CO-OPERATION PARTNERS


Several industry standard bodies, groups and NGMN Alliance work closely together to attain the goal of a coherent vision for the mobile evolution beyond 3G. We are always open to develop new relationships and alliances, which will benefit our partners. You can get in touch with us by emailing office(at)ngmn.org


  • 3G Americas

    3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE, and the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance have today announced a cooperation agreement between the two associations in support of the development and commercialization of next generation mobile broadband technologies and services.

     

    About 3G Americas

    The mission of 3G Americas is to promote, facilitate and advocate for the deployment of the GSM family of technologies including LTE throughout the Americas. 3G Americas supports mobile operators in North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean, as they evolve to third-generation (3G) technologies and beyond via the GSM family of technologies. 3G Americas is committed to working with regulatory bodies, technical standards bodies and other global wireless organizations in order to promote truly seamless interoperability and convergence. These relationships include participation as a Market Representation Partner in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), membership in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL), collaborative working agreements with the GSM Association, UMTS Forum, Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), and Association of Telecommunications Enterprises of the Andean Community (ASETA). Representing 89 percent of the world's digital wireless market with more than 3.6 billion customers, GSM-HSPA is the most extensively used mobile network technology in the world with the largest wireless footprint.
    www.3gamericas.org

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  • ETSI

    ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for ICT (Information and Communications Technologies), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies.

     

     

    About ETSI

    We are officially recognized by the EC (European Commission) as a European Standards Organization. The high quality of our work and our open approach to standardization has helped us evolve into a 'European roots - global branches' operation with a solid reputation for technical excellence. ETSI is a not-for-profit organization with more than 700 member organizations drawn from over 60 countries world-wide. Thanks to globalization, our members operate in an increasingly international and competitive environment. An independent organization based in the technical park of Sophia Antipolis in the south of France, we are committed to serving our members and assisting in the development of their market potential. We are also active in vital areas related to standardization such as interoperability, including protocol testing and methodology and we also offer forum-hosting services.

    www.etsi.org

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  • Femto Forum

    The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, and the NGMN Alliance, the group focused on the evolution to the next generation of mobile networks, will cooperate on how femtocells can benefit the architecture of next-generation mobile broadband networks such as WiMAX and LTE.

     

    About The Femto Forum

    Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network using residential DSL or cable broadband connections. The Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org) has been set up to promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. The Forum will support and drive the adoption of industry wide standards and common architectures to enable the widespread adoption & deployment of femtocells by operators around the world. It will direct and implement a multi-faceted marketing campaign to raise the profile, drive technology development & deployment and to promote the potential of femto solutions among industry stakeholders, journalists, analysts, regulators, special interest groups, standards bodies and consumers. www.femtoforum.org

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  • Global Certification Forum

    Global Certification Forum – GCF – is an active partnership between network operators, device manufacturers and the test industry. In the ten years since its inception in 1999, GCF has created an independent certification programme to help ensure global interoperability between mobile devices and networks. By providing the focal point for the world's most experienced practitioners in conformance testing, field trials and certification, GCF establishes global best practice for the certification of mobile phones and the ever-expanding range of devices that incorporate wireless broadband connectivity. As its contribution to the smooth introduction of LTE, GCF started working on a global certification scheme for LTE devices in March 2008.

    www.globalcertificationforum.org

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  • GSM Association

    The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, and the NGMN Alliance, the group focused on the evolution to the next generation of mobile networks, have agreed to cooperate to help steer the development of mobile broadband communications to give customers a compelling mobile broadband experience.

     

    About the GSMA

    The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries and territories of the world. The Association's members represent more than 3 billion GSM and 3GSM connections - over 86% of the world's mobile phone connections. In addition, more than 200 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association's initiatives as key partners. The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to individual customers and national economies, while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. www.gsmworld.com

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  • OMTP

    OMTP and the NGMN Alliance announced in June 2008 that they will work together on the security features across networks and devices which are necessary to protect next generation services.

