Work Programme

Our Work Programme serves to accomplish the overall objectives and the vision of NGMN.

In addition to supporting 5G’s full potential through several ongoing projects, our three new key strategic themes are:

High level overview of our complete Work Programme:

For more details concerning our projects:

Objectives

In its projects, task-forces and workshops, the NGMN Alliance:

• establishes clear functional and non-functional requirements for mobile networks of the next generation
• evaluates and drives technology evolution towards 5G’s full implementation and the three major priorities for 2021 and beyond:
  1. Route to Disaggregation with a Focus on the E2E Operating Model
  2. Sustainability/ Green Future Networks
  3. 6G
• gives input to standards developing organisations and cooperation partners
• provides a networking platform to assess and to address technology challenges
• shares experience in up and running networks
• identifies and removes barriers to guide the industry towards successful implementations of attractive mobile services

Working Principles

The NGMN work programme is a collaborative work programme in which all NGMN Partners (Mobile Network Operators, Vendors/Manufacturers and Research/Academia) contribute to agreed project objectives and deliverables.

The NGMN work programme is governed by a tollgate process to initiate, approve and finalise projects and a deliverable process to produce, approve and disseminate/publish NGMN deliverables which are required to achieve the NGMN objectives. NGMN projects are created at the direction of the NGMN Board and supervised by the Strategy and Programme Committee. Projects are led by a representative of one of the NGMN Partners.

Participants of projects may adopt different roles such as lead or contributor. In addition, the NGMN Programme Office is supporting the projects in the areas of programme and process management, tools, communication and workplace facilities, as well as administrative and legal matters. Projects are organised as virtual distributed teams which make extensive use of digital communications and video-conferencing, but also conduct regular physical meetings and workshops.

In general, work within the work programme is contribution-driven, i.e. depends largely on the active involvement and contributions from the individual partners. Decision making and the creation, review and agreement of deliverables are based on a consensus principle. All deliverables require final approval by the Board.