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Canada: SCC Decision Offers Potential Insight into Privacy Rights for Private-Sector Employees

In a significant decision focused on public employers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently held that Ontario public school boards are “government” and, as such, they are subject to the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), and their teachers are protected from unreasonable search and seizure in their places of employment. In York Region District School Board v.




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Netherlands issues guidance on using AI chatbots

Stephan Swinkels says some data breaches are inevitable and employers must move quickly to minimize the damage in the event of a breach.

International Employment Lawyer

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Politics in the Workplace and the Risks of Social Media

  • How employers address employees’ use of social media as a forum to engage on political issues entails a range of considerations.
  • Social media’s potential to reach an outsized audience compared to traditional venues for political discourse may increase the negative effects of controversial political speech in the workplace.




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The Risks Of Employee Political Discourse On Social Media

Bradford Kelley and James McGehee discuss the potential risks for employers when employees use social  media for political purposes.

Law360

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Private employers should consider this when navigating politics in the workplace

Joycelyn Stevenson shares four key points employers should consider when it comes to politics at work.

Nashville Business Journal

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Cybersecurity Considerations for Employers Sponsoring ERISA Plans

  • Cyber-criminals often steal funds and personal data from employee benefit plans.
  • Employers face increasing liability for failures in cybersecurity of the employee benefit plans they sponsor, including for the security of plan assets and data managed by service providers.
  • The DOL has updated its detailed guidance on cybersecurity for ERISA-covered benefit plans.




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Geopolitics, AI adoption, climate risk worrying European firms

Stephan Swinkels, Jan-Ove Becker and Deborah Margolis discuss findings from Littler’s 2024 European Employer Survey Report.

International Employment Lawyer

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EHRC race discrimination fund supported 27 cases in 2022/23

In light of news that the EHRC legal support scheme funded only 27 race discrimination cases during 2022-23, Philip Cameron and Lisa Cameron say it’s important that legal support schemes continue to support litigants in employment discrimination cases.

Personnel Today

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Economic concerns, AI top list of European employer concerns, study finds

Stephan Swinkels and Deborah Margolis discuss key findings in Littler’s 2024 European Employer Survey Report and what they mean for employers.

The Global Legal Post

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Nearly 3 in 4 European employers using AI in HR function – but risks a concern

Deborah Margolis talks about the importance of creating effective GenAI policies.

Human Resources Director America

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Day 1 Unfair Dismissal Right Risks Diversity And Justice Aims

Ben Smith discusses a UK proposal to abolish the two-year qualifying period for employees to bring an unfair dismissal claim against their employer.

Law 360

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Employers in Europe struggling to manage political discussions at work

Stephan Swinkels and Jan-Ove Becker discuss workplace issues that European employers are struggling with, including geopolitical events, political debates and LGBTQ+ rights. 

Human Resources Director Asia

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An Accidental Outcome? Alex MacDonald returns to discuss how the NLRA’s success has resulted in fewer unions & what might happen under a new administration in DC

Alex MacDonald discusses his article “The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law About Unions Achieved Its Goals by Giving Us Fewer Unions” on a podcast.

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Right To Disconnect Plan May Erode Firms' Long-Hours Culture

Ben Smith and Maya Beauville say the UK government's softened plan to grant employees the right to disconnect out of hours is unlikely to change the legal sector's entrenched long-hour culture anytime soon.

Law360

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AI in the Workplace: Labor Department Issues Best Practices for Employers

Bradford J. Kelley stresses to employers the importance of implementing safeguards when considering adopting AI technologies.

Thomson Reuters

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How different would Harris, Trump be for HR? 5 areas to watch

Michael Lotito, Jorge Lopez, Jim Paretti and Shannon Meade share their outlooks on the biggest changes that could be coming down the pike for HR after Election Day.

HR Executive

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Punching In: Su's Future at Labor Unclear Even if Harris Wins

Jim Paretti says resignations in the Labor Department are coming no matter who wins the 2024 election.

