The Network Vendors Interoperability Testing (NVIOT) Forum is an informal group of leading 3GPP-based wireless equipment suppliers.
The members of the NVIOT forum are committed to interoperability testing and open-standards. The group's intent is to ensure that their equipment/solutions will interoperate from the very beginning, and therefore enable rapid establishment of multi-vendor networks.
The NVIOT Forum also aims at identifying common IOT methodology and procedures to improve and optimize the IOT process. See Scope of Work for more information on the activities within the NVIOT Forum which are carried out to achieve these aims.
It is expected that operators will significantly benefit from this initiative. It will allow identification and solution of interoperability issues early on, improving the quality of tests and associated documentation, and reduce network integration costs and facilitate the commercial deployment of mobile systems.