Appendix: Standards Organizations, Special Telecom Interest Groups, Computer and Telecom Publications, International Calling Codes, Plugs and Connectors

Standards Organizations and Special

10GEA
10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
1300 Bristol Street North
Suite 160
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.10gea.org

 

3GPP
Third Generation Partnership Project
ETSI
Mobile Competence Centre
650, route des Lucioles
06921 Sophia-Antipolis
France
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.3GPP.org

 

ACUTA
The Association for Telecommunications Professionals in
Higher Education
152 W. Zandale Drive, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40503
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.acuta.org

 

AITP
Association of Information Technology Professionals
315 South Northwest Highway, Suite 200
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4278
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.aitp.org

 

AMTA
American Mobile Telecommunications Association
1150 18th Street, NW
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.amtausa.org

 

ANSI
American National Standards Institute
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ansi.org

 

APCO
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials
2040 S. Ridgewood Avenue
South Daytona, Florida 32119-8437
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.apcointl.org

 

ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
4506 Daly Drive, Suite 200
Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.arin.net

 

ASCENT
Association of Communications Enterprises
1401 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ascent.org

 

ATA
American Telemarketing Association
4605 Lankershim Blvd
Suite 824
North Hollywood, CA 91602-1891
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

ATSC
Advanced Television Systems Committee
1750 K Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.atsc.org

 

ATIS
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
1200 G St. NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: [phone]
www.atis.org

 

ATM Forum
2570 West El Camino Real, Suite 304
Mountain View, CA 94040
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.atmforum.com

 

Bellcore (now called Telcordia Technologies)
Bell Communications Research
8 Corporate Place
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4156
Tel: [phone]
www.bellcore.com

 

BICSI
Building Industry Consulting Service International
8610 Hidden River Parkway
Tampa, FL 33637
Tel: [phone] or 800-242-7405
Fax: [phone]
www.bicsci.org

 

Bluetooth Special Interest Group
www.bluetooth.com

 

BSI
British Standards Institution
British Standards House
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL, United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.bsi.org.uk

 

BTA
Business Technology Association
12411 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone] and 816-941-4838
www.btanet.org

 

CableLabs
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
400 Centennial Drive
Louisville, CO 80027-1266
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cablelabs.com

 

California ISDN Users' Group
P.O. Box 27901-391
San Francisco, CA 94127
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: info @ciug.org
Web: www.ciug.org, www.isdnworld.com

 

CBTA
Canadian Business Telecommunications Alliance
Canada Trust Tower
161 Bay Street, Suite 3650
P.O. Box 705
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1
Canada
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cbta.ca

 

CCMA
Call Centre Management Association (UK)
Ranmore House
The Crescent
Leatherhead, Surrey
England KT22 8DY
Roy Bailey, Secretary
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
email [e-mail]

 

CDG
CDMA Development Group
575 Anton Boulevard
Suite 560
Costa Mesa CA 92626
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cdg.org

 

CDPD Forum
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cdpd.org

 

CFCA
Communications Fraud Control Association
3030 North Central Avenue, Suite 804
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-265-CFCA (2322)
Fax: [phone]
www.cfca.org

 

CEMA
The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
2500 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22201
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
rue de Stassart 36
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standards
rue de Stassart 35
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

CIX Association
Commercial Internet eXchange Association
P.O. Box
Herndon, VA 20172-1726
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cix.org

 

CMA
Communications Managers Association
1201 Mt. Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960-6628
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cma.org

 

CommerceNet
4005 Miranda Avenue, Suite 175
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.commerce.net

 

Competitive Telephone Carriers of New York, Inc.
One Columbia Place
Albany, NY
518-434-8112 F 518-434-3232

 

CompTel
Competitive Telecommunications Association
1900 M Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.comptel.org

 

CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association
450 East 22 Street, Suite 230
Lombard, IL 60148-6158
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.comptia.org

 

Committee T1
www.t1.org

 

CRTC
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission
Les Terrasses de la Chaudiere
Central Building
1 Promenade du Portage
Hull, Quebec J8X 4B1
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.crtc.gc.ca

 

CSA
Canadian Standards Association
178 Rexdale Blvd.
Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1R3
Canada
Tel: [phone]
www.csa.ca

 

CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
1250 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: [phone]
www.wow-com.com and www.ctia.org

 

DAVIC
Digital Audio Visual Council
c/o SIA Societa' Italiana Avionice
C.P. 3176-Strada Antica di Colllegno, 253
I-10146 Torino
Italy
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.davic.org

 

DSL Forum
39355 California Street, Suite 307
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.dslforum.org

 

ECTF
Enterprise Computer Technology Forum
303 Vintage Park Drive
Foster City, CA 94404
Tel: [phone]
www.ectf.org

 

