The significant inclusion of TSDSI and its members into the oneM2M standards development process helps extend the reach of the partnership into the important Indian market and enable globally interoperable solutions for the Internet of Things.
Dr. Asok Chatterjee, Director General, TSDSI said "Joining one M2M as a full Partner enables TSDSI to bring the strong voice of India's technical abilities and market potential to the full range of both standards development and management activities within the global oneM2M community."
GlobalPlatform's participation will help ensure that oneM2M will satisfy the future security demands of the Internet of Things. "We're happy to formalize our relationship with oneM2M," comments Kevin Gillick, Executive Director of GlobalPlatform. "oneM2M documents already reference GlobalPlatform Card and Device Specifications and working more closely will benefit the evolution of specifications within both organizations. This will in turn standardize the development, deployment and management of M2M technology and applications, saving time and money."
Dr. Fran O'Brien (Cisco - TIA member), oneM2M Steering Committee Chair said "The inclusion of TSDSI as a oneM2M Partner further expands the global acceptance of oneM2M specifications. We look forward to working with our colleagues in TSDSI, including members providing technology expertise and leadership within India, to further progress the goals and objectives of oneM2M."
Dr. Omar Elloumi (Alcatel Lucent â " ATIS member), oneM2M Technical Plenary Chair said "GlobalPlatform's specifications are an important framework to perform secure transactions across the Internet of Things. oneM2M has considered security from the outset, not as an afterthought. We are delighted to have GlobalPlatform on board, together we will deliver security for the Internet of Things."
With over 200 companies contributing to its work as members of the Partner SDOs, oneM2M is building on the February announcement of the publication of oneM2M Release 1 specifications to create truly interoperable and scalable frameworks that enable the Internet of Things to grow and thrive.
oneM2M actively encourages companies, industry associations, and forums with specific application requirements to participate in oneM2M, in order to ensure that the solutions developed support their specific needs. For more information, including how to join and participate in oneM2M, see: www.onem2m.org.
About GlobalPlatform: www.globalplatform.org
GlobalPlatform is a cross industry, not-for-profit association which identifies, develops and publishes specifications which facilitate the secure and interoperable deployment and management of multiple embedded applications on secure chip technology. Its proven technical specifications are regarded as the international industry standard for building a trusted end-to-end solution which serves multiple actors and supports several business models.
The freely available specifications provide the foundation for market convergence and innovative new cross-sector partnerships. The technology has been adopted globally across finance, mobile/telecom, government, healthcare, retail and transit sectors. GlobalPlatform also supports an open compliance program ecosystem to ensure the long-term interoperability of secure chip technology.
As a member-driven association with cross-market representation from all world continents, GlobalPlatform membership is open to any organization operating within this landscape. Its 130+ members contribute to technical committees and market-led task forces.
About TSDSI: www.tsdsi.org
The Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) aims at developing and promoting India-specific requirements, standardizing solutions for meeting these requirements and contributing these to international standards, contributing to global standardization in the field of telecommunications, maintaining the technical standards and other deliverables of the organization, safe-guarding the related IPR, helping create manufacturing expertise in the country, providing leadership to the developing countries (such as in South Asia, South East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.) in terms of their telecommunications-related standardization needs.
About oneM2M: www.onem2m.org
oneM2M is a global organization creating a scalable and interoperable standard for communications of devices and services used in M2M applications and the Internet of Things. Formed as a partnership of the world's preeminent standards development organizations, oneM2M membership today consists of thought leaders from industries including industrial manufacturers and suppliers, consumer device manufacturers, component suppliers, and telecommunications service providers. oneM2M specifications, available at http://www.onem2m.org/technical/published-documents, provide a framework to support applications and services such as the smart grid, connected car, home automation, public safety, and health.
oneM2M Partner standards development organizations are: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (America), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (America), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC (Japan). Additional partners contributing to the oneM2M work include: the BBF (Broadband Forum), Continua, GlobalPlatform, HGI (Home Gateway Initiative), the New Generation M2M Consortium - Japan, and OMA (Open Mobile Alliance).
