The Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium or ‘MCPC’, a voluntary association of Japan comprising of leading companies in the mobile system industry to promote mobile computing systems has reportedly announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Communications Society of IEEE (News - Alert) or ‘ComSoc’, a global community comprised of over 40,000 industry and academia professionals working for advancement of all communications technologies.

 

According to the memorandum, both groups will work together to enhance their respective training and certification programs in mobile and wireless technology. To supply the needed expertise for the mobile broadband industry, these programs have been designed to train engineers in mobile and wireless technology. The fast networks, powerful smartphones, innovative applications, and increasing customer penetration are leading to a very considerable growth in the mobile industry day by day.

 

MCPC aims at promoting awareness of its Mobile System Engineering Certification Program to IEEE ComSoc (News - Alert) constituents and the people who wish to undertake the Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies ‘WCET’ certification program by IEEE. The MoU will help MCPC achieve its goal, and will also attract the engineering practitioners proficient in Japanese towards entering the arena of wireless information and communications technology industry by enrolling for the Mobile System Engineering Certification Program.

 

IEEE ComSoc wants the IEEE WCET (News - Alert) Certification Program to be recognized as a standard testing and certification program for wireless communication professionals on a global level. Mainly, the organization is looking for the constituents, members, executive members, and successful candidates of the MCPC certificate program as the potential enrollers for its WCET program, and hopes the MoU to accelerate the process. Also, the engineers in Japan will also be encouraged to pursue certification by IEEE through the IEEE WCET program.

 

Both MCPC and IEEE ComSoc are looking forward for this partnership to bring bigger number of Information and Communication Technology of ‘ICT’ engineers in the arena of wireless industry, which will be helpful in further development of the sector.

 

According to Yasuhiko Yasuda, chair of MCPC, the MCPC Mobile System Engineering Certification Program was started in 2005, and is highly regarded by companies in Japan including operators and vendors. Yasuda said that the organization looks forward to gaining broader awareness of this program by working with IEEE ComSoc.

 

Celia Desmond (News - Alert), program director, IEEE WCET, said that the IEEE WCET certification program is increasingly becoming a preeminent method for demonstrating a thorough knowledge of key wireless technologies, global market implications and the ongoing development of new standards and applications.

 

Recently, IEEE introduced a new standard to synchronize audio and video communications, named IEEE P802.1Qav, which will improve streaming audio and video applications over bridged local-area networks.