Bloomberg Law

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What A Trump Or Harris Win Means For Stalled Noncompete And Overtime Rules

Jim Paretti and Shannon Meade discuss how the election will affect the fate of overtime and noncompete laws.

Forbes

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Why You Haven’t Heard More About The Minimum Wage This Election Season

Shannon Meade says wage legislation on the hill has consistently failed and stalled in Congress, so states have been stepping up to fill the void.

Forbes

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Trump’s Populism Set to Clash With Senate GOP on Labor Nominees

Michael Lotito says to expect clashes between the populist and business-friendly wings of the GOP over Trump’s labor nominations.

Bloomberg Law

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Prized H-1B Worker Visas Threatened Amid Trump Immigration Plans

Jorge R. Lopez says the Trump administration’s regulatory agenda was stymied by legal battles and a slow transition the first time around, but could move much quicker to implement its immigration priorities in his second administration.

Bloomberg Law

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Texas Court to Weigh Overtime Rule With Trump Rescission Looming

While the state of Texas and businesses tries to convince a federal district court that the US DOL went beyond its authority with a rule expanding overtime protections, Jim Paretti says that if employers in Texas continue operating business as usual, they will be doing so at their own risk.

Bloomberg Law

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ETSI completed its first remote Mission Critical Plugtests event

ETSI completed its first remote Mission Critical Plugtests event

Sophia Antipolis, 11 February 2019

ETSI has just ended its third MCX Plugtests, which is the first remote PlugtestsTM within the MCX Plugtests programme, from 3 Dec 2018 until 31 Jan 2019.  

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ETSI re-elects Director-General Luis Jorge Romero

ETSI re-elects Director-General Luis Jorge Romero

Sophia Antipolis, 2 April 2019

During their 73rd 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.

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The latest ETSI Annual report is now out!

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.

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ETSI issues report on IoT devices for emergency communications

ETSI issues Report on IoT devices for emergency communications

Sophia Antipolis, 1st of August 2019

Since the Internet has matured, society has become more interconnected, as have the devices used to enhance everyday lives.

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ETSI new upcoming mission critical Plugtests event

ETSI new upcoming mission critical Plugtests event

Sophia Antipolis, 18 September 2019

ETSI, in partnership with ERILLISVERKOT (State Security Networks Group Finland) and the support of TCCA and the European Commission, organizes the fourth MCX Plugtests event which will take place from 23 to 27 September 2019 at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, KUOPIO, FINLAND. 

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Mission Critical Implementations tested during the fourth ETSI MCX Plugtests

Mission Critical Implementations tested during the fourth ETSI MCX Plugtests

Sophia Antipolis, 30 September 2019

The 4th ETSI MCX PlugtestsTM have concluded with a success rate of 95% of the executed tests in the validation of 3GPP mission critical services vendor interoperability.

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ETSI’s UCAAT, the User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing is coming up, REGISTER NOW!

ETSI’s UCAAT, the User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing is coming up, REGISTER NOW!

Sophia Antipolis, 9 October 2019

ETSI’s User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) is an annual and international conference dedicated to application aspects of automated testing including model-based testing, cloud testing, mobile testing, test methodologies, test management and standardized test specification by focusing on the practical challenges that are often faced in industry. Organized by ETSI, this year’s event is hosted by Sogeti in Bordeaux with Hustef and Testistanbul as partners and will take place on 22-24 October 2019.

Other sponsors of the event include Agilitest, Henix, KalifastTricentis and MTP

Rapid technical advances in IT services, transport (of all kinds), healthcare, finance, telecoms, broadcasting and smart cities are blurring the lines between the various industry sectors. Solutions bringing together previously disparate actors and technologies now need to co-exist and inter operate to an unprecedented extent. This, and the increasing presence of Artificial Intelligence, whether it be for the use of AI in testing or the testing of AI systems, brings challenges and opportunities to the entire testing community.

