Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 450MHz Alliance today formalised a new partnership with the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will see a GCF certification initiative extend to users of the 450MHz band.

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has announced that u-blox is the first company to certify a product under its new IoT chipset certification scheme (started in January this year). This latest GCF programme is designed for chipsets covering NB-IoT and LTE-M and facilitates the easy integration of embedded chipsets into modules and devices. The u-blox UBX-R5 Cat-M1 chipset is the first product to achieve certification under the new scheme.

Immediate availability of its oneM2M certification programme has been announced by Global Certification Forum (GCF). This follows on from an official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing earlier this year with the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA).

It has been announced that the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) have agreed a collaborative framework under which they will combine their resources and expertise to accelerate the global introduction of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) products.

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has announced the inclusion of LTE-based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications technologies within its certification programme. The specific technologies covered by this certification are based on 'LTE sidelink' - an adaptation of core LTE standards as defined in 3GPP release 14, allowing for communication between two or more nearby devices.