LINKS TO OTHER TELECOM WEB SITES

Please visit the following WEB Sites for additional information and services regarding Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulatory Type Approvals.

• ACIL - ACIL is a national trade association representing independent, commercial engineering and scientific laboratory, testing, consulting and R&D firms.
• ACA - Australian Communications Authority (Formerly Austel)
• Telcordia Technologies (Formally Bellcore)  Bellcore was established on January 1, 1984 to provide engineering, administrative and other services to telecommunications companies of Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, SBC Communications, and US WEST
• Communications Certification Laboratory CCL provides an extensive range of Telecom, Safety, and EMC Type Testing Services. Based on our 22 years in the Regulatory Type Approvals, CCL is our first choice for all Type Testing services.
• Communications Standards Review - Communications Standards Review publishes technical reports on US (TIA)and International (ITU-T, ETSI) formal Standards Committee meetings.
• Federal Communications Commission - FCC - The mission of the FCC is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
• Global Engineering Documents - An excellent source for all Regulatory & Industry Standards.
• Government Printing Office - GPO - The only source for all Government Printed Documents.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - USA - The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Government whose mission is to protect, promote and enhance the health of the American people.
• Industry Canada - The Certification and Engineering Bureau of Industry Canada provides a certification service for both radio and terminal equipment in Canada.
• International Telecommunications Union - ITU - The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. ITU activities include the coordination, development, regulation and standardization of telecommunications and organization of regional and world Telecom events.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST - The National Institute of Standards and Technology was established by Congress "to assist industry in the development of technology needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability and to facilitate rapid commercialization . . . of products based on new scientific discoveries."
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - USA - The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
• SafetyLink - Collection of electrical product safety and standards links
• VCCI - Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment - Japan - This Council is a group which consists of ITE (information technology equipment) manufacturers and EMC test laboratories. The purpose of this Council is to take voluntary control measures against electromagnetic interference from ITEs, and thereby contribute to the development of a socially beneficial and responsible state of affairs in the realm of ITEs in Japan.
• VANGA Europe B.V. - Manufacturers Telecommunications Cables for any Country in the world.

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