io ETSI TeraFlowSDN to serve as reference implementation for TIP By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:51:16 GMT The implementation of Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) Mandatory Use Case Requirements for SDN for Transport (MUST) in ETSI TeraFlowSDN cloud native SDN Controller will make it possible to accelerate network innovation in packet-optical networks. Sophia Antipolis, 22 February 2023 The ETSI TeraFlowSDN community has announced their commitment to the implementation of TIP’s Mandatory Use Case Requirements for SDN for Transport (MUST) Requirements in their innovative cloud native SDN Controller. This will position TeraFlowSDN as a reference implementation in the Telecom Infra Project Open Optical & Packet Transport group (TIP OOPT). This move will also make it possible to accelerate the adoption of SDN standards for IP/MPLS, Optical and Microwave transport technologies, which is one of the main objectives of MUST. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI NG112 Emergency Communications remote Plugtests Report now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:42:38 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 10 March 2023 ETSI has just published the Report of the fifth NG112 remote Plugtests™ event, documenting an overall success rate of 100% of the executed tests carried out during the testing sessions. The interoperability event was organized in cooperation with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), from 23 January to 3 February 2023 with the support of the ETSI Technical Committee Emergency telecommunications. Read More... Full Article
io New ETSI White Paper: Unlocking Digital Transformation with Autonomous Networks By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:29:18 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 23 March 2023 Autonomous Networks (AN) are considered one of the most important evolutions to enable Digital Transformation, offering new service opportunities and significant cost saving in network operation. It is one of the most attractive environments where to leverage Artificial Intelligence in the Network and activities around Autonomous Networks have gained momentum in Standards and ICT Industry. Read More... Full Article
io New ETSI Standard enables Next Generation Emergency Services Communications By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:06:15 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 11 April 2023 Today, most emergency services can only receive voice telephone calls. With all communication means that citizens now use in their daily life, they expect to use them as well to reach emergency services. To help achieve this goal, ETSI has just released a revised version of the specification ETSI TS 103 479. Developed by the technical committee EMTEL (emergency communications), this specification defines next generation core services (NGCS). Read More... Full Article
io The ETSI IoT conference 2023 focuses on Green and Digital Transformation By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:14:37 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 18 April 2023 ETSI’s annual flagship event returns in 2023. This new edition of the ETSI IoT Conference - IoT Technologies for Green and Digital Transformation - will take place on 4-5-6 July 2023 in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI releases World First Protection Profile for Quantum Key Distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:58:49 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 27 April 2023 ETSI has just released a Protection Profile (PP) for the security evaluation of quantum key distribution (QKD) modules, ETSI GS QKD 016. This Protection Profile is a first and anticipates the need for quantum safe cryptography. The ETSI specification will help manufacturers to submit pairs of QKD modules for evaluation under a security certification process. Read More... Full Article
io Global Standards Collaboration meeting for a more sustainable, safer world By www.etsi.org Published On :: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 14:24:39 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 28 April 2023 Sustainability was the focus of a high-level meeting of the world’s leading information and communication technologies (ICT) standards bodies. The 23rd meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) was hosted by ETSI, in London, 26-27 April 2023. Three sessions were moderated in a workshop format and included interactive discussions. Read More... Full Article
io New ETSI White Paper on MEC Support for Edge Native Design: an application developer perspective By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:06:18 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 22 June 2023 ETSI has just released a new White Paper on “MEC Support for Edge Native Design” written by members of the ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group (ISG MEC). This White Paper provides an overview and vision about the Edge Native approach, as a natural evolution of Cloud Native. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Future Railway Mobile Communication System interoperability testing event starting today By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:51:58 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 3 July 2023 ETSI is starting today its 3rd FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) Plugtests™ event. GSM-R is one of the main standards for railway telecommunication services. It is developed and maintained by the ETSI Technical Committee Railway Telecommunications. With the increased need for more throughput, higher capacity and flexible deployment options, FRMCS is being developed based on 3GPP Mission Critical Services. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI IoT conference: standards are key to achieving green and digital transformation By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:26:02 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 7 July 2023 The new edition of the ETSI IoT Conference, IoT Technologies for Green and Digital Transformation, ended on 6 July, highlighting through use cases and demonstrations how IoT standards can be real enablers in achieving the green and digital transformation. The programme is available here and the very stimulating presentations from our 54 international speakers are available here. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI and TCCA Statement to TETRA Security Algorithms Research Findings Publication on 24 July 2023 By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:20:04 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 24 July 2023 The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and The Critical Communications Association (TCCA) are the proud authorities and custodians of the ETSI TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) technology standard, one of the world’s most secure and reliable radio communications standards. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI interop event for future rail communication reports a success rate of 86% By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:14:11 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2023 The Report of the 3rd interoperability Plugtests™ event for the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is now available. All executed tests achieved an interoperability success rate of 86%. Read More... Full Article
