GCF and TCCA are organising a joint workshop on May 17th 2024, following the last day of the Critical Communications World 2024 in Dubai, U.A.E. The workshop and meeting are kindly hosted by Airbus.

The workshop will aim to build on all previous workshops, and to continue the important discussionsaround realising a successful Mission Critical Services Certification Programme for MCS products and solutions. In addition, it will provide an opportunity to hear from local stakeholders to understand the regional requirements and ensure alignment with industry.

GCF and TCCA have established a permanent Mission Critical Services Workstream (MCS WS) within the GCF. This comprises key industry players and subject matter experts from GCF and TCCA member companies, who are in the process of developing the key requirements for testing mission critical services, as well as defining the policies and procedures for the certification program. The team has established testing scope for both Conformance Testing and Field Trials testing and is working to develop Interoperability and Performance testing criteria.

The MCS certification program will ensure that the dependability and resilience that are core characteristics of narrowband services such as TETRA are carried forward into the 4G/5G ecosystem. In 1999, TCCA created and continues to manage the world-leading TETRA Interoperability (IOP) process that underpins the continued success of TETRA around the world. GCF has more than 25 years of best practices in managing certification of wireless products for the telecoms industry.

To register your attendance, please visit the registration link or contact GCF via email at mcs@globalcertificationforum.org