     

     

     

    About OMTP

    OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements to ensure consistent and secure implementations, thereby reducing fragmentation and simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services across mobile terminals.  OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and has members from 24 hardware and software vendors across the value chain. OMTP recommendations benefit carriers, content providers, middleware vendors and handset manufacturers to develop open and compatible mobile devices.  For more information, visit www.omtp.org 

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  • TDIA

    The TD Industry Association (TDIA), the group promoting the rapid and healthy development of the TD-industry, and the NGMN Alliance, the group focussing on the evolution of next generation mobile networks, have established a cooperation agreement to support the globally harmonized development of next generation mobile broadband technologies and services.

     

    About TDIA

    The TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance is a social organization formed voluntarily by the enterprises and government-sponsored institutions who actively commit themselves to the cause of TD-SCDMA and engage themselves in R&D, production, manufacture and service of the TD-SCDMA standard and products. The Alliance have created " to perfect and promote TD-SCDMA standard" as our purpose, " to improve R&D level, production level and manufacture level" as our missions. By integrating and coordinating the industry resource, we promote the rapid and healthy development of TD-SCDMA industry and realize the popularization and application of TD-SCDMA both in China and global telecommunication market.

    www.tdscdma-alliance.org

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  • UMTS Forum

    Industry fora the UMTS Forum and NGMN Alliance have signed a co-operation agreement between the two bodies. The agreement aims to support successful development and commercialisation of next-generation mobile broadband systems beyond 3G/HSPA (High Speed Packet Access).

     

    About the UMTS Forum

    Founded in 1996, the UMTS Forum is an international industry association that is committed to the success of Third Generation (3G) UMTS mobile systems and their Long Term Evolution. Bringing together players from across the mobile industry on a peer-to-peer basis, the UMTS Forum promotes a common vision of 3G/UMTS and its evolution, as well as its worldwide commercial success. Membership of the UMTS Forum is open to everybody with an interest in 3G/UMTS mobile – including fixed and mobile network operators, infrastructure vendors, terminal device manufacturers, regulators, media/content providers and developers of 3G/UMTS services and applications. www.umts-forum.org 

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  • WIP

    The Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP), the group focusing on the needs of the developer and ISV within the mobile ecosystem, and the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance have established a cooperation agreement to open up a joint dialogue with application developers with the objective to drive innovation in the area of future mobile broadband services.

     

    About WIP

    WIP is a trustworthy and highly professional company that focuses on the needs of the developer and ISV within the mobile ecosystem. WIP provides frameworks and environments that enable developers and ISVs to connect to the important information, resources and people for success. We have a unique understanding and relationships with the mobile developer community, and deep domain knowledge of developer programs and tools and resources available to support developers.

    WIP is known as the 'connector' for the wireless and mobile industry making the path easier for mobile developers/ISVs, to reduce cycle times and increase innovation in the mobile ecosystem. We give emerging wireless companies an extra edge in getting products and services to market with our global partnerships and these activities: WIP Mobile Jam sessions, WIPwiki and Go to Market Services.

    www.wipconnector.com

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  • Wireless World Research Forum

    WWRF and the NGMN Alliance plan to work together to enhance the cooperation between commercial development and ongoing research activities.

     

     

     

    About Wireless World Research Forum

    WWRF is established as a non-profit association, founded in August 2001 under Swiss law, with its seat in Zurich, Switzerland, with a financial and organisational structure. WWRF is an open and independent organisation and is open for collaboration with all international bodies. It now has over 130 members from five continents, representing all sectors of the mobile communications industry and the research community. The objective of the forum is to formulate visions on strategic future research directions in the wireless field, among industry and academia, and to generate, identify, and promote research areas and technical trends for mobile and wireless system technologies. It is developing a common global vision for the future of wireless to drive research and standardization. In addition to influencing regional and national research programmes (such as the European Union’s FP7 programme) WWRF members contribute to the work done within the ITU, UMTS Forum, ETSI, 3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, and other relevant bodies regarding commercial and standardisation issues derived from the research work. The Forum is unique in bringing together industry and academia from across the globe in an active discussion of new concepts, algorithms and techniques. Members discuss how new insights will impact on provision in typical application areas and on value chains in the future. It provides a unique networking opportunity, and the Forum strongly urges everybody to become a part of it, by attending the regular meetings, contributing to the work on the working groups, and by joining the Forum.  www.wireless-world-research.org

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