io Linux Foundation and ETSI Further Collaborate to Drive Harmonization Across Open Source and Open Standards By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:48:05 GMT BILBAO, Spain—Open Source Summit Europe, 19 September 2023 The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization focused on fostering innovation through open source, and ETSI, the independent organization providing global standards for ICT services across all sectors of industry, today announced expanded collaboration. While the two organizations have been working together for years, the 2019 formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently has been updated and expanded. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI releases standard for IT solution providers to comply with EU regulation on electronic signatures in email messages By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:47:36 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 20 September 2023 ETSI has published a new standard on “Requirements for trust service providers issuing publicly trusted S/MIME certificates” (ETSI TS 119 411-6 ) helping Trust Service Providers comply with new standards for S/MIME certificates that are enforced since 1 September 2023. Secure MIME (S/MIME) certificates are used to sign, verify, encrypt, and decrypt email messages. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI mission-critical Plugtests event tests direct-mode communication By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:08:15 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 16 October 2023 The ETSI’s 8th MCX (mission-critical) Plugtests event concluded last week at the University of Malaga. The event received support from the European Union (EU), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), EUTC (European Utilities Telecom Council) and the International Union of Railways (UIC). Read More... Full Article
io ETSI’s Security Conference Navigates Next Generation Technologies By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:17:54 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 19 October 2023 ETSI’s well-known Security Conference came to a close today with nearly 250 onsite attendees from 29 countries. This year’s event focused on security research and global security standards in action, considering broader aspects such as attracting the next generation of cybersecurity standardization professionals and supporting SMEs. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Releases TETRA Algorithms to Public Domain, maintaining the highest security for its critical communication standard By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:23:53 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 14 November 2023 ETSI is happy to announce that at a meeting in October of its technical committee in charge of the TETRA standard (TCCE), a full consensus was reached to make the primitives of all TETRA Air Interface cryptographic algorithms available to the public domain. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Launches a New Group for Integrated Sensing and Communications, a Candidate Technology for 6G By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:28:14 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 21 November 2023 ETSI is delighted to announce the launch of the Industry Specification Group for Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISG ISAC). This group will establish the technical foundations for ISAC technology development and standardization in 6G. 87 participants from both the industrial sphere and the academic sphere took an active part in the kick-off meeting, which was held at ETSI premises, in Sophia Antipolis, France, on 17 November 2023. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Mission Critical testing event reports a 95% success rate By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:34:28 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 22 November 2023 The Report of the eight MCX Plugtests™ event that took place from 9 October to 13 October 2023 at University of Malaga (UMA) is now available. The Report shows a success rate of 95% interoperability of the 3GPP mission critical services executed tests. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Signs Pledge to Future Standardization Professionals By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:07:44 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 30 November 2023 ETSI proudly announces its commitment to fostering the education and skills development of the next generation of European standardization professionals. This initiative is part of a voluntary pledge which ETSI’s Director-General Luis Jorge Romero signed today in Brussels in the presence of the Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union, Thierry Breton. It was launched by the European Commission’s High-Level Forum on European Standardization, specifically under the workstream on Education and Skills. Read More... Full Article
io 3GPP Commits to Develop 6G Specifications By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:39:04 GMT As the project celebrates the 25th anniversary of the signing of the 3GPP Project Agreement, the 3GPP Organizational Partners have today issued the following joint press release. Sophia Antipolis, 4 December 2023 With its work on 3G, 4G and 5G specifications used by billions of communications services consumers globally, 3GPP stands ready to create the 6G future. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Protection Profile for securing smartphones gains world-first certification from French Cybersecurity Agency By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:05:05 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 12 January 2024 In a significant step highlighting the critical importance of security for mobile device users, the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) has certified ETSI's Consumer Mobile Device Protection Profile under the Common Criteria global certification framework. This represents the first certification by a national administration of a comprehensive suite of specifications for assessing the security of smartphones. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Standardization in support of AI By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:01:07 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 13 February 2024 Sharing intelligence: ETSI AI Conference highlights role of standardization in supporting ICT industry transformation. Held at ETSI’s Sophia Antipolis headquarters from 5-7 February, the event welcomed close to 200 participants from 25+ countries, with featured speakers including AI experts from government agencies, standards bodies, academia and industry. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies are enabling disruptive new applications across a wide range of digital products and services. Reviewing the current status of AI developments worldwide, the Conference explored the role of standardization in ETSI and other SDOs to support the development of a robust market for safe, lawful AI applications and services within the framework of European policymaking. Read More... Full Article
