WG2 is the primary technical body of the Open Device Alliance, responsible for defining the use cases, technical requirements, and specifications that characterize a Private Cellular Network (PCN) ready device. WG2 translates the operational realities of enterprise PCN deployments into structured, testable specifications. These specifications enable device OEMs, network vendors, and enterprise operators to implement standardized features, allow WG1 to test and validate devices, and empower WG3 to issue the "ODA Enabled" certification.
Every task group solves a real-world enterprise problem that lacks a viable workaround. WG2 owns the full scope of device-side feature and functionality gaps that prevent PCNs from operating as enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Private Cellular Networks are emerging as critical enterprise infrastructure across manufacturing, industrial, logistics, healthcare, mining, public safety, and smart city verticals. However, the absence of a consistent, publicly available device certification standard forces enterprises to independently validate device behavior. This fragmented approach is expensive, inconsistent, and needlessly duplicated by every enterprise and systems integrator in the market.
WG2 eliminates this systemic inefficiency at the source by producing the shared technical specifications that definitively define what it means to be “PCN-ready.”
Device attachment to non-MNO PLMN IDs across 4G and 5G. Covers MDM delivery, EF_FPLMN management, and OEM allowed-list requirements. TG1 is ODA's highest-priority task group and the prerequisite for all subsequent TG certifications.
PCN band activation via CarrierConfig, IPCC, and MDM without OEM factory modification. Delivers the ODA PCN Band Registry and Device Band Disclosure Framework. Without enabled bands, PLMN attachment cannot translate to functional PCN connectivity.
PCN as bearer to MNO ePDG/IMS for Backup Calling — enabling enterprise workers to use their standard MSISDN for voice calls routed through the PCN without requiring any on-premises IMS infrastructure.
Have a device interoperability gap in a live PCN deployment? Document it and submit it to WG2 for evaluation as a new task group.
Submit a Use Case ›ODA members participate in working group sessions, vote on charters and specifications, and shape the ODA Enabled device program.
Apply for Membership ›All ODA working group documents are publicly accessible at every stage — from first draft through ratification.
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