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The vision of the NGMN Alliance is to provide impactful industry guidance to achieve innovative and affordable mobile telecommunication services for the end user with a particular focus on supporting 5G’s full implementation, Mastering the Route to Disaggregation, Green Future Networks, as well as 6G.

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Leading in the development of open, disaggregated, virtualised and cloud native solutions with a focus on the E2E Operating Model

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Building sustainable & environmentally conscious solutions

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Emergence of 6G highlighting key drivers, analysing use cases and developing end-to-end requirements to impact the next generation

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Through collaboration, NGMN provides guidance and actionable recommendations, addressing and embracing the entire mobile industry value chain. We asked our Board Members where they do see the key value and industry impact of NGMN.

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The NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition (IC&E) in Paris in September 2022, was a tremendous success. This key industry event with top class speakers and industry leading partners, offers unique networking opportunities. The next IC&E is taking place in Germany in September 2024. More details will follow soon.

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The NGMN Alliance (Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance) is an open forum founded by world-leading mobile network operators. Its goal is to ensure that next generation network infrastructure, service platforms and devices will meet the requirements of operators and, ultimately, will satisfy end user demand and expectations.

NGMN seeks to incorporate the views of all interested stakeholders in the telecommunications industry and is open to three categories of participants (NGMN Partners): Mobile network operators (Members), vendors, software companies and many other leading industry players (Contributors), and research institutes contributing substantially to mid- to long-term innovation (Advisors).

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NGMN publishes 6G Position Statement setting the course for 6G networks

26. September 2023

Frankfurt, Germany, 26 September 2023. Today, the NGMN Alliance (NGMN) published the “6G Position Statement: An Operator View”. With this essential publication NGMN guides a course for the future of communication networks by taking a proactive stance and emphasising the needs for a new paradigm for graceful evolution and successful value creation and delivery. “Our publication provides a clear statement of intent from the Network Operator community, that the traditional way of introducing a new technology generation must evolve,” said Arash Ashouriha, Chairman of the NGMN Alliance Board and SVP Group Technology at Deutsche Telekom. “NGMN is committed to ensuring that 6G delivers tangible benefits to end-users, simplifying network operations and ensuring sustainability, while offering compelling new experiences”, he added.

NGMN publishes Cloud Native Manifesto

13. September 2023

Frankfurt, Germany, 13 September 2023. Today, the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) published the “Cloud Native Manifesto: An Operator view”. This important publication provides key principles and requirements for Cloud Native Telecom from an operator’s point of view, and a clear view on the focus required by the industry in order to accelerate the adoption of cloud native solutions in mobile networks. Measuring progress towards environmental goals is a critical success factor for operators as they move forward on their journeys towards greater environmental sustainability and energy efficiency in their networks and operations. “NGMN’s vision is to provide impactful guidance to the industry with Green Future Networks being a core strategic priority”, said Anita Doehler, CEO, NGMN. “With the publication of KPIs and Target Values for assessing Green Networks, we are realising that vision by supporting and enabling operators and their wider ecosystem partners to measure and manage their progress towards their sustainability goals”, she added.

NGMN Press And Industry Briefing @MWC 2023

28. February 2023

Thank you for joining our live NGMN Press and Industry Briefing at Mobile World Congress 2023. The video and presentation are available under "Read more"

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The NGMN Alliance comprises of Member, Contributor and Advisor Partners: Member Partners are Operators with over 200 networks serving more than 60% of all global customers.

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6G Position Statement

26. September 2023

This essential publication guides a course for the future of communication networks and calls the industry to transform the way new technology generations are introduced enabling compelling new services and capabilities for end users while streamlining network operations and prioritising sustainability. It provides comprehensive guidance across several key requirements and design principles, including network simplification, absolute energy reduction, network AI transformation & predictive network management, safe and resilient infrastructure, global 6G standards, software upgrade to 6G, no intrinsic need for hardware refresh, no compromise to existing services (Voice) and access across mobile, fixed and non-terrestrial networks.

Recommendation on Base Station Active Antenna System Standards V3.0

18. September 2023

Our latest “Recommendation on Base Station Active Antenna System Standards” provides the industry with an updated set of parameter definitions, measurement methodologies and reporting processes. This enables a uniform way to describe the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the network side of the radio link (the “base station antenna”).

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To achieve our vision and to accomplish the overall objectives of the NGMN Alliance, an agile Work Programme has been set up. Please click here for our Work Programme overview.

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We asked our Board Members, where they do see the key value and industry impact of NGMN – here is what they say: https://www.ngmn.org/about-us/board_member_interviews.html

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We at NGMN believe that we need industry agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Green Networks.

Extract of our annual Press & Industry Briefing at #MWC23 with NGMN Alliance Board Member @lleboucher

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Extract of our annual Press & Industry Briefing at #MWC23, where our Chairman of the NGMN Alliance Board @ArashAshouriha, called for collaboration and shared insights on our Green Future Networks Project, which is one of our three strategic focus topics.

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Join our Board Member Javan Erfanian tomorrow, June 22, 5:20 pm CEST, at the Tele Semana Open Telco Latam Summit. #ngmn #wemakebetterconnections #operatingdisaggregatednetworks #disaggregatednetworks #networkautomation #operatingmodel

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Join our CEO @AnitaDoehler tomorrow, June 14, 4:40pm CEST, at the @connect_de conference 2023 in Dresden. Anita will speak about NGMN's impactful work and guidance in the area of sustainability for 5G and, looking forward, for 6G.

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Join our CEO @AnitaDoehler today at The #GreenNetwork Session 2 "Developing a Sustainable and Innovative Ecosystem" starting at 4:10pm CEST. Register to watch the live broadcast on @TelecomTV: https://lnkd.in/ehmCywgq #ngmn #wemakebetterconnections #greenfuturenetworks #DSPLWF23

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