Cell Broadcast Forum - What is Cell Broadcast Forum

The CBF is an industry-wide initiative

to promote simple and easy-to-use, interoperable Cell Broadcast service solutions
to improve the technology and underlying standards
to develop the Cell Broadcast market
to maximize business for the mobile and related industry

Operating as an independent organisation, the Forum is open to all members of the mobile communications community involved in Cell Broadcast:

mobile operators
content providers
handset / network manufactures
solution providers
media companies
etc.

The Forum objectives are:

to contribute to the development of the CB market
to promote and stimulate interest in it
to execute and commission surveys
to establish contact between involved parties
to share ideas and experiences
to develop visions

To create common standpoint regarding handset, BSS and Cell Broadcast Centre functionality

to promote and demonstrate interoperability
to secure long term evolution of the Cell Broadcast technology
to address standardisation issues such as

Handset functionality
Allocation of message identifiers
and others

to liaise with other bodies such as

GSM Association
ETSI
WAP Forum
Location Interoperability Forum
3rd Generation Partnership Program
and others

All Objectives of the CBF and its operations shall be built on an open and non-discriminatory basis.