Membership
Membership of the NGMN Alliance is open to all companies interested in joining NGMN’s vision to provide a platform for innovation by moving towards one integrated network for the seamless introduction of mobile broadband services.
Benefits for NGMN Partners
The NGMN Alliance is a forum to share, assess, and drive aspects of mobile broadband technologies focusing on 5G while accelerating the development of LTE-Advanced and its ecosystem. The NGMN Alliance complements and supports the work within standardisation bodies and industry fora by providing a coherent view of what the operator community is going to require for successful deployment and in order to deliver mobile broadband technology quickly and cost-effectively and serve the benefits of the end-user.
In its projects, workshops and deliverables, the NGMN Alliance
- establishes clear functional and non functional requirements,
- lays out scenarios for effective spectrum utilisation,
- ensures feasibility of technology by active coordination of trials,
- provides input to standards development organisations,
- identifies and removes barriers to successful implementation of attractive services,
- develops use cases and guidelines for operational efficiency improvements.
Become a Partner by signing up to this vision and mission – and benefit from the NGMN Alliance:
- Drive and shape industry and technology development in projects
- Shape the future mobile services ecosystem
- Closely interact and network with other leading international operators, vendors and research institutes
- Share latest technology expert know-how
- Enhance your organisation’s visibility through contributions to NGMN events (like the NGMN Industry Conference, Mobile World Congress) and other communication activities
Find out more about NGMN and the vision and mission of NGMN Alliance, its organisation, the NGMN Board and all NGMN Partners.
Your organisation can be a part of the exciting work of NGMN by joining the NGMN Alliance as a Member (mobile operator), as a Contributor (telco vendor, software company or other industry players, or as an Advisor (research institute contributing substantially to mid- to long-term innovation). Each of these NGMN Partner categories has different roles, rights, and obligations, as described in Membership Categories.
Membership Categories
There are three categories of NGMN membership – Member, Contributor and Advisor. All of them together build the NGMN Partnership.
Members
Mobile Network Operators or Integrated / Converged Operators – companies providing mobile telecommunication services to the public owning or controlling all the elements necessary to sell and to deliver services to the end-user including in particular radio spectrum allocation and wireless network infrastructure.
Contributors
Manufacturers or vendors of mobile technology, including network infrastructure, chipset, component, handset and device makers, software companies, as well as companies representing industry sectors such as automotive, healthcare, media, internet or transport with an interest in contributing to the advancement of next generation mobile technology and to service or media delivery.
Advisors
Academic institutions, non-industry affiliated research institutes contributing substantially to mid- to long-term innovation.
Membership Benefits
Besides the chance to drive and shape industry and technology development and the networking opportunities in the NGMN Alliance, a membership provides the following specific benefits:
Members
Community of leading mobile operators in NGMN Alliance
| Members | |
|---|---|
| Role | NGMN Shareholder Board Member (nomination procedure) |
| Rights & Obligations | Participation in governance bodies (AGM, Board) Active participation & committment Membership fee: 30.000 € per year²) |
| Projects | Participation / lead in all projects Can make proposals for new projects |
| Access to Documents | Access to all draft and internal documents of working groups |
Contributors
Community of leading telco vendors, SW companies and other industry players contributing and driving the advancements of future mobile NW technologies in NGMN Alliance
| Contributors | |
|---|---|
| Role | NGMN Participant |
| Rights & Obligations | Active participation & committment Participation fee: 20.000 € per year²) Small and Medium Enterprise¹): 7.000 € per year²) |
| Projects | Participation / lead in all projects Can make proposals for new projects |
| Access to Documents | Access to all draft and internal documents of working groups |
Advisors
Community of leading universities, non-profit research institutions
| Advisors | |
|---|---|
| Role | NGMN Participant |
| Rights & Obligations | Active participation & committment Participation fee: 1.000 € per year²) |
| Projects | Participation / lead in all projects Can make proposals for new projects |
| Access to Documents | Access to all draft and internal documents of working groups |
1) Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME) means any Contributor with an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million Euros.
2) Financial year starting 1st October. For membership beginning during the financial year, the fee may be pro-rated based on the quarter of the financial year to reflect the remaining part of that financial year.
The different roles and rights of the membership categories are laid down in the NGMN Articles of Association and the NGMN Participation Guidelines.
To apply for NGMN membership, please refer to MEMBERSHIP/APPLICATION.
For all enquiries regarding NGMN membership and benefits, please contact NGMN Office (office@ngmn.org).
Legal Documents
NGMN Membership and Participation Guidelines
This document defines guidelines for the membership and participation of Members, Contributors and Advisors.
NGMN Constitution
This document represents the Constitution of NGMN e. V. as approved on 11 July 2018.
NGMN Competition Guidelines
This document represents the Competition Compliance principles of NGMN e. V.
Application
To become an NGMN Member or an NGMN Participant (Contributor/Advisor), please submit a signed version of the appropriate application form below, to NGMN Office (via email to office@ngmn.org or via fax to +49 69 907 49 98 41):
- For Members (operators):
NGMN Member Application Form 2020/2021 - For Contributors/Small Medium Enterprises (telco vendors, SW companies and other industry players contributing and driving the advancements of future mobile NW technologies)
NGMN Participant Application Form 2020/2021 - For Advisors (universities, non-profit research institutions):
NGMN Participant Application Form 2020/2021
To obtain further information on the NGMN Alliance and how to become a Partner, please contact NGMN Office (office@ngmn.org).