The UCAAT conference will open on the 22 with two tutorials and will be followed by sessions dedicated to test automation, artificial intelligence, test approaches and experiences and test languages.

So if you want to join the testing experts of this very global community, just REGISTER.




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"CALLING THE SHOTS" A report commissioned by ETSI calls on EU to retake global leadership in digital standard setting

"CALLING THE SHOTS" A report commissioned by ETSI calls on EU to retake global leadership in digital standard setting

Sophia Antipolis, 10 October 2019

The report Calling the Shots: Standardization for EU Competitiveness in a Digital Era, was drawn up by an independent panel of experts brought together by Kreab at the request of ETSI and led by Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden. The panel who met during the first half year of 2019, gathered insights and experience from industry, politics and academia. 

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ETSI publishes a white paper on Network Transformation - Building on key technologies for 5G

ETSI publishes a white paper on Network Transformation - Building on key technologies for 5G

SDN NFV World Congress, The Hague, 14 October 2019

ETSI is proud to announce the availability of a new white paper, entitled Network Transformation: Orchestration, Network and Service Management Framework, written by several of its Industry Specification Groups’ (ISG) Chairs. These groups have released specifications on key building block technologies for next-generation networks, feeding the 3GPP 5G specifications.

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AIOTI, ISO/IEC JTC1, ETSI, oneM2M and W3C Collaborate on Two Joint White Papers on Semantic Interoperability Targeting Developers and Standardization Engineers

AIOTI, ISO/IEC JTC1, ETSI, oneM2M and W3C Collaborate on Two Joint White Papers on Semantic Interoperability Targeting Developers and Standardization Engineers

Cross-organization expert group works together on accelerating adoption of semantic technologies in IoT.

AIOTI today announced its collaborative role in the publication of two joint white papers on semantic interoperability entitled Semantic IoT Solutions - A Developer Perspective and Towards semantic interoperability standards based on ontologies in conjunction with organizations closely tied to the advancement of the IoT ecosystem.

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ETSI issues two major standards for emergency calls: Next Generation 112 and Advanced Mobile Location

ETSI issues two major standards for emergency calls: Next Generation 112 and Advanced Mobile Location

Sophia Antipolis, 20 January 2020

ETSI’s Emergency Communication Special Committee has recently released two major specifications, ETSI TS 103 479, for NG112, the next generation of European emergency services and ETSI TS 103 625, for the specific Advanced Mobile Location function. AML is already implemented in 22 countries worldwide following the publication of the first ETSI technical report TR 103 393.

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ETSI launches remote Plugtests Programme for Mission Critical Services to accelerate adoption and interoperability

ETSI launches remote PlugtestsTM Programme for Mission Critical Services to accelerate adoption and interoperability

Sophia Antipolis, 28 April 2020

To accelerate Mission Critical Services (MCS) adoption and interoperability, a key enabler to MCS deployment, ETSI is running an innovative MCX PlugtestsTM Programme. Testing sessions will also benefit from the latest ETSI specification, ETSI TS 103 564, on Plugtests scenarios for Mission Critical Services.

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New ETSI group to develop standardization framework for secure smartphone-based proximity tracing systems, helping to break COVID-19 transmission chains

New ETSI group to develop standardization framework for secure smartphone-based proximity tracing systems, helping to break COVID-19 transmission chains

Sophia Antipolis, 12 May 2020

In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the new ETSI Industry Specification Group “Europe for Privacy-Preserving Pandemic Protection” (ISG E4P) has been established to provide a standardization framework that will enable developers to build interoperable mobile apps for proximity detection and anonymous identification.

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ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities

ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities

Sophia Antipolis, 22 June 2020

ETSI is pleased to release its 2020-2021 work programme.

In ETSI we are constantly exploring new ways to make the development of standards faster and more efficient. Our FORGE platform, for example, gives developers free access to open-source code produced by our members. And as we have already seen this year, the need for effective virtual collaboration between individuals and teams has never been keener.

