The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) says that it has launched conformance process (OMTP Product Profile), which will process statements of conformance against approved OMTP recommendations. An OMTP Product Profile statement enables OMTP members and participants to state conformance at product and component levels using a simple and intuitive portal.
The information is made publicly available via the same portal enabling network operators, device manufacturers and platform and technology providers to quickly compare and contrast technology offerings. Four OMTP participants have already made statements; these are Discretix, VirtualLogix, Spansion and Symbian. These statements are made against two of OMTP's 12 approved recommendations, Trusted Environment TR0 (Discretix, VirtualLogix and Spansion) and Signing Scheme Requirements (Symbian).
OMTP commissioned Geoff Preston Associates Ltd to help them define and implement the conformance process. The aim of the process is to deliver base functionality in support of early statements of conformance prior to the full launch which will include enhanced portal functionality and an extended feature set. The full launch is scheduled for Q1 2007.
Tim Raby, Managing Director of OMTP said, "We are extremely pleased to see these early statements from a number of our participant members. The combination of OMTP's published recommendations and the new OMTP Product Profile process provide a powerful tool to deliver enhanced, simplified and secure usability for the mobile phone user and to encourage wider adoption of data services to further enrich the user experience. These early statements and our operator members inclusion of the requirements in their device requirement documents, demonstrates the benefits of making Product Profile statements and will also help us to refine the process prior to full launch early next year." "
Posted to the site on 29th November 2006
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