UMTS Forum

UMTS Forum is an open cross sector and independent organisation founded on 16th December 1996in Zürich, Switzerland, as a non-profit association under Swiss law with the aim to enhance the modular
3G/UMTS concept, which takes full regard of the trend of convergence of existing and future informationnetworks, devices and services, and the potential synergies that can be derived from such convergence.

Following successful global implementation of UMTS, focus changed to upgrades and evolution of UMTS. Currently mobile operators are implementing HSPA (High Speed Packet Access), which will be followed by LTE (Long Term Evolution). This change is also reflected in activities of UMTS Forum.

UMTS Forum is very active in different standardization and regulation organizations like ITU, ETSI/3GPP, EC and CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations.

Steering Group

* Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Chairman
* Dr Klaus Kohrt, Vice Chairman
* Thomas Sidenbladh, Vice Chairman
* Anne Tuulia Leino, Spectrum Aspects Group Chairman
* Bosco Fernandes, Chairman, Joint UMTS Forum-GSM-A Mobile TV Group
* Peter Zidar, Chairman Operators Group
* Werner Wiedermann, Vice Chairman Operators Group
* Halina Uryga, ITU Advisor
* Adrian Scrase, ETSI Observer

References

* [http://www.umts-forum.org UMTS Forum]
* [http://www.umts-forum.org/content/blogcategory/304/127/ UMTS Forum's Steering Group]