Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium

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Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC) is an international non-profit organization committed to mobile computing market development and expansion. MCPC members include organizations related to four industries: communications carriers, computer hardware manufacturers, software developers and system integrators.

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MCPC member organizations continually expand and evolve mobile computing systems, particularly by promoting strong relations with the Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA) in the United States.

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MCPC membership is segmented as follows:

  • Supporting Members: 69
  • Venture Square Members: 14
  • Executive Members: 12
  • Cooperation Partners: 12
  • International Cooperation Partners: 6

MCPC organizations facilitate the following objectives:

  • Research and implement measures addressing technical and operational issues
  • Promote joint research and development
  • Establish standards
  • Promote and disseminate plans and initiatives for implementing a more advanced, efficient and economic mobile computing system

MCPC activities include:

  • Researching mobile computing system issues
  • Shaping and expanding the mobile computing system market
  • Improving global interconnectivity
  • Contributing to a multimedia/communications based mobile computing infrastructure
  • Exchanging mobile system data with worldwide organizations
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