Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Mobile Manufacturers Forum |
| Acronym: |
MMF
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| Legal status: |
international association
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| Website address: |
http://www.mmfai.org
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade, business & professional associations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Michael Milligan
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| Position: |
Secretary General |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Thomas Barmüller
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| Position: |
Director EMEA |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
80 Blvd. A. Reyers Diamant Building
Brussels 1030
BELGIUM
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| Telephone number: |
(+32 2) 706 85 67 |
| Fax number: |
(+32 2) 706 85 69 |
| Other contact information: |
The MMF has offices in Belgium, Brazil and Hong Kong.
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The MMF is an international association of telecommunications equipment manufacturers with an interest in mobile or wireless communications. Established in 1998, the association mission is to facilitate joint funding of key research projects and cooperation on standards, regulatory issues and communications concerning the safety of wireless technology, accessibility and environmental issues.
The MMF has offices in Belgium, Brazil and Hong Kong and is currently active in more than 30 countries, as well as supporting an extensive international research program.
Our key areas of interest and activity include:
Research in the field of health and safety of mobile communications equipment
· The MMF’s goal in research is to promote the highest quality independent research that provides relevant data to develop sound public policy. MMF funds research to answer important scientific questions. To achieve this, the MMF has responded to the research recommendations of the World Health Organization's Electromagnetic Fields Project and has coordinated its global activities to correspond with these recommendations.
· Only by enhancing the existing scientific database relating to radio frequency EMF will it be possible to perform an independent health risk assessment recognised by the scientific community as well as by Government and Statutory bodies.
National and international consensus standards
· The MMF’s goal in standards is to have a globally harmonised and consistent approach to conformance and compliance tests and that all safety standards be based on the best available scientific data.
· The MMF coordinates its inputs and contributes relevant expertise within standards-setting processes.
· The MMF commissions quality research in support of standards.
Regulatory policy
· The MMF’s regulatory activities are focussed on developing and presenting the views of the mobile industry to regulatory agencies and authorities in a globally coordinated manner.
· The MMF also responds to requests for information, or assistance, by national and international bodies in relation to the safety of wireless technology, accessibility and environmental issues.
Public communications
· The MMF’s communications activity is designed to provide high quality public information and analysis on the safety of wireless technology, accessibility and environmental issues.
· The MMF supports national trade associations by providing a source of information that is based on the pooled resources and networks of our member companies.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Due to MMF's scope it maintains relations to the EP and the EC and focusses on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health as well as on environment issues related to mobile communications infrastructure and e-accessibility.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Consumer Affairs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- Information Society
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
- Research and Technology
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The MMF engages in a minimum amount of lobbying activity.
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