Glossary

The 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) is a body comprising several organizational partners working to produce technical specifications for a third-generation mobile system based on GSM core networks and the radio access technologies they support known as WCDMA (UMTS).One of the standards defined and promoted by the 3GPP is 3G-324M, ...

A partnership between network operators and terminal manufacturers that provides an independent program to ensure global interoperability of 2G and 3G mobile wireless terminals whose objective is to boost industry confidence in the performance and reliability of new 3G mobile devices. The GCF mainly deals with validation of handsets and ...

The GSMA is an international organization comprised of operators and vendors in the mobile commnication industry. As part of its role it handles specifications related to IMS, such as VoLTE and Mobile Video Sharing.

Formed in 1986, the IETF sets the technical standards that run the Internet. IETF working groups seek the advice of the Internet community through RFCs (Requests for Comment), and then submit recommendations to the IETF for final approval.Among the various standards specified and maintained by the IETF are:HTTPSIPRTSPRTPDiameterRelevant links:The IETF ...

The IMS Forum are a global non-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of IP Multimedia Subsystem applications and services interoperability.The IMS Forum is focused on revenue-generating services and best practices for IMS applications convergence. The IMS Forum is the creator and organizer of IMS Plugfest™, NGN Plugfest™, and IMS/NGN ...

The IMTC is an international community of companies working together to promote and facilitate the development and use of interoperable, real-time, multimedia telecommunications products and services based on open international standards.Standards that are being actively tested by IMTC members include H.323, SIP, RTSP and 3G-324M.The IMTC is split into various ...

The Telecommunication Standardization Sector, which is responsible for the coordination of standards for the telecommunications industry on behalf of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was re-named ITU-T in 1993.Based in Geneva, Switzerland, The ITU-T mission is to ensure an efficient and timely production of worldwide standards for all telecommunication fields. ...

An SDO is an organization dealing in one way or another in standardization. Some SDOs deal with specification of standards while others are more focused around interoperability or certification of products. Some examples of SDOs dealing with VoIP: GSMA IETF IMTC ITU-T UCIF

The SIP Forum is an industry association with members from the leading IP communications companies. Its mission: To advance the adoption of IP communications products and services based on SIP.The Forum promotes SIP as the technology of choice for the control of real-time multimedia communication sessions throughout the Internet, corporate ...

UCIF (Unified Communications Interoperability Forum) is an international organization dedicated to interoperability of unified communications solutions. UCIF deals with focusing on interoperability of existing standards specified by other organizations and not in writing the standards themselves. Members of UCIF include Aspect, AudioCodes, ClearOne, HP, Jabra, Juniper Networks, Logitech/LifeSize Communications, Microsoft, ...