io Future confidence: Inaugural LTA Signature Augmentation and Validation Plugtests™ focuses on Long-Term Archive signatures By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:59:25 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 21 February 2024 ETSI’s first LTA Signature Augmentation and Validation Plugtests™ has seen international participants exchange over 35 000 digital signature validation reports. Held from 23 October - 22 December 2023, the remote interoperability event was organized by the ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI), on behalf of ETSI’s Technical Committee for Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (TC ESI). This Plugtests™ event was facilitated with the support and co-funding of the European Commission (EC) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Conducted using a dedicated web portal, sessions over the month-long Plugtests™ attracted the involvement of 190 participants from 121 organizations across 38 countries. Read More... Full Article
io Navigating through Challenges and Opportunities of Cybersecurity Standardization By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:08:33 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 8 March 2024 On 5 March, the European Standardization Organizations (ESOs), CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, joined forces with ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, to organize their 8th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI releases its two first reports on THz communication systems By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:58:10 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 05 April 2024 ETSI is pleased to announce the release of the first two Group Reports developed by its Terahertz Industry Specification Group (ISG THz). They are addressing key elements in this initial phase of the pre-standardization works for THz communications: the use-cases and the spectrum. The role of ETSI ISG THz is to develop an environment where various actors from the academia, research centres, industry can share, in a consensus-driven way, their pre-standardization efforts on THz technology resulting from various collaborative research projects and global initiatives, paving the way towards future standardization. Complementing the work of other ETSI Technical Bodies and other SDOs, the group concentrates on establishing the technical foundation for the development and standardization of THz communications. Read More... Full Article
io Aiming high: ETSI Conference on Non-Terrestrial Networks underlines critical role of NTN in realizing tomorrow’s global 6G vision By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:12:24 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 15 April 2024 This year’s first ETSI Conference on Non-Terrestrial Networks has stressed the importance of technical standardization in delivering a fully connected planet via NTN, a key element of tomorrow’s global 6G networks. Held from 3-4 April 2024 at ETSI’s Sophia Antipolis headquarters, the event was co-organized with the European Space Agency (ESA), the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). Titled ‘Non-Terrestrial Networks, a Native Component of 6G’, the 2-day conference attracted over 200 participants from 25 countries, including experts in standardization and research as well as industrial representation from the mobile, satellite and wider space industries. Delegates shared perspectives on NTN use cases, candidate technology solutions, current research status and standardization roadmaps. Day one sessions focused on the opportunities and challenges of integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks within tomorrow’s global communications landscape. The second day afforded a deep dive into numerous cutting-edge NTN and 6G research & development initiatives in Europe and around the world. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI unveils 2024 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:22:23 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 18 April 2024 ETSI is pleased to unveil its 2024 ETSI Fellows who were announced at the 83rd ETSI General Assembly on 16 April 2024.The Award Committee, composed of the GA Chair and Vice-Chairs, the Board Chair and the ETSI Director-General, unanimously named Dr. Howard Benn, Mr. Philippe Magneron, Dr. Matthias Schneider, Mrs. Isabelle Valet Harper and Mr. Dirk Weiler, as ETSI Fellows 2024 for their outstanding personal contributions to the organization. Read More... Full Article
io TeraFlowSDN Release 3 Provides a Cloud-based Network Automation Platform Featuring New Optical SDN Controller and Expanded Support for Disaggregated Networks By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:19:13 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 30 April 2024 The ETSI TeraFlowSDN community is proud to announce the third release of TeraFlowSDN, an innovative and robust SDN orchestrator and controller, delivering a fully featured Network Automation Platform. In this latest release, TeraFlowSDN enhances its capabilities with the integration of an Optical SDN controller, expanding device support to include gNMI and OpenConfig protocols. It also features enriched network integrations for end-to-end orchestration like IP over DWDM, L3VPN, MEC, and network topology exposure. The management of network topologies is improved with the addition of a new BGP-LS speaker able to discover the topologies, and a new Forecaster component is introduced, providing predictive insights for network management. These additions substantially augment the versatility and management capabilities of the TeraFlowSDN platform. Read More... Full Article
io Collaboration with Utrecht University Summer School By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:59:16 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 11 June 2024 ETSI, the Standards People, are putting high emphasis on enhancing education to help prepare the next generation of standards professionals master tech standardization. The European standardization organization provides a comprehensive set of high-quality educational materials on ICT standardization aimed at universities, NSOs and member organizations for training purposes. This comprises a textbook on ‘Understanding ICT Standardization’ which is complemented by a modular slide