The Global Certification Forum, known as GCF, is an London-based partnership between mobile network operators, mobile device manufacturers and the test industry. GCF was founded in 1999, and its membership has been responsible for creating an independent certification programme to help ensure global interoperability between mobile devices and networks.
The GCF certification process is based on technical requirements as specified within dedicated test specifications provided by the 3GPP, 3GPP2, OMA, IMTC, the GSM Association and others. The current GCF membership includes mobile network operators, more than 40 leading terminal manufacturers and over 65 test equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other organizations from mainly a test environment.
Recognised Test Organisations (RTO)[1] are GCF Members that have demonstrated they possess the experience, qualifications and systems to assess mobile phones and wireless devices against GCF's Certification Criteria.
The Conformance and Field Trial RTOs[2] are organisations to ensure quality compliance for devices per technical standards (e.g. 3GPP) and in industry guidelines for live networks (e.g. GSMA TS.11), respectively. A GCF-certified device is much more likely to perform its best as it would be configured to fit the “DNAs” of the network connected and have resolved any issue before its product launch. Therefore GCF certification enhances the commercial success of a model as well as its brand owner in the fiercely competitive mobile market.
From 1 January 2013, it became a requirement that all device testing associated with GCF Certification must be undertaken by an RTO. The scheme recognises Test Organisations in three distinct disciplines: Conformance Testing, Field Trials and Interoperability Testing. To become an RTO, an organisation must submit a declaration confirming that it understands GCF procedures and has the ability to conduct testing in accordance with GCF rules and the relevant RTO requirements.
From 1 January 2015, GCF took over all certification activities previously handled by the CDMA Certification Forum (CCF). The current CEO is Lars Nielsen.
global, certification, forum, known, london, based, partnership, between, mobile, network, operators, mobile, device, manufacturers, test, industry, founded, 1999, membership, been, responsible, creating, independent, certification, programme, help, ensure, gl. The Global Certification Forum known as GCF is an London based partnership between mobile network operators mobile device manufacturers and the test industry GCF was founded in 1999 and its membership has been responsible for creating an independent certification programme to help ensure global interoperability between mobile devices and networks The GCF certification process is based on technical requirements as specified within dedicated test specifications provided by the 3GPP 3GPP2 OMA IMTC the GSM Association and others The current GCF membership includes mobile network operators more than 40 leading terminal manufacturers and over 65 test equipment manufacturers test laboratories and other organizations from mainly a test environment Contents 1 Recognized Test Organizations 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksRecognized Test Organizations editRecognised Test Organisations RTO 1 are GCF Members that have demonstrated they possess the experience qualifications and systems to assess mobile phones and wireless devices against GCF s Certification Criteria The Conformance and Field Trial RTOs 2 are organisations to ensure quality compliance for devices per technical standards e g 3GPP and in industry guidelines for live networks e g GSMA TS 11 respectively A GCF certified device is much more likely to perform its best as it would be configured to fit the DNAs of the network connected and have resolved any issue before its product launch Therefore GCF certification enhances the commercial success of a model as well as its brand owner in the fiercely competitive mobile market From 1 January 2013 it became a requirement that all device testing associated with GCF Certification must be undertaken by an RTO The scheme recognises Test Organisations in three distinct disciplines Conformance Testing Field Trials and Interoperability Testing To become an RTO an organisation must submit a declaration confirming that it understands GCF procedures and has the ability to conduct testing in accordance with GCF rules and the relevant RTO requirements From 1 January 2015 GCF took over all certification activities previously handled by the CDMA Certification Forum CCF The current CEO is Lars Nielsen See also editFederal Communications Commission PTCRB which provides the framework for GSM Mobile Equipment ME Type Certification in North America References edit Recognised Test Organisations Field Trial RTOs External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about wireless technology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Global Certification Forum amp oldid 1152112280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
