Editing Standardization (section)

===International standards===
{{Main|International standard}}
The first modern [[International Organization]] ([[Intergovernmental Organization]]) the International Telegraph Union (now [[International Telecommunication Union]]) was created in 1865<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/ITUsHistory.aspx|title=Overview of ITU's History|website=www.itu.int|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531172343/https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/ITUsHistory.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> to set international standards in order to connect national telegraph networks, as a merger of two predecessor organizations (Bern and Paris treaties) that had similar objectives, but in more limited territories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/pre1865agreements.aspx|title=Pre-1865 International Telegraph Agreements|website=www.itu.int|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2019-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225081711/https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/pre1865agreements.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/FocusOnStandardization.aspx|title=Focus on Standardization|website=www.itu.int|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2020-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101110204/https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/FocusOnStandardization.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> With the advent of radiocommunication soon after the creation, the work of the ITU quickly expanded from the standardization of Telegraph communications, to developing standards for telecommunications in general.