{"id":244,"date":"2020-05-04T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T10:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2020-05-04T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T10:53:21","slug":"tcca-webinar-series-2020-mcs-taasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/tcca-webinar-series-2020-mcs-taasting\/","title":{"rendered":"TCCA Webinar Series 2020: MCS-TaaSting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>10th June 2020 | 16:15 CEST<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/6900665124750051597?source=MCS-TaaSting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Register Here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lack of certification programs for critical broadband has allowed the misuse of the MCPTT\/MCData\/MCVideo terms with vendors making ambiguous claims such as \u20183GPP aligned\u2019, \u2018MCPTT ready\/capable\/forward-compatible\u2019 and so on, thus jeopardising customer confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The innovative Mission Critical Services Testing-as-a-Service approach (MCS-TaaSting) aims to fulfil the specific needs of the mission critical community in terms of flexible conformance testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will allow the industry to prove the 3GPP standards-compliance of their implementations and will give users and operators the confidence to buy compliant products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This webinar is for vendors, users, operators, test houses \u2013 for anyone in the critical communications ecosystem looking for future proof and interoperable implementations of mission critical services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCS-TaaSting project is led by the Networking, Quality and Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/det.bi.ehu.es\/NQAS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NQaS<\/a>) research group from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehu.eus\/en\/en-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of the Basque Country<\/a> (UPV\/EHU), supported by leading organisations in critical communications; industry associations and testing experts including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enensys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ENENSYS Technologies<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gridgears.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GridGears<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nemergent-solutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nemergent Solutions<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pstalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PSTA<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonimtech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sonim<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tcca.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TCCA<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.tamu.edu\/centers\/internet2-technology-evaluation-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Texas A&amp;M University<\/strong> <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCS-TaaSting project work is performed under the financial assistance award 70NANB20H005 from the US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr Fidel Liberal, Coordinator of MCS-TaaSting project, University of the Basque Country<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FidelLiberal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FidelLiberal.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FidelLiberal-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>Dr Fidel Liberal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fidel is a recognised expert in the mission critical communications environment. He currently works at the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU) where he leads different mission critical communications and 5G related R&amp;D projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the coordinator of both the MCS-TaaSting and Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP) initiatives. He has served as technical expert in NG112 and the ETSI MCX PlugtestsTM and has also co-founded two security and mission critical communications related spin-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Proestler, founder and CEO, GridGears<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcstaasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MichaelProestler.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\"\/><figcaption>Michael Proestler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As founder and CEO of GridGears, Michael Proestler drives the company vision of standard compliant, highly efficient and interconnected emergency services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Vienna University of Technology in 2008 with a master\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Michael gathered a lot of experience as a software engineer, designing and implementing mission critical systems for public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having acquired additional knowledge as a consultant within the sector, Michael later founded GridGears in 2017 with the mission to drive, support and realize standard compliant public safety services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/6900665124750051597?source=MCS-TaaSting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Register Here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10th June 2020 | 16:15 CEST Register Here A lack of certification programs for critical broadband has allowed the misuse of the MCPTT\/MCData\/MCVideo terms with vendors making ambiguous claims such as \u20183GPP aligned\u2019, \u2018MCPTT ready\/capable\/forward-compatible\u2019 and so on, thus jeopardising customer confidence. 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