ETSI, with the support of the ETSI TC MSG (Mobile Standards Group), TC EMTEL (Emergency Telecommunications) and EENA (The European Emergency Number Association), is organizing the NG (Next Generation) eCall Plugtests 2025 event, which will take place from 10th to 13th of June 2025 in Bonn, Germany. This event will be hosted by Deutsche Telekom.
Recent amendments of Delegated Regulations (EU) No 305/2013 and (EU) 2015/758 require deployment of NG eCall equipment from 1st of January 2026. This event will allow to verify the interoperability of the different components that constitute the European Next Generation Emergency Communication architecture.
The NG eCall testing event aims at increasing the level of interoperability between IVS (In-Vehicle System) and PSAP (Public Service Answering Point) to provide the NG eCall service via a packet switched wireless communications network using IMS (Internet protocol Multimedia System) and 4/5G wireless access.
Testing will focus on interoperability of the Next Generation eCall over 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) between the In-Vehicle Systems (IVS) and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP), supporting the Next Generation eCall.
Testing will be based on the ETSI TS 103 683 (NG eCall: HLAP Interoperability Testing). NG eCall conformance tests, based on EN 17240:2024, as well as other testing activities can be provided by participating companies to complement the interoperability tests.
The event will allow to run interoperability testing for advanced emergency services scenarios, giving the priority to provide ‘real’ infrastructure from European Mobile Network Operators, especially an actual 4G network instead of a simulated one. It will help enrich the testing by bringing real use case scenario and move on to the next steps for vendors to deploy the next generation of a European Emergency Services network. This is why Deutsche Telekom will host the event and provide a real mobile network infrastructure for the testing.
In Vehicle System (IVS) and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) vendors are invited to join the event. The NG eCall Plugtests 2025 event offers the opportunity for vendors to run interoperability test sessions using predefined test descriptions.
This activity is co-funded by the European Commission and the EFTA.
The event will be held in Bonn, Germany. Address of the venue will be available soon.
Important: We assure our participants, members and partners that ETSI is monitoring the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic very closely and will ensure all necessary initiatives will be taken in accordance with the instructions of the local government authorities. We recommend flexible booking of hotel / flights accordingly.
REGISTRATION
All participants are expected to register individually to this event. The first person from an organization to register for the event will be de facto the official contact for technical and administrative matters.
The registration deadline was 16th of April 2025. For registered organisations wishing to make changes to their teams, contact plugtests@etsi.org.
The event is free of charge.
RoE and NDA
By registering for the NG eCall Plugtests 2025 event, participating organisations will be asked to sign the Rules of Engagement (RoE) and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which they will receive upon registration for signature. These RoE and NDA will cover this remote Plugtests event.
Upon signature of the RoE and NDA sent to the official contact, the participants will receive their credentials for the NG eCall Plugtests wiki and will be subscribed to the event’s mailing list.
Participants will not be allowed to participate in the event if the RoE and NDA of the event have not been signed by a representative of their company. The deadline to return the signed RoE and NDAs to ETSI is 25th of April 2025.
All vendors must actively participate in the testing. ‘Observing' vendors are not allowed.
Observers are allowed if they belong to Government organisations, operators, users, agencies or regulators.
Vendors and Observers must sign the RoE and NDA.
The Report on the previous event can be downloaded at: Technical Report 2nd NG eCall Plugtests
