\tA coalition of top vendors, operators and government agencies backed an effort by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and The Critical Communications Association (TCCA) to begin development of a certification programme for mission critical services, a move designed to streamline testing and reduce deployment costs.<\/p>\n
Ericsson, standards body ETSI, Huawei, Motorola Solutions, Orange, Samsung, Sprint, Telecom Italia and the UK Home Office were listed among a variety of operators, vendors and organisations backing the effort.<\/p>\n
GCF and TCCA will initially focus on determining how best to ensure interoperability and security in mission-critical push-to-talk, data and video implementations. Their work will also assess the availability of suitable equipment for conformance testing, and develop a management and governance scheme for the programme.<\/p>\n
Initial work is expected to be completed in H1.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, the groups stated creation of a new certification system will help support a multi-vendor market with a wide variety of equipment, competitive pricing and rapid rollout of new products.<\/p>\n
GCF CEO Lars Nielsen added in a separate statement the programme will offer \u201cconfidence that everything possible has been done by the manufacturer to guarantee delivery of the highest quality of service for users\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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