Membership: Overview
The MIPI Alliance encourages all companies in the mobile industry to join, including those in the following industry segments:
- Mobile device manufacturers
- Semiconductor
- Software including OS
- Peripheral manufacturers
- IP providers
- Others
The MIPI Alliance has four levels of membership:
- Adopters can use MIPI Specifications to develop MIPI Compliant products and they both receive and grant licenses to do so.
- Contributors have all rights of Adopters plus the opportunity to help define MIPI Specifications by participating on the working groups. Contributors applications are reviewed by the Board of Directors.
- The Board may elect Promoters from the set of Contributors. Each Promoter has all rights of a Contributor plus a voting board seat. Promoters have limited, staggered terms may be elected (or re-elected) by the then-sitting board.
- Founders have all rights of a Promoter and a permanent board seat.
The annual dues for joining the MIPI Alliance are set out below. (See prorated dues.)
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Adopters |
Contributors |
Promoters |
Founders |
| Annual Dues (USD $) |
8,000 |
32,000 |
40,000 |
40,000 |
Annual Dues (USD $)
(50% Discount)1 |
4,000 |
16,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
Annual Dues (USD $)
(75% Discount)2 |
N/A |
8,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
Note1: Applies to Adopter and Contributor members only; if a company's turnover including all its subsidiaries is less than USD $250 million per year, then the dues are discounted by 50% for that year. The applicant must provide evidence that annual turnover (annual revenue) is less than $250 million per year.
Note2: Applies to Contributor members only; if a company's turnover including all its subsidiaries is less than USD $10 million per year, then the dues are discounted by 75% for that year. The applicant must provide evidence that annual turnover (annual revenue) is less than $10 million per year. The 75% discount is also applicable to any MIPI member which is a non-profit organization.
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Criteria for companies to join as
Adopters
The MIPI Alliance encourages every company in the mobile industry to
join.
Criteria for companies to join as
Contributors
Contributors should ideally:
- Be a leader in their field.
- Agree with the principle of open standards.
- Have technical expertise in specific areas of MIPI
specifications.
- Willing to provide technical resources to develop the
MIPI specifications.
The procedure to apply for contributor level membership of the
MIPI Alliance is:
- Join the MIPI
Alliance as an Adopter.
- Submit a presentation which describes how the MIPI Alliance
would benefit from Contributor level membership of the applying
company. The proposal must be 5 slides or fewer and should address
the characteristics noted above, with particular focus on your company's
technical expertise and available resources. Send your company presentation
to admin@mipi.org
in PDF format (preferred) or PPT.
- With a 75% approval of the Board, the company becomes a Contributor.
Criteria for companies to join as
Promoters
The number of promoters is limited to four by the MIPI Alliance
Bylaws. As such, this role is reserved for MIPI members who
are capable of contributing significant resources, expertise, and
industry impact. To become a Promoter, the company must first have been
approved by the Board as a Contributor. Secondly, a seat must be
available. With a 75% approval vote of the MIPI Board of Directors a
Contributor may become a Promoter and have a seat on the board for two
years.
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