Appendix B. Professional Organizations and Regulatory Agencies
| Organization/Agency | Description | URLs |
|---|---|---|
| ADSL Forum | Standards development for ADSL | www.adsl.com |
| Advanced Television Systems Committee | Standards development for over-the-air digital TV broadcasting Software development environment for datacasting | www.atsc.org |
| Advanced TV Enhancement Forum | Software development environment for datacasting | www.atvef.com |
| ATM Forum | Standards development for residential networking based on ATM | www.atmforum.com |
| Bluetooth Coalition | Standards development for short-distance wireless | www.bluetooth.com |
| Cablelabs | Research and development for North American cable MSOs | www.cablelabs.com |
| cdmaOne | 3G based on CDMA | www.cdg.org |
| Communications Research Centre of Canada | Canadian Department of Industry researching broadband | www.crc.ca |
| Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC) | Standards development for Access Networks and Home Networks | www.davic.org |
| Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) | European organizations specifying the future of television | www.dvb.org |
| European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) | Telecommunications standardization body | www.etsi.org |
| Federal Communications Commission | Federal rules of the road for telephony, wireless, and cable in the United States | www.fcc.gov |
| Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) | Association for home networking using phone wires | www.homepna.org |
| HomeRF | Association for home networking using spread-spectrum wireless | www.homerf.org |
| IEEE 802.11 | Wireless local-area networks | grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/ |
| IEEE 802.14 | Development for a standard for cable data modems | www.walkingdog.com |
| IEEE 802.15 | Wireless personal-area networks | grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/ |
| IEEE 802.16 | Broadband fixed wireless | grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/16/ |
| International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) | Electronics standardization in Europe | www.iec.ch |
| MCNS Partners Ltd. | Authoring the DOCSIS standards for cable data modems | www.cablemodem.com |
| National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) | Trade association and lobbying arm for U.S. radio and television broadcasters | www.nab.org |
| National Cable TV Association | Trade association and lobbying arm for U.S. cable interests | www.ncta.com |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce | Broadband wireless testing | www.nwest.nist.gov |
| National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) | Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce; spectrum information, federal use of spectrum, Internet naming, and other networking odds and ends | www.ntia.doc.gov |
| Office of Telecommunications, UK | The watchdog of UK telecommunications | www.oftel.org |
| OpenCable™ Initiative | DTV standardization for cable | www.opencable.com |
| Packet Cable | Telephony standardization for cable | www.packetcable.com |
| Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE) | Digital TV over cable | www.scte.org |
| Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) | Video standards development for film and TV | www.smpte.org |
| Universal Terrestrial Radio Standard | 3G based on WCDMA | www.3gpp.org |
| Universal Wireless Communications Consortium | 3G based on TDMA | www.uwcc.org |
| VDSL Alliance | Promoting VDSL over DMT | www.vdslalliance.com |
| Video Electronics Standards Association | Specifying standards for digital set tops | www.vesa.org |
| Wireless Communications Association | Trade association for the wireless broadband industry | www.wcai.com |
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