>>ASCENT
- Association of Communications Enterprises
ASCENT is the nation's premier trade group representing
entrepreneurial and small business communications
companies.
http://www.ascent.org
>>Channel
Partners
The Channel Partners Conference & Expo is
now the
premiere educational and networking forum for
channel
sales organizations and their vendors.
http://www.phoneplusmag.com/channelpartners
>>Comptel-Competitive
Telecommunications Association
CompTel
is the leading association representing
competitive telecommunications companies in
virtually
every
sector of the marketplace: incumbent local exchange
carriers, competitive local exchange carriers,
long-distance carriers of every size, wireless
service providers, Internet
service providers, equipment manufacturers,
and software suppliers.
http://www.comptel.org
>>
FCC - Federal Communications
Commision
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
is an independent United States government agency,
directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was
established
by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged
with regulating interstate and international
communications by radio, television, wire, satellite
and
cable.
http://www.fcc.gov
>> NANPA
- North American Numbering Plan Administration
This
site provides information about the North American
Numbering Plan (NANP) and its administration.
The NANP is the numbering plan for the Public
Switched Telephone Network in the United States
and its territories.
http://www.nanpa.com
>>
FIA - Futures
Industry Association
FIA is the only association representative of
all organizations that have an
interest in the futures market. FIA has more
than 180 corporate members,
reaching thousands of industry participants.
http://www.futuresindustry.org
>>
CME - Chicago Mercantile
Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange is an international
marketplace that brings together buyers and
sellers of derivatives products. The Exchange
offers
futures and options on futures in four basic
product areas: interest rates, stock indexes,
foreign exchange and commodities. CME has a
long history of
innovation, which includes pioneering financial
futures contracts.
http://www.cme.com
>>
CBOT
- The Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade, established in 1848,
is the world's oldest derivatives (futures and
futures-options) exchange. More than 3,600 CBOT®
members trade 47 different futures and options
products at the CBOT, resulting in 2001 annual
trading volume of more than 260 million contracts.
http://www.cbot.com
>>
NYBOT - The New York Board
of Trade
http://www.nybot.com
>>
NYMEX - New York Mercantile
Exchange
http://www.nymex.com
>>
KCBT
- Kansas City Board of Trade
The Kansas City Board of Trade was formally
chartered in 1876. Located on the northern border
between Kansas and Missouri and the junction
of two
rivers, Kansas City is situated in one of the
most productive wheat-growing regions of the
world. Early trading at the exchange was primarily
in cash
grains. Today, grain elevators, exporters, millers
and producers use the exchange to protect their
cash positions by buying or selling futures
and
options.
http://www.kcbt.com
>>
MGEX
- Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Since 1881 the Minneapolis Grain Exchange has
facilitated price discovery in the volatile
commodities markets, providing a valuable risk
management
service to producers and consumers around the
world. Futures and options contracts in hard
red spring wheat, white wheat, and durum wheat
comprise
the Exchange.
http://www.mgex.com
