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.