The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has launched the Initial Terminal Device Definition (ITDD) document, which provides the generic definitions required for next generation devices and demonstrates the Alliance’s commitment to providing support across the entire next generation marketplace including devices and networks.
A major objective of the NGMN Alliance is to ensure that next generation devices are available when the network is commercially available in 2010. The industry requires complete synchronicity of next generation devices, networks and services for a successful launch. The ITDD project was initiated to determine the requirements for user equipment for delivery in 2010. It defined devices that are enabled to serve common requirements while at the same time providing enough customisation to be regionally useful.
This document has initiated a sequence of Executive Workshops on Devices where all NGMN partners are committed to participate and the alliance continues to put a major focus in its work plan on the critical success factors in the device area including early device availability and capabilities, certification, test cases and IPR matters. The ITDD document can be downloaded at www.bbngmn.org.