ECMA
(nee European Computer Manufacturers Association)
114, Rue de Rhone CH-1204
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
www.ecma.ch

 

ECTA
European Competitive Telecommunications Association
3 Forest Court
Oaklands Park
Wokingham
Berks RG41 2FD
UK
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

 

EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
1550 Bryant Street, Suite 725
San Francisco, CA 94103-4832
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.eff.org

 

EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
2500 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.eia.org
EMA
Electronic Messaging Association
1655 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ema.org

 

ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.etsi.org

 

FCA
Fibre Channel Association
2570 West El Camino Real, Suite 304
Mountain View, CA 94040-1313
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.fibrechannel.com

 

FCC
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, NW.
Washington DC
Tel: [phone]
www.fcc.gov

 

Frame Relay Forum
39355 California Street, Suite 307
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.frforum.com

 

GGF
Global Grid Forum
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Bldg 221/A142
Argonne, IL 60439
US Tel: [phone]
EU Tel: [phone]
US Fax: [phone]
EU Fax: [phone]
www.gridforum.org

 

Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
20111 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 280
Cupertino, CA 95014
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.gigabit-ethernet.org

 

GO-MVIP, Inc.
3220 N Street, NW, Suite 360
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.mvip.org

 

HomePNA
Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
c/o Interprise Ventures
Bishop Ranch 2
2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 105
San Ramon, CA 94583
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.homepna.org

 

HRFWG
HomeRF Working Group
5440 SW Westgate Drive, Suite 217
Portland, OR 97221
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.homerf.org

ICA
International Communications Association
2735 Villa Creek Drive, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.icanet.com

 

ICEA
Insulated Cable Engineers Association
P.O. Box 440
South Yarmouth
MA 02664
Tel: [phone]

 

ICSA
International Computer Security Association
1200 Walnut Bottom Road
Carlisle, PA 17013-7635
Tel: [phone]
www.ncsa.com

 

IEC
International Engineering Consortium
549 W. Randolph Street
Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.iec.org

 

IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
3, rue de Varembe
P.O. Box 131
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
www.iec.ch

 

IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
445 Hoes Lane
P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
Tel: [phone]
www.ieee.org

 

IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
www.ietf.org

 

IMC
Internet Mail Consortium
127 Segre Place
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.imc.org

 

IMTC
International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium,
Inc.
Bishop Ranch 2
2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 105
San Ramon, CA 94583
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.imtc.org

 

InterNIC
P.O. Box 1656
Herndon, VA 22070
Internet: [e-mail]
www.internic.net

 

IrDA
Infrared Data Association
P.O. Box 3883
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.irda.org

 

ISO
International Organization for Standardization
One Rue de Varembe CH-1211
Case Postale 56
Geneva 20, Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
www.iso.ch

 

ITAA
Information Technology Association of America
1616 N. Ft. Myer Drive
Suite 1300
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.itaa.org

 

ITIC
Information Technology Industry Council
1250 Eye Street NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.itic.org

 

ITCA
International TeleConferencing Association
100 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 105
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.itca.org

 

ITU
International Telecommunications Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.itu.ch

 

IWTA
International Wireless Telecommunications Association
1150 18th Street, NW
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.iwta.org

 

MMTA
See TIA.

 

MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance
39355 California Street #307
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.frforum.com
www.mplsforum.org

 

NAB
National Association of Broadcasters
1771 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: [phone]
www.nab.org

 

NARTE
National Association of Radio and Telecommunications
Engineers
P.O. Box 678
Medway, MA 02053
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.narte.org

 

NARUC
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 603
Post Office Box 684
Washington, D.C. 20044-0684
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.naruc.org
NATD
National Association of Telecommunications Dealers
1045 East Atlantic Avenue, Suite 206
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.natd.com

 

NCA
National Convergence Alliance
133 Littleton Road
Westford, MA 01886
Tel: [phone]
www.convergencealliance.com or http://63.151.41.74

 

NCTA
National Cable TV Association
1724 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: [phone]
www.ncta.com

 

NECA
National Exchange Carrier Association
80 South Jefferson Road
Whippany, NJ 07981-1009
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.neca.org

 

NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1847
Rosslyn, VA 22209
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.nema.org

 

NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park
P.O. Box 9101
Quincy, MA 02269-9101
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.nfpa.org

 

NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: [phone]
www.nist.com

 

NIUF
North American ISDN Users' Forum
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Building 820, Room 445
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.niuf.nist.gov
NMF
Network Management Forum
1201 Mt. Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.nmf.org

 

NANOG
North American Network Operators' Group
www.nanog.org

 

NATOA
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and
Advisors
1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 200
McLean, VA 22102
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.natoa.org

 

NENA
National Emergency Number Association
P.O. Box 360960
Columbus, OH 43236
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.nena9-1-1.org

 

NPA
Network Professional Association
P.O. Box 809161
Chicago, IL 60680-9161
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.npa.org

 

NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: [phone]
www.ntia.doc.gov

 

NTIS
National Technical Information Service
Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Springfield, VA 22161
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ntis.gov

 

OBI
Open Buying on the Internet Consortium
57 Bedford Street, Suite 208
Lexington, MA 02173
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.supplyworks.com/obi
OFR
Office of the Federal Register
National Archives & Records Administration
Suite 700
800 North Capitol Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20408
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

 

OFTEL
50 Ludgate Hill
London EC4M 7JJ
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.oftel.gov.uk

 

OIF
Optical Internetworking Forum
39355 California Street, Suite 307
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.oiforum.com

 

OMG
Object Management Group
4902 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, MA 01701
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.omg.org

 

OSTA
Optical Storage Technology Association
311 East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.osta.org

 

PCCA
Portable Computer and Communications Association
P.O. Box 2460
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.pca.org

 

PCIA
Personal Communications Industry Association
500 Montgomery Street, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.pcia.com

 

PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
2635 North First Street, Suite 209
San Jose, CA 95134
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.pcmcia.org

 

PDAia
PDA Industry Association
815 Fairfield Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.padia.org

 

PICMG
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
c/o Rogers Communications
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500
Wakefield, MA 01880
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.picmg.org

 

PTC
Pacific Telecommunications Council
2454 S. Beretania Street, Suite 302
Honolulu, HI 96826
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ptc.org

 

SBCA
Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association
of America
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.sbca.org

 

SCTE
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Inc.
140 Philips Road
Exton, PA 19341-1318
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.scte.org

 

SIA
Satellite Industry Association
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.sia.org

 

SIF
SONET Interoperability Forum
c/o Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions
1200 G Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.atis.org/atis/sif/index.html

 

SMPTE
Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
595 W. Hartsdale Avenue
White Plains, NY 10607-1824
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.smpte.org

 

Softswitch Consortium
2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 275
San Ramon, CA 94583
Tel: [phone]
www.softswitch.org

 

SPA
Software Publishers Association
1730 M Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036-4510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.spa.org

 

TCA
Telecommunications Association
74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 230
San Francisco, CA 94105-3411
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.tca.org

 

TCIF
Telecommunications Industry Forum
c/o Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
1200 G Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.atis.org/atis/tcif/index.html

 

Telecom Corridor Technology Business Council
411 Belle Grove
Richardson, TX 75080-5297
Fax: [phone]

 

Telcordia Technologies
445 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960-6438
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.telcordia.com

 

The Open Group
1010 El Camino Real
Suite 380
Menlo Park, CA 94025-4345
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.opengroup.org

 

TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
2500 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.tiaonline.org

 

TMF
TeleManagement Forum
1201 Mt. Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.tmforum.org

 

TRA
Telecommunications Resellers Association
See ASCENT

 

The Open Group
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.opengroup.org

 

UL
Underwriters Laboratory
333 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
Tel: [phone]
Fax [phone]
www.ul.com

 

Ultra-Wideband Working Group
www.uwb.org
USDLA
United States Distance Learning Association
1240 Central Boulevard, Suite A
Brentwood, CA 94513
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.usdla.org

 

USTA
United States Telecom Association
1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005-2164
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.usta.org

 

USTTI
United States Telecommunications Training Institute
1150 Connecticut Av.., N.W. Suite 702
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.telemobile.com

 

U.S. Department of Commerce National Technical
Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Tel: [phone]
www.ntis.gov

 

UTC
United Telecom Council
The Telecommunications and Information Technology
Association for Utilities, Pipelines and Other
Critical Infrastructure Companies
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.utc.org

 

UWCC
Universal Wireless Communications Consortium
1756 114th Avenue SE, Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98004
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.uwcc.org

 

VoiceXML Forum
www.voicexml.org
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laboratory for Computer Science
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.w3.org

 

WAP Forum
Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd.
Third Floor
Abbots House
Abbey Street
Reading
RG1 3BD
United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.wapforum.com

 

WECA
Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
www.wirelessethernet.com

 

WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
P.O. Box 18
CH-1211
Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.wipo.org

 

Wireless Data Forum
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
wwww.wirelessdata.org

 

WLANA
Wireless LAN Alliance
1114 Sherman Avenue
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
www.wlana.com

 

WLI Forum
Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum
1111 W. El Camino Road, #109-171
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
www.wlif.com
WLANA
Wireless LAN Alliance
2723 Delaware Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94061
www.wlana.com

 

WSTA
Wall STreet Telecommunications Association
One West Front Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.wsta.org

 

WTO
World Trade Organization
154, rue de Lausanne
CH-1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.wto.org