Why Comply?
“Verizon is heavily involved in standards activity.” Chris Mayer, VP Systems Integration, Verizon.
Major Standards Bodies
David Fazhong Deng, Co-Founder & CTO, OSSera, Inc., explained the importance of standards to both vendors and carriers in today's market: “Standards set the stage for business transformation to connect the dots. Standards define the necessary systems, organizations, and interactions necessary to make this happen.”
Today there are numerous standards developing organizations (SDOs) that touch telecommunications. These include:
- ITU-T: International Telecommunication Union, Telecom Standardization Sector www.itu.int
- ETSI: European Telecommunications Standards Institute www.etsi.org
- CTIA: Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association www.wow-com.com
- TMForum: The TeleManagement Forum www.tmforum.org
- ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions www.atis.org
- CITEL PCC.I: Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, Permanent Consultative Committee I www.citel.oas.org
- ITSMF: Information Technology Senior Management Forum www.itsmfi.org
- DMTF: Distributed Management Task Force www.dmtf.org
- OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards www.oasis-open.org
- IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force www.ietf.org
- NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology www.nist.gov/index.html
- OMG: Object Management Group www.omg.org
- W3C: The World Wide Web Consortium www.w3.org
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute www.ansi.org
- 3GPP: 3rd Generation Partnership Project www.3gpp.org
- GSMA: The GSM Association www.gsm.org
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