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NextWave Wireless and our family of companies are proud to be affiliated with the following organizations:

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. The collaboration agreement brings together a number of telecommunications standards bodies which are known as “Organizational Partners”. The current Organizational Partners are ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, and TTC.  Visit the 3GPP website. 

    

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a U.S.-based organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach.  Visit the ATIS website. 

    

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium of over 260 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing global standards for the global delivery of digital television and data services. Services using DVB standards are available on every continent with more than 120 million DVB receivers deployed.  Visit the BMCO Forum website.  

    

CTIA is an international organization representing all sectors of wireless communications – cellular, personal communication services and enhanced specialized mobile radio. As a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1984, we represent service providers, manufacturers, wireless data and Internet companies and other contributors to the wireless universe. Visit the CTIA website.  

     
 

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies.  ETSI is a not-for-profit organization with almost 700 ETSI member organizations drawn from 60 countries world-wide.  Visit the ETSI website. 

   

The FLO Forum was established to join business leaders involved in developing FLO-based networks, products and services for the wireless industry. Membership provides the opportunity to collaborate; to understand end user requirements; to generate technical specifications for submission to global standards and regulatory bodies; and to consider the factors that drive success in extending brand, services, and products to target audiences.  Visit the FLO Forum website.    

  
 

Formerly known as the FSA, the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is the voice of the global fabless business model. Industry leaders incorporated FSA in 1994 on the premise that the fabless business model would be a viable, long-term business model. Today, the viability of outsourcing as a sustainable business model for the industry has been proven, and GSA is focused on the perpetuation of this business model throughout the worldwide semiconductor industry.   Visit the GSA website. 

  
 

The Global UMTS TDD Alliance is created and supported by members of the UMTS TDD community. The Alliance’s goal is to provide a forum for members to share their learnings and set requirements for future solutions, as well as to foster the market environment for solutions based on packet data implementations of the UMTS TDD standard.  Visit the UMTS TDD Alliance website.    

 

The GSM Association (GSMA) is a global trade association representing over 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries of the world. 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. Visit the GSM Association website. 

 

The IEEE, a non-profit organization, is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. Through its global membership, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics among others. Visit the IEEE website. 

  
IMTC is a worldwide community of companies dedicated to the advancement of real-time, rich-media communications. Interoperability through international standards is our core value. Member companies come together to ensure compatibility amongst their products and services, thus guaranteeing trouble-free operation for both end customers and service suppliers.  Visit the IMTC website.   
  

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. As the global focal point for governments and the private sector, ITU's role in helping the world communicate spans 3 core sectors: radiocommunication, standardization and development. Visit the ITU website.

 

The Mobile DTV Alliance is an open industry consortium that focuses on promoting the best practices and open standards to deliver premium-quality broadcast television to mobile TV devices in North America. The alliance includes leading companies from across the mobile business system and entertainment value chain.   Visit the MDTV website.   

  

The mission of the MPEG Industry Formun is to further the adoption of M-PEG Standards, by establishing them as well accepted and widely used standards among creators of content, developers, manufacturers, providers of services, and end users.   Visit the MPEG Industry Forum website.    

  
 

The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance currently consists of 50 world leading global network operators, technology vendors and universities.  The key objective of the alliance is to provide a platform for innovation for Mobile Broadband Communications that enables both cost-effective and user-friendly services.    Visit the NGMN website.

  

The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) aims to create an open market for cellular base stations. An open market will substantially reduce the development effort and costs that have been traditionally associated with creating new base station product ranges.  Visit the OBSAI website.  

   
 

The Open Handset Alliance is made up of more than 30 mobile industry leaders who are working together to develop the Android™ platform. Android is a complete mobile phone software stack. It includes everything a manufacturer or operator needs to build a mobile phone. Android will be made available as open source via the Apache v2 license. Visit the OHA website.     

  

Open Mobile Alliance facilitates global user adoption of mobile data services by specifying market driven mobile service enablers that ensure service interoperability across devices, geographies, service providers, operators, and networks, while allowing businesses to compete through innovation and differentiation. Visit the OMA website.   

  

PICMG is a consortium of over 450 companies who collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications.    Visit the PICMG website.   

   

The Wi-Fi Alliance develops rigorous tests and conducts Wi-Fi certification of wireless devices that implement the universal IEEE 802.11 specifications. Visit the Wi-Fi Alliance website.

   
 

The WiMAX Forum™ is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The forum’s goal is to accelerate the introduction of these systems into the marketplace. Visit the WiMAX Forum website.   

   

Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) is the non-profit trade and professional association for the Wireless Broadband industry. The WCA's mission is to advance the interests of the wireless carriers that provide high-speed data, Internet, voice and video services on broadband spectrum through land-based systems using reception/transmit devices in all broadband spectrum bands. Visit the WCA website.