The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC; ja, 情報通信技術委員会) is a

standardization Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization ...

organization established in 1985 and authorized by Japan's

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Of ...

to conduct research and to develop and promote standards for

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...

in Japan. The TTC is a founding partner organization of the

Global Standards Collaboration The Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) started life as The "Inter-regional Telecommunications Standards conference (ITSC) in 1990. This was an initiative of the T1 Committee of the United States who invited the other founding partner organization ...

initiative and an organizational partner of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

External links

*http://www.ttc.or.jp/e/index.html Telecommunication Technology Committee website Telecommunications in Japan Mass media companies Companies established in 1985 1985 establishments in Japan {{Org-stub