However, it is not an international standard as it does not pass through the same consensus procedure. To find out more contact the IEC Central Office . ITU For telecommunications see ITU's site . You can browse through their standards and order on-line. For breaking news on IEEE standards they issue an electronic news bulletin.
Past bulletins are available on-line .
Their web site includes a complete listing of their standards, and their InTech magazine brings discussion and news of their own and other organisation's standards. The standards produced by the international organisations mentioned above are recommendations - voluntary not mandatory. If it is an ISO standard as well, it would also carry an ISO number. As Britain is also a member of the European Union, it may also carry an EN prefix. For example, in 1979 BSI published the BS5750 quality standard.