As one of the pioneers in the wireless industry, Sierra Wireless is an active contributor in key industry associations, sharing our expertise in mobile communications standards, performance, and best practices. We participate to stay current with standards, support advances in wireless technologies, and encourage adoption of wireless products. Our goal in these activities is to help drive growth in the mobile communications industry.
3GPP brings together six standards organizations from Asia, North America and Europe to publish mobile standards. 3GPP has recently completed the feature set for LTE by completing Release 9 of the Standard.
The GSM Association is the global trade group for the mobile industry. Its purpose is to unite the industry, by extending reach, enhancing its value and driving its development. The GSMA represents nearly 800 mobile networks and over 200 suppliers, vendors and manufacturers.
CCF is the official authority governing the CDMA device certification worldwide. Under the guidance of industry leading CDMA operators and vendors worldwide, the CCF develops and maintains the only CDMA certification process that consolidates in one clear and concise program all the basic minimum performance, interoperability and conformance testing necessary to ensure that all CDMA devices certified are operating according to the industry standards.
The European Smart Metering Industry Group is the European industry association that provides knowledge and expertise on Smart Metering and related communications at a European level. ESMIG's members are leading companies in the European Smart Metering Market: meter manufacturers, IT companies and system integrators. ESMIG covers all aspects of Smart Metering, including electricity, gas, water and heat measurement.
ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, aeronautical, broadcast and internet technologies and is recognized by the EU as a European Standards Organization. ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit association whose over 700 member companies and organizations, from over 60 countries across 5 continents worldwide, determine the ETSI work programme.
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI HiperMAN standard.
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT)industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance.
The PTCRB purpose is to provide the framework within which GERAN, UTRAN, and E-UTRAN device certification can take place for PTCRB operator members. This includes, but is not limited to, determination of the test specifications and methods necessary to support the certification process for GERAN, UTRAN, and E-UTRAN devices. This group is also responsible to generate input regarding testing of devices to standards development organizations.
The Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) is a special purpose, non-profit trade organization founded in 2005 to bring the world’s most innovative wireless health companies together with global leaders in healthcare and technology, to accelerate business opportunities. The WLSA is dedicated to creating value and improving health, globally, through the convergence of wireless communications and life sciences technologies.
SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International’s core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International’s charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series.
The ng Connect Program is dedicated to the creation of the new generation connected user experience. With its dynamic multi-industry membership, the organization drives relevance and new business models through innovation.