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Overview of Standards Organizations

International Standards Development Organizations

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - The IEC is a global organization (participation is by country) that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies. These serve as a basis for national standardization and as references when drafting international tenders and contracts. More information...

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ISO is a global network of national standards bodies that identifies what International Standards are required by business, government, and society; develops them in partnership with the sectors that will put them to use; adopts them by transparent procedures based on national input; and delivers them for implementation throughout the world.. More information...

ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO/IEC JTC 1) - ISO/IEC JTC 1 was formed by ISO and IEC for the purpose of jointly developing standards in the field of Information Technology. More information...

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - The ITU is an international organization within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. More information...

International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) - ITU-D's mission aims at achieving the Sector's objectives based on the right to communicate of all inhabitants of the planet through access to infrastructure and information and communication services. The mission encompasses ITU’s dual responsibility as a United Nations specialized agency and an executing agency for implementing projects under the United Nations development system or other funding arrangements. More information...

International Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) - The ITU-R plays a vital role in the management of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits; finite natural resources, which are increasingly in demand from a large number of services such as fixed, mobile, broadcasting, amateur, space research, meteorology, global positioning systems, environmental monitoring; and those communication services that ensure safety of life at sea and in the skies. More information...

International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) - ITU-T's mission is to ensure an efficient and on-time production of high quality standards (Recommendations) covering all fields of telecommunications. More information...

 

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