Electronic Industries Alliance

They developed standards to ensure the equipment of different manufacturers was compatible and interchangeable.

[2] This organization was designed to control the licensing of the large number of radio patents so that each member could have access to all the relevant patents necessary to build radio transmitters, antennas and receivers.

Names in chronological order: The organization's headquarters were in Arlington, Virginia.

[1] EIA designated ECA to continue to develop standards for interconnect, passive and electro-mechanical (IP&E) electronic components under the ANSI-designation of EIA standards.

All other electronic components standards will be managed by their respective sectors.