Industry alliances, industry associations and Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) interested in working together with GCF on certification of products based on standards-based technologies in the mobile, IoT and Mission Critical Services spaces are welcome to become GCF partners.
GCF collaborates actively with more than 15 partners on development and certification of different technologies:
- 3GPP on multiple standards (Radio Access Technologies -from 2G to 5G Advanced-, Core networks and Services, IoT, Mission Critical Services…)
- GSMA on Field Trials for multiple technologies (including IoT, NTN and Mission Critical Services), IMS-based services and Consumer and M2M/IoT eSIM Certification.
- ETSI on the development of TTCN-3 Test Cases for testing Conformance with most 3GPP Standards included in GCF certification.
- TTA and oneM2M on oneM2M certification.
- CTIA Certification in OTA Radio Performance of devices
- TCCA on Mission Critical Services (including joint Mission Critical Services Work Stream)
- 5GAA on C-V2X and connected vehicle (including joint Connected Vehicle Work Stream)
- 5G-ACIA on certification topics for 5G-connected industries and private networks
- NFC Forum on Short-Range contactless technology certification on devices
- 450MHz Alliance and EUTC on the development of certification programs for 400-450MHz frequency bands for private networks and utilities.
- IoT M2M Council on IoT and IoT Cybersecurity (including a Joint Task Force on IoT Cybersecurity)
- GSOA on Non-Terrestrial Network Connectivity
- GlobalPlatform on eSIM Certification ecosystem
GCF partnerships are established via specific agreements, and do not require any type of GCF membership.
Please contact GCF here to inquire about GCF partnerships and opportunities to collaborate with GCF.