IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance was established to advocate the Precision Timing Protocol and to focus on certifying implementations to assure conformance to IEEE 1588^TM "Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems." 

Founding Board Members of the IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance include Alcatel-Lucent, Anue Systems, Brilliant Telecommunications, Calnex Solutions, Huawei Technologies, Iometrix, and Symmetricom. Additional Founding Members include Accedian Networks, Chronos Technology, and Ericcson. The group is currently developing a test program that will serve as the foundation of its conformance and certification activities.

The program is managed by ICAP with testing processes and implementation executed by Iometrix with support from all of the Founding Members. 

IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance Timeline