2011 Endorsing Associations

Analyst Partners

Founded in 1977, IDATE is one of Europe’s foremost market analysis and consulting firms, whose mission is to provide assistance in strategic decision-making for its clients in the Telecom, Internet and Media industries, through the following two areas of activity: Consulting & Research (an independent consultancy and a catalogue of marker reports and database), DigiWorld Programme (an annual programme, supported by its members: DigiWorld Club, DigiWorld Summit, DigiWorld Yearbook)

www.idate-research.com

Juniper specialises in identifying and appraising new high growth market sectors within the mobile ecosystem. Market sizing and forecasting are the cornerstones of our offering, together with competitive analysis, strategic assessment and business modelling. We endeavour to provide independent and impartial analysis of both current and emerging opportunities via a team of dedicated specialists – very knowledgeable, experienced and experts in their field. Juniper Research focuses on the following industries: Mobile Content & Applications, Mobile Commerce, Handsets & Devices, Mobile Markets & Strategies and Networks & Technologies.

Signals Research Group, LLC is a US-based research consultancy that is focused on the wireless industry.  SRG publishes the Signals Ahead research product which offers thought-leading research and analysis on wireless technology trends.  In addition to tracking and analyzing technology roadmaps and offering perspectives on technology trends from around the globe, the Signals Ahead research product provides the industry’s only independent technical and performance analysis of vendors’ solutions and operators’ networks.  Its Chips and Salsa series of reports is widely recognized for their in-depth performance analysis of HSPA/HSPA+, LTE and Mobile WiMAX chipsets.   Signals Ahead subscribers span the globe and represent a who’s who of companies across the entire wireless ecosystem.

www.signalsresearch.com

Strategy Analytics works globally with mobile operators, infrastructure and device vendors. We provide market forecasts, surveys, competitive analyses and insights to guide profitable mobile broadband growth.

Strategy Analytics uniquely tracks the entire mobile broadband ecosystem:

• Operator Services - Voice, Video, Messaging, Data
• Devices - Handsets, Smartphones, Tablets
• Applications
• Content
• Infrastructure
• Network Management and Policy Tools
• Traffic Volumes and Optimisation
• Opex and Capex by Technology

Forthcoming insights cover mobile broadband pricing, policy and capacity management including:

• New Pricing approaches to optimize Capacity Utilisation
• User expectations and willingness to pay for Device and Service bundles
• Impact of mobile broadband Pricing on Revenues

www.strategyanalytics.com

Wireless 20/20

4G Americas is an industry trade organization composed of leading telecommunications service providers and manufacturers working to develop the expansive wireless ecosystem of networks, devices and applications enabled by GSM and its evolution to HSPA and LTE mobile broadband. The association contributes to the successful commercial rollout of 3GPP mobile broadband technologies across the Americas. 4G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas.

For more information visit: www.4gamericas.org

Central Asian Cellular Forum (www.3gca.org) officially registered as “3G Technologies (Guarantee) limited” is an industry forum which works with regional governments, Telecom Regulators & Operators, Broadcasters, Manufacturers, Academia and the general public in the Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The rationale behind forums foundation is to create awareness and to facilitate promotion and development of CDMA/UMTS-WCDMA technology.

For more information visit: www.3gca.org/

Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network using residential DSL or cable broadband connections.

The Femto Forum has been set up to promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. It has 137 members including 63 operators representing more than 1.71 billion mobile subscribers – 33% of the global total. Comprised of mobile operators, telecoms hardware and software vendors, content providers and innovative start-ups, its mission is to advance the development and adoption of small cells via femtocells and broader applications of femto technology for the provision of high-quality 2G/3G/4G coverage and services within the residential, enterprise and public access markets.

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading vendors, Internet service vendors, National research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of interoperability thru its IPv6 Ready & Enabled Logo Programs: www.ipv6ready.org & www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/ & www.ipv6forum.com

The NGMN Alliance (www.ngmn.org) is an open group of about 60 world-leading operators, technology vendors and research institutes. It provides a forum to share, assess, and drive aspects of mobile broadband technologies focusing on LTE & EPC (Evolved Packet Core) and its evolution.

The NGMN Alliance complements and supports the work within standardisation bodies and industry fora by providing a coherent view of what the operator community is going to require for successful deployment and in order to deliver mobile broadband technology quickly and cost-effectively and serve the benefits of the end-user.

SIMalliance is (the non-profit trade association) dedicated to supporting the creation, deployment and management of secure mobile services across the globe. Working in partnership with members and the wider mobile community, SIMalliance anticipates and addresses the security, identity and mobility challenges of an increasingly converged internet. Through its working groups the alliance seeks to offer the blueprint to create a secure, open and interoperable environment where mobile services thrive.
Each year SIMalliance brings the mobile industry together at its SIMposium series of events; showcasing new technologies, discussing emerging models and tackling key market challenges and also hosts the annual SIMagine competition, recognising the very best in secure mobile application and service creation.
Its membership is responsible for delivering the most widely distributed mobile application platform in the world (SIM/USIM).
SIMalliance members are Datang, Eastcompeace, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Inkript, Kebt, Oberthur Technologies, Prism, Morpho, Valid, Watchdata & Wuhan Tianyu.
SIMalliance Strategic Partners are Comprion, FCI and Movenda.
SIMalliance – Security Identity Mobility

The UMTS Forum helps all players in the dynamic new value chain of Mobile Broadband understand and profit from the opportunities of 3G/UMTS networks and their Long Term Evolution (LTE).

Participating actively in the work of the ITU, the UMTS Forum contributes to the EC and CEPT and is an ETSI Observer and Market Representation Partner in the Third Generation Partnership Project, contributing to their standardisation work of mobile broadband and licensing and deployment of mobile broadband globally.

The UMTS Forum delivers regular studies on market trends, mobile broadband services and applications, key growth markets, spectrum/regulation, technology and implementation.

WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) builds mobile developer communities and amplifies their voice in the ecosystem. Our Developer Marketing Agency services complement and strengthen developer and partner relations programs. Our WIPJam events are popular around the world as fun, interactive unconferences that are serious about No PPT, No Panels and No Ties! Our on-line Developer Resource Portal and Marketplace, AppStore Catalog, Mobile Community Calendar, Global Partnerships and our own Community connects developers and start ups to information, resources and tools that they need to reduce cycle times, increase innovation and get to market faster.

For more information please visit: www.wipconnector.com