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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 fees for joining the MIPI Alliance are set out below.

  Adopters Contributors Promoters Founders
Annual Fees1 ($) 8,000 32,000 40,000 40,000
Note1 : If a company's turnover including all its subsidiaries is below $250 million per year then the fees are discounted by 50% for that year. The applicant must provide evidence that annual revenue is less than $250 million per year.

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:

  1. Join the MIPI Alliance as an Adopter.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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