The WWRF, or Wireless World Research Forum, is a global organization in telecommunications, which was founded in August 2001.

The objective of the WWRF is to formulate visions on strategic future research directions in the wireless

Wireless

Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...

 field among industry and academia, and to generate, identify, and promote research areas and technical trends for mobile and wireless system technologies.

The WWRF contributes to work done within the ITU

Itu

Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...

, UMTS Forum

UMTS Forum

UMTS Forum is an open cross sector and independent organization founded on 16 December 1996in Zürich, Switzerland, as a non-profit association under Swiss law with the aim to enhance the modular...

, ETSI, 3GPP

3GPP

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, known as the Organizational Partners...

, 3GPP2, IETF, and other relevant bodies regarding commercial and standardisation issues.