News and Press Releases

Dublin, Ireland - 14 February 2013

At their meeting in Dublin this week, the European Standards Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) agreed that they will maintain and intensify their collaboration with a view to aligning their standards, which is necessary in order to facilitate trade in both goods and services between Europe and the USA. This collaboration is set to become increasingly important as the European Union and United States are about to begin negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

Brussels - 30 January 2013

On the occasion of the European Conference on Smart Grid Standardization Achievements, which took place in Brussels this week (on 28 January), the European Standards Organizations – CEN, CENELEC and ETSI – presented the latest results of their joint work to prepare and develop the standards that are needed to accelerate the deployment of the next generation of electricity networks, known as 'Smart Grids'.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 22 January 2013

ETSI Industry Specification Group will develop requirements and architecture for virtualization of various functions of telecoms networks.

PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, and SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE, 19 November 2012

Agreement fosters continued collaboration and increases global visibility and coordination of standards.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 15 November 2012

The MSF (MultiService Forum), in conjunction with event partners ETSI (European Telecoms Standards Institute) and GSMA (GSM Association)  announced today the successful completion of the first ever RCS (Rich Communications Suite) VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) Interoperability Event, publishing the results in the official event white paper.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 15 November 2012

ETSI members have re-appointed Mr Dirk Weiler as chair of the ETSI General Assembly for a second term of office. The vice-chairs, Mr Klaus Tillmann and Mr Kari Marttinen, were also re-appointed to their positions.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 13 November 2012

ETSI launches a Cloud Standards Coordination initiative, and invites stakeholders to a kick-off workshop in Cannes on 4-5 December 2012.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 9 November 2012

ETSI's 3rd M2M workshop and interoperability demonstrations, held on 23-25 October 2012, shows that ETSI's M2M specifications are already mature and adopted by industry.

Bellevue, Washington, USA – 24 July 2012

New global organization will create technical specifications to ensure that Machine-to-Machine Communications can effectively operate on a worldwide scale.

ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France – 12 July 2012

In a ceremony at the ITU headquarters in Geneva on 3 July, the ETSI Director General and the ITU Secretary General have signed a wide ranging Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutes.