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'''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|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-Lucent|Alcatel]]
*[[Alcatel (mobile device brand)|Alcatel]]
*[[AT&T]]
*[[Bellcore]]
*[[BT Group|BT]]
*[[Deutsche Telekom]]
*[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]
*[[Ericsson]]
*[[France Telecom]]
*[[GEC_Plessey_Telecommunications|GPT]]
*[[Hewlett-Packard|HP]]
*[[IBM]]
*[[Korea Telecom]]
*[[KPN]]
*[[Lucent]]
*[[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
*[[Nokia]]
*[[Siemens]]
*[[Sprint Nextel|SPRINT]]
* STL research lab for Nortel Networks
*[[Telefonica]]
*[[Telecom Italia]] / [[CSELT]]
*[[Telstra]]
*[[Telenor]]

== Bibliography ==
* Appeldorn, Menso, Roberto Kung, and Roberto Saracco. "Tmn+ in= tina." IEEE Communications Magazine 31.3 (1993): 78-85.

==External links==
*[http://www.tinac.com TINA-C Official website]

[[Category:Telecommunications organizations]]