(CDM) initiative: It defines a platform indepen- dent architecture to diagnose (discover, control, and retrieve) the health of computer systems in a multivendor environment. It is an extension of CIM in diagnostics. Two forums in the interoperability committee of DMTF are the CDM forum and system management forum. CDM forum: The main activity of the CDM forum is to support the develop- ment of test programs and software development kits that will help in devel- opment and integration of diagnostic modules based on CDM into CIM framework. System management forum: A major activity to ensure interoperability is checks to evaluate products compliance to standards. This forum handles the development of programs that checks a products conformance to DMTF standards on system management like DASH and SMASH. For an individual to register with DMTF, he must be the representative of a company that is already a member of DMTF. This means that the company in which the individual is working should have membership in DMTF. Company membership requires payment while representatives can register for free. DMTF Fundamentals of EMS, NMS and OSS/BSS conducts events to showcase their work. It also collaborates with other standard- izing forums in defining standards. Certification for individuals and products is also offered by DMTF. Web site: www.dmtf.org 7.5 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) The 3GPP, as the name signifies, is a collaboration project established in 1998. Some of the organizations that are part of the partnership are ARIB, CCSA, TTA, and TTC. It was formed with the intent of jointly developing standards and reports for a third generation mobile system. The current specifications cover aspects of both GSM based and CDMA technology, where 3GPP works mainly on GSM based standards including GPRS and EDGE, and 3GPP2 works on CDMA2000. Standards on IMS (IP multimedia subsystem), the backbone to all IP network, are also defined by 3GPP. 3GPP has a project coordination group (PCG) and a technical specification group