Submarine Cable

• Optical Internetworking Forum - industry organization to promote the global development of optical internetworking products
• SubOptic - SubOptic is best known for the triennial conference it organizes.SubOptic Association set out in 2017 to expand the services it provides and the value it brings to the subsea cable industry.
• International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) - Contains a great database of active and retired undersea cables.

Cable Maintenance Consortia

• European Subsea Cables Association, formerly the United Kingdom Submarine Cable Protection Committee
• North American Submarine Cable Association
• Atlantic Cable Maintenance Associations
• Yokohama Zone
• ASEAN Cableship
• South East Asia and Indian Ocean Cable Maintenance Agreement
• Danish Cable Protection Committee

Regional (non-US) Telecom Organizations

• CANTO - Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations
• CTU - Caribbean Telecommunications Union
• PITA - Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association

General Telecom

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• Metro Ethernet Forum - Forum to accelerate the adoption of optical Ethernet technology in metro
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) - promotes standards in Europe for all areas in telecommunications, including fiber optics. Included is work on standards for ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) equipment, VPNs (virtual private networks), and VOIP (voice over IP).
• Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA)
• Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA)
• Africa Telecommunications Union