NGMN Alliance Partners With 3GPP

May 13, 2011 4:11 PM, MD&D News Staff

The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has joined 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner. As a result, the NGMN Alliance will support 3GPP to ensure that mobile broadband services continue to meet the expectations of end users. Additionally, in its role as Market Representation Partner, the NGMN Alliance will give advice to 3GPP and will contribute to its standardization activities in the future. The NGMN Alliance was formed in 2006 to ensure that the standards for next-generation network infrastructure, service platforms, and devices will meet operator requirements and end-user expectations. It comprises 18 members, including AT&T, Clearwire, and LG, and 38 sponsors, such as Ericsson, Nokia, and Qualcomm.