ABOUT US
The NGMN Alliance (NGMN) is a forum founded by world-leading Mobile Network Operators and open to all Partners in the mobile industry. Its goal is to ensure that next generation network infrastructure, service platforms and devices will meet the requirements of operators and ultimately will satisfy end user demand and expectations. The vision of NGMN is to provide impactful industry guidance to achieve innovative, sustainable and affordable mobile telecommunication services for the end user with a particular focus on Mastering the Route to Disaggregation, Green Future Networks and 6G, whilst continuing to support 5G’s full implementation.
NGMN seeks to incorporate the views of all interested stakeholders in the telecommunications industry and is open to three categories of participants/NGMN Partners: Mobile Network Operators (Members), vendors, software companies and other industry players (Contributors), as well as research institutes (Advisors). NGMN invites all parties across the entire value chain to join the Alliance in these important endeavours.
We asked our Board Members where they do see the key value and industry impact of NGMN. Here is what they say.
Our CEO Anita Döhler speaks about the value of collaboration in an interview at the Connect Conference 2023.
VISION & MISSION
Vision
The vision of NGMN is to provide impactful guidance to achieve innovative, sustainable and affordable mobile telecommunication services for the end user with a particular focus on Mastering the Route to Disaggregation, Green Future Networks and 6G, whilst continuing to support 5G´s full implementation.
Mission
The mission of the NGMN Alliance is:
- to evaluate and drive technology evolution towards the three Strategic Focus Topics:
Mastering the route to disaggregation
Leading in the development of open, disaggregated, virtualised and cloud native solutions with a focus on the E2E Operating Model
GREEN FUTURE NETWORKS
Developing sustainable and environmentally conscious solutions
6G
Anticipating the emergence of 6G by highlighting key technological trends and societal requirements, as well as outlining use cases, requirements, and design considerations to address them- to define precise functional and non-functional requirements for the next generation of mobile networks
- to provide guidance to equipment developers standardisation bodies, and collaborative partners, leading to the implementation of a cost-effective network evolution
- to serve as a platform for information exchange within the industry, addressing urgent concerns, sharing experiences, and learning from technological challenges
- to identify and eliminate obstacles hindering the successful implementation of appealing mobile services.