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Ecma-International - Standards@Internet Speed (1069 words) |
 | Ecma International develops Standards@Internet Speed: Lean, flexible organization allows high-quality standards to be drawn up in less than a year; with the fast-track procedure proposed by Ecma in 1987, an Ecma standard can be approved by ISO or IEC within as little as six months. |
| Ecma International was established in 1961 on initiative of the heads of three long-standing Europe-based companies Bull, IBM Europe and ICT with the objective of eliminating confusion. |
| Ecma has four membership categories with annual fees of 100, 50, 25 and 5 percent of the annual unit value (70,000 Swiss francs during the last six years), which finance the budget, while a reserve fund is available for contingencies. |
| Welcome to Ecma International (171 words) |
| Ecma International is an industry association founded in 1961, dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems. |
| Ecma is the inventor and main practitioner of the concept of "fast tracking" of specifications drafted in international standards format through the process in Global Standards Bodies like the ISO. |
| Ecma is driven by industry to meet the needs of industry, generating a healthy competitive landscape based on differentiation of products and services, rather than technology models, generating confidence among vendors and users of new technology. |
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