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ETSI advisor at the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group launched by the EC

ETSI advisor at the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group launched by the EC

Sophia Antipolis, 24 June 2020

ETSI is pleased to announce that it has been invited to be part of the newly formed Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group. The kick-off meeting took place today. Together with the European Cybersecurity Certification Group (ECCG), composed of Member States’ representatives, the newly established Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG) will advise the Commission on strategic issues regarding the European cybersecurity certification framework. It will also assist the Commission in the preparation of the Union rolling work programme, which sets the priorities for the definition of schemes within the EU cybersecurity certification framework. ETSI will bring in its long-standing experience in cybersecurity, with standards developed both for enterprises and consumers within several of its technical bodies, including the Technical Committee CYBER.

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ETSI issues New White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

ETSI issues New White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

Sophia Antipolis, 29 June 2020

ETSI is pleased to unveil a new White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI). This White Paper explores key issues of AI that present both huge opportunities and new challenges for information and communication technologies (ICT).

This ETSI White Paper surveys the many technical activities in ETSI that consider AI. They include 5G systems, network optimization, privacy/security, data management, semantic interoperability and testing across all areas. Each area is considering the use of aspects of AI, including Health and Human Factors scenarios. Key references from other bodies are included for global context.

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ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing extends services to WiFi to address enterprise needs

ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing extends services to WiFi to address enterprise needs

Sophia Antipolis, 16 July 2020

The ETSI Industry Specification Group on Multi-Access Edge Computing, ISG MEC, has recently released ETSI MEC GS 028 to extend network information services to the world of WiFi and thus squarely into enterprises space.

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New ETSI white paper: Harmonizing standards for edge computing, a synergized architecture leveraging ETSI ISG MEC and 3GPP specifications

New ETSI white paper: Harmonizing standards for edge computing, a synergized architecture leveraging ETSI ISG MEC and 3GPP specifications

Sophia Antipolis, 27 July 2020

Members and officials of the ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group and the 3GPP SA WG6 have just published a new white paper which aims to harmonize standards for edge computing. The white paper highlights the role of standards for edge when edge computing is deployed in conjunction with mobile networks. It also reviews the leading efforts in the industry and introduces a synergized architecture which leverages the ETSI ISG MEC and 3GPP specifications. This paper highlights the value proposition of different standards streams and how those standards may be combined when it comes to deployments. Some deployment options are discussed.

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ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution

ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution

Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2020

The ETSI SmartM2M technical committee is pleased to confirm it has extended its IoT SAREF ontology with four new sectors addressing the automotive, eHealth/Ageing-well, wearable and water domains. The Smart Applications REFerence (SAREF) ontology is intended to enable interoperability between solutions from different providers and within various activity sectors in the Internet of Things (IoT), thus contributing to the development of the global digital market. SmartM2M has already developed six extensions, now supplemented with these four new specifications.

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New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments

New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments

Sophia Antipolis, 8 September 2020

Today ETSI announces the publication of its White Paper on DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments. DNS (Domain Name System) is a key infrastructure element in any distributed edge cloud as it is used to ensure that modern (i.e. URL/URI-based) services requests are resolved to the properly located service instances. The best instance may often be decided based on properties other than location, e.g., service latency, resource availability as well as the device identifier.

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ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests to drive Future Railway Mobile Communication System

ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests to drive Future Railway Mobile Communication System

Sophia Antipolis, 10 September 2020

ETSI, with the support of the European Commission, EFTA, TCCA and UIC, is organizing its fifth MCX PlugtestsTM event. The remote-only event will take place from 21 September to 2 October 2020. Pre-testing started on 31 August to debug any connectivity issues before the main event.

