TINA-C

TINA-C stands for Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Consortium. It was an attempt (started in 1992) by several actors in the telecommunication world to define, design and realize a software architecture for the telecommunication infrastructure. The consortium has defined a number of specifications and has organized several experiments and demos.

TINA-C is partly based on the Advanced Networked Systems Architecture (ANSA) standard developed by Andrew Herbert.

From 1993-1997 TINA specifications where developed by a core team of experts residing in Red Bank, New Jersey. Core team members were employees of the member companies assigned to work for the consortium. From 1998-2000 the consortium consisted of a Technical Architecture Board that met frequently, with work being conducted in several working groups.

The consortium disbanded in 2000.

Member Companies
The following organizations were at one time members of TINA-C:


 * Alcatel
 * Alcatel
 * AT&T
 * Bellcore
 * BT
 * Deutsche Telekom
 * DEC
 * Ericsson
 * France Telecom
 * GPT
 * HP
 * IBM
 * Korea Telecom
 * KPN
 * Lucent
 * Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
 * Nokia
 * Siemens
 * SPRINT
 * STL research lab for Nortel Networks
 * Telefonica
 * Telecom Italia / CSELT
 * Telstra
 * Telenor