Web Resources for Mobile Businesses
Useful links from Mobile Data Association
Trade Associations
Mobile Data Association www.themda.org
Bluetooth www.bluetooth.com
Digital Television Group www.dtg.org.uk
Direct Marketing Association www.the-dma.org
European Digital Media Association EDIMA www.europeandigitalmediaassociation.org
European Telecommunications Resilience and Recovery Association (ETR²A) www.etr2a.org
GS1 UK cross-sector supply chain standards www.gs1uk.org
GSM Association www.gsmworld.com
Intellect www.intellectuk.org
Mobile Computer Users Group www.mcug.org.uk
Mobile Entertainment Forum www.m-e-f.org
Mobile tv Taskforce www.dtg.org.uk/mobile
Mobitex Association www.mobitex.org
Network for Online Commerce www.noconline.org
Project Nomad www.projectnomad.org.uk
Premium Rate Association www.praltd.co.uk
Royal Television Society www.rts.org.uk
The Portable Computer and Communications Association www.pcca.org
The Open Group www.opengroup.org
Associations in other countries
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) www.cwta.ca
Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association WTIA www.hkwtia.org
USA CTIA www.wirelessdata.org
USA Mobile Marketing Association www.mmaglobal.com
Wireless Scandinavia www.wirelessscandinavia.com
Wireless Innovation Network Society of British Columbia ( WIN BC) www.winbc.org
Telecommunications Standards
European Telecommunications Standards Institute www.etsi.org
Internet Engineering Task Force www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us (USA)
IPv6 Forum www.ipv6forum.com
Open Mobile Alliance www.openmobilealliance.org
(USA)Radiocommunications Agency www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) www.3Gpp.org
UK Mobile Network Operators
O2 www.o2.co.uk
Orange www.orange.co.uk
T-Mobile www.t-mobile.co.uk
Virgin Mobile www.virgin.com/mobile
Vodafone www.vodafone.co.uk
Codes of Practice
Passive Location Based Services
For Children
Phonebrain (ICSTIS) www.phonebrain.org.uk
Design Considerations for Mobility
RNIB www.rnib.org.uk
Regulatory and Government
Advertising Standards Authority www.asa.org.uk
Business Link. Business support, information and advice www.businesslink.gov.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme www.arbitrators.org/cisas/index.asp
Department for Trade and Industry:DTI – Communications and Information Industries Directorate http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/
DTI – Broadcasting www.dti.gov.uk/industries/broadcasting/
DTI – ecommunications www.dti.gov.uk/industries/ecommunications/
DTI – Global Watch www.globalwatchservice.com
DTI – Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs) http://ktn.globalwatchonline.com
DTI – Telecoms www.dti.gov.uk/industries/telecoms/
Fax Preference Service (FPS) www.fpsonline.org.uk
Foreign and Commonwealth Office www.fco.gov.uk
Independent Mobile Classification Body (IMCB) www.imcb.org.uk
Information Commissioner’s Office www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
International Audiotex Regulators Network (IARN) www.iarn.org
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) www.iwf.org.uk
Mailing Preference Service www.mpsonline.org.uk
Office of Communications (Ofcom) www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/
Office of Fair Trading www.oft.gov.uk
Office of the Telecommunications Ombudsman (Otelo) www.otelo.org.uk
Premium Rate Services Regulator PhonepayPlus (ICSTIS) www.phonepayplus.org.uk
Short Code Management Group www.short-codes.com
Telephone Preference Service (TPS) www.tpsonline.org.uk
Trading Standards Central www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
UK Trade and Investment www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Facts and Figures
Mobile Data Association Text It (messaging) site www.text.it
Mobile Streams www.mobilemms.com
Analysts
Analysys www.analysys.com
Deloitte www.deloitte.com
Gartner www.gartner.com
IDC www.idc.com
Informa Telecoms and media www.informatm.com
Juniper Research www.juniperresearch.com
Moble Youth www.mobileyouth.org
Ovum www.ovum.com
Quocirca www.quocirca.com
Strategy Analytics www.strategyanalytics.net
Yankee Group www.yankeegroup.com
Education
City University www.soi.city.ac.uk
Staffordshire University www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/enterprise/
Publications and News
MDA Newsletter www.themda.org
160 Characters www.160characters.org
3G Newsroom.com www.3gnewsroom.com
3G Newsletter www.3g.co.uk
ZDnet UK news http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications
Bapco Journal www.bapcojournal.com
