OMA Opens TestFest Registration for October 2016 in Singapore

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - August 16, 2016) - The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) today announced that registration is open for the next OMA TestFest, which will be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore. Testing will take place Monday, October 24 through Wednesday, October 26 from 9:00 to 18:00 daily. Registration is open until the deadline on Friday, September 9, 2016 for both client and server implementations. The TestFest is open to any organization including both OMA members and non-members for testing client or server implementations of LWM2M, as well as any OMA Enabler for which there are 3 clients and 3 servers registered.

The OMA Interoperability Process (IOP) defines Interoperability testing events designed to ensure the quality of OMA specifications and enable vendors to verify and test the interoperability of their product implementations. IOP has been established around these regularly held testing events, which are commonly known as OMA TestFests. Hosted by OMA in a confidential and secure testing environment, companies can bring their implementations of OMA specifications to test in multiple multi-vendor combinations.

Among the OMA Enablers to be tested will be Lightweight M2M (LwM2M), a device management protocol designed for sensor networks and the demands of a machine-to-machine (M2M) environment. With LwM2M, OMA has responded to demand in the market, understanding that a common standard for managing lightweight and low power devices on a variety of networks is necessary to realize the potential of IoT. The LwM2M test cases to be used for this event can be found on the bottom of the specifications page. Results of the most recent TestFest event are available online at: https://github.com/OpenMobileAlliance/OMA-LwM2M-Public-Review/wiki/2016-January-TestFest-Results.

"OMA is pleased to be able to provide a TestFest opportunity in Singapore this year, making it easier for companies based in Asia to participate," said Joaquin Prado, Director of Technical Programs at OMA. "During the last 12 months, we have held successful events in Europe and North America, and we look forward to an equally successful event in Singapore."

Participants can find out more information about this TestFest and register at http://openmobilealliance.org/event/oma-testfest-event-october-2016/. Additional information about OMA TestFest events in general can be found at http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/testfest-overview. Event Manager, Megan Leonard may be reached via email at MLeonard@omaorg.org or via telephone at: +1 858-623-0744.

About Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)

OMA is the leading industry forum for developing market driven, interoperable mobile service enablers. OMA was formed by the world's leading mobile operators, device and network suppliers, information technology companies and content providers as the industry focal point for the development of mobile service enabler specifications. OMA is a non-profit organization that delivers open specifications for creating interoperable services that work across all geographical boundaries, on any bearer network. OMA's specifications support the billions of new and existing terminals across a variety of wireless networks, including traditional cellular operator networks and emerging networks supporting machine-to-machine device communications for the Internet of Things (IoT). New work in OMA is leading to the development of next generation mobile services in areas such as Device Management, LBS, IoT, APIs and more. See www.openmobilealliance.org.