GCF Third Party Assessment Capable Entities (TP-ACEs)
A Third Party ACE is an Observer Member or Manufacturer Member company that has declared to GCF as having the technical competence, to determine the GCF Certification Criteria requirements applicable to a Product and assess the compliance of a Product against those requirements.
A full list of TP-ACEs can be found on the GCF Members Portal.
TP-ACEs that are active in Mission Critical Services include:
| Test Organisation | Country | City, Country |
| cetecom advanced | Germany | https://cetecomadvanced.com/ |
| Ericsson Device & Network Testing | Germany | https://www.ericsson.com/ |
| IOT & Approval Solutions | United Kingdom | https://iotas-global.com/ |
| Marquis Technologies | India | https://www.marquistech.com/ |
| SGS Taiwan | Taiwan | https://www.sgs.com/en |
GCF Recognised Test Organisations (RTOs)
All device and client testing associated with GCF certification must be undertaken by a GCF Recognised Test Organisation (RTO). RTOs are GCF members who have demonstrated they possess the experience, qualifications and systems to assess devices against GCF's Certification Criteria.
RTOs with Mission Critical Services in the scope of their ISO 17025 accreditation include:
MCX Conformance RTOs
| Test Organisation | Accreditation Standard |
Country | Web link | City, Country |
| AstaZero | ISO 17025: 2017 | Sweden | 3GPP MCPTT | https://astazero.ri.se/ |
| cetecom advanced | ISO 17025:2017 | Germany | 3GPP MCPTT | https://cetecomadvanced.com/ |
| Marquis Technologies | ISO 17025: 2017 | India | 3GPP MCPTT | https://www.marquistech.com/ |
| SGS Taiwan | ISO 17025: 2017 | Taiwan | 3GPP MCPTT | https://www.sgs.com/en |
MCX Interoperability RTOs
| Test Organisation | Accreditation Standard |
Country | Web link | City, Country |
| Ericsson Device & Network Testing | ISO 17025: 2017 | Germany | 3GPP TS.11 MCS (Annex N) | https://www.ericsson.com/ |
| AstaZero | Sweden | Under transition period | https://astazero.ri.se/ |
MCX Field Trial RTOs
| Test Organisation | Accreditation Standard |
Country | Web link | City, Country |
| IOT & Approval Solutions | ISO 17025: 2017 | United Kingdom | 3GPP TS.11 MCS (Annex N) | https://iotas-global.com/ |
| Marquis Technologies | ISO 17025: 2017 | India | 3GPP TS.11 MCS (Annex N) | https://www.marquistech.com/ |