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ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests event achieves a 95% interoperability success rate

ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests event achieves a 95% interoperability success rate

Sophia Antipolis, 2 November 2020

ETSI is pleased to announce it has now released the Report of its fifth MCX PlugtestsTM remote event that took place from 21 September to 2 October 2020. Results of the testing sessions outline an interoperability rate of 95%, giving industry a reliable set of standards for successful implementations.

Highlights of this event included initial railway-oriented capabilities in 3GPP Release-15, such as functional aliases, multi-talker, helping Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) move forward. 173 delegates from all over the world executed around 1350 test cases in 169 test sessions, interoperability results were reported in the ETSI Test reporting tool. Around fifty new test cases were developed for this event and will be added to ETSI TS 103 564.

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ETSI 3rd SDN mWT Plugtests Report published

ETSI 3rd SDN mWT Plugtests Report published

Sophia Antipolis, 4 December 2020

The third ETSI mWT (millimetre Wave Transmission) SDN (Software Defined Network) Plugtests™ event was completed on 19 November 2020. The event report with all interoperability results is now available.

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Designing tomorrow’s world: ETSI unveils strategy in line with its ambitious vision

‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI unveils strategy in line with its ambitious vision

Sophia Antipolis, 3 December 2020

At the meeting of its General Assembly yesterday ETSI has validated a new strategy, the result of an intensive development process over the last months.

Titled ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’, the strategy has been shaped by ETSI’s diverse global community, drawing on the expertise and experience of more than 900 member organizations that include multinational and smaller companies, start-ups, research organizations and governmental institutions.

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ETSI announces MEC 5G Integration Report and extension of ISG MEC

ETSI announces MEC 5G Integration Report and extension of ISG MEC

Sophia Antipolis, 7 December 2020

The ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group (ETSI ISG MEC) has recently released the Group Report ETSI GR MEC 031 that describes the key issues, solution proposals and recommendations for MEC integration into 3GPP 5G systems.

ETSI ISG MEC started their endeavour with the 3GPP 5G system specification when working on their White Paper published in June 2018. This White Paper confirmed the great synergies between the 3GPP 5G and MEC systems and how they both complemented each other in serving the edge computing demands of the 5G era. The Paper also highlighted main topics for further study, which provided the motivation for the creation of the ETSI GR MEC 031 MEC 5G Integration Report.

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Open Source MANO Release NINE fulfils ETSI's zero-touch automation vision, ready for MEC and O-RAN use cases

Open Source MANO Release NINE fulfils ETSI's zero-touch automation vision, ready for MEC and O-RAN use cases

Sophia Antipolis, 18 December 2020

ETSI is pleased to announce the launch of OSM Release NINE today. With an array of new features, this Release completes the alignment process with ETSI NFV specifications, culminating in native adoption of ETSI GS NFV-SOL006 for network functions and service modelling. Standardizing the onboarding process for VNFs into OSM fosters interoperability and boosts the growth of OSM’s VNF ecosystem. Release NINE coincides with the announcement of a new production deployment, confirming OSM as the most comprehensive open-source NFV orchestrator and a key enabler for zero-touch end-to-end network and service automation.

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ETSI standard to secure digital signatures solves issue for 4,000 banks

ETSI standard to secure digital signatures solves issue for 4,000 banks

Sophia Antipolis, 17 March 2021

ETSI is pleased to unveil ETSI TS 119 182-1, a specification for digital signatures supported by PKI and public key certificates which authenticates the origin of transactions ensuring that the originator can be held accountable and access to sensitive resources can be controlled.

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‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI introduces its new strategy in line with its ambitious vision

‘Designing tomorrow’s world’: ETSI introduces its new strategy in line with its ambitious vision

Sophia Antipolis, 5 May 2021

Today ETSI is pleased to introduce its new strategy, the result of an intensive development process over the last months, validated at the ETSI General Assembly in December 2020.

Titled ‘Designing tomorrow’s world’, the strategy builds on a recognition of the global importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for a sustainable development and to support the digital transformation of society.

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