News

ETSI specifications on licensed shared spectrum successfully implemented in the Netherlands for the entertainment industry

Sophia Antipolis, 8 July 2019

After a successful pilot in 2017, the Dutch administration (Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands) has decided to implement Licensed Shared Access (LSA) technology, based on ETSI specifications.

ETSI hosts another successful Security Week

Sophia Antipolis, 21 June 2019

ETSI Security Week 2019 (17-21 June) attracted over 300 attendees to ETSI’s headquarters to listen to presentations and engage in panel discussions and networking with leading experts in cybersecurity from industry, universities, governmental bodies and national security agencies.

ETSI releases specification for Smart Body Area Networks to facilitate eHealth

Sophia Antipolis,  20 May 2019

The ETSI Technical Committee Smart BAN has recently published ETSI TS 103 327, a standard for Smart Body Area Networks.

The latest ETSI Annual report is now out!

Sophia Antipolis, 17 May 2019

The new ETSI Annual Report provides an overview of ETSI’s activities and achievements in 2018.

First ETSI NFV API conformance test event in remote mode

Sophia Antipolis, 10 May 2019

From February 4 to April 15, 2019, ETSI organized a remote NFV API Plugtests® event with the support of its Centre for Testing and Interoperability. The Remote NFV API Plugtests was not only the first to be entirely remote; it was also the first entirely dedicated to the testing of NFV APIs.

ETSI launches a new group on information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities

Sophia Antipolis, 3 May 2019

ETSI has recently launched a new Industry Specification Group on a European Common Information Sharing Environment Service and Data Model (ISG CDM). The ETSI group will define technical standards to allow data exchange among different maritime legacy systems in a cooperative network. Enhancing information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities is one of the key strategic objectives of the European Union under the Integrated Maritime Policy with increased coordination between different policy areas (transport, environmental protection, fisheries control, border control, general law enforcement, customs and defence).

oneM2M announced as the “Top IoT Standards Body of the Year”

Sophia Antipolis, 9 April 2019

On April 8, winners for the 7^th Annual Compass Intelligence Awards in IoT, Mobile, and Emerging Tech were announced. oneM2M was the winner in the category “Top IoT Standards Body of the Year”. ETSI is a founding partner of the oneM2M partnership project, along with 6 other standards bodies, ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, TTA, TTC and TIA. TSDSI joined the project in 2015.

ETSI Artificial Intelligence Summit puts things into perspective

Sophia Antipolis, 5 April 2019

Luis Jorge Romero, the ETSI Director-General, opened the day’s proceedings by recognizing the quantity of “natural intelligence” attending the ETSI summit on AI. Dirk Weiler, the ETSI Board Chair, launched the debate by asking the provocative question to the audience: “does AI really need standardization?”.

2019 ETSI Fellows unveiled at General Assembly award ceremony

Sophia Antipolis, 3 April 2019

On 2 April during the 73^rd General Assembly dinner, ETSI unveiled its three 2019 ETSI Fellows for their outstanding contribution to ETSI’s work. Awards were granted to Roberto Macchi, David Chater-Lea and Friedhelm Hillebrand.

The award ceremony took place in the beautiful Domaine de Barbossi, a resort comprising high class hotel and restaurants, a golf and tennis course and a country club, located in Mandelieu la Napoule on the Côte d’Azur.

ETSI re-elects Director-General Luis Jorge Romero

Sophia Antipolis, 2 April 2019

During their 73^rd General Assembly, 2-3 April 2019, ETSI members re-elected the current ETSI Director-General Mr. Luis Jorge Romero with an overwhelming majority on the first ballot.