11 Facts About ETSI

1.

ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of information and communications.

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ETSI was set up in 1988 by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations following a proposal from the European Commission.

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ETSI is the officially recognized body with a responsibility for the standardization of Information and Communication Technologies .

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ETSI develops standards in key global technologies such as: GSM™, TETRA, 3G, 4G, 5G, DECT™.

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ETSI has more than 900 member organizations worldwide from 65 countries and five continents.

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ETSI is a European Standardization Organization and as such provides standards and specifications to support European Union legislation and public policies.

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ETSI has set up a portfolio of over 100 active partnership agreements with fora, consortia and international and regional Standards Development Organisations located all over the world in order to improve co-operation and thus facilitate the convergence of technologies.

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ETSI is a founding partner of two major international partnership projects, the Third Generation Partnership Project for 4G and 5G mobile communication and oneM2M that produces standards for IoT communications.

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ETSI standards are available free of charge and can be downloaded from the ETSI website.

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10.

ETSI has created a Centre for Testing and Interoperability which mission is to provide hands-on support for testing and validation techniques to the different ETSI technical committees, 3GPP™ and oneM2M.

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ETSI has developed a comprehensive suite of educational materials on ICT standardization in collaboration with the EC and EFTA.

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