol Forum (3G.IP)
Promotes IP based wireless systems for 3G mobile communications technology
Third Generation Partnership Project No. 2 (3GPP2)
Develops global specifications for ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 Cellular Radiotelecommunication Intersystem Operations network evolution to 3G
UMTS Forum
Promotes the global uptake of UMTS third generation (3G) mobile systems and services
UWB Forum
Promotes Common Signaling Mode (CSM) and Direct Sequence Ultra-Wideband (DS-UWB)
Wi-Fi Alliance
Certifies wireless products
WiMAX Forum
Promotes interoperability standards for broadband wireless access
WiMedia Alliance
Promotes wireless connectivity and interoperability
Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) Forum
Develops standards for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals
Wireless Communications Technologies Group (WCTG)
NIST group promoting the U.S. wireless communications industry
Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA)
Identifies, recommends and certifies appropriate wireless technologies
World DAB Forum
Promotes DAB Digital Radio
Z-Wave Alliance
Promotes home control products based on the Zensys’ Z-Wave open standard
Zigbee Alliance
Enables wirelessly networked monitoring and control products