| ABA |
Australian Broadcasting Authority |
| ACA |
Australian Communications Authority |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACMA |
Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| APEC TEL |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Telecommunications) |
| AT&T |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
| ATUG |
Australian Telecommunications Users Group |
| BRTF |
Better Regulation Task Force (UK) |
| BSC |
Broadcasting Standards Commission (UK) |
| BT Group |
British Telecom Group |
| CCF |
Consumer Consultative Forum |
| CDC |
Consumer Driven Communications |
| DCITA |
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice (USA) |
| DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry (UK) |
| ERG |
European Regulators Group |
| EU |
European Union |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission (USA) |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission (USA) |
| ITC |
Independent Television Commission (UK) |
| OFCOM |
Office of Communications (UK) |
| OFT |
Office of Fair Trading (UK) |
| Oftel |
Office of telecommunications (UK) |
| plc |
programmable logic controller |
| TISSC |
Telephone Information Service Standards Council |
| VoIP |
Voice-over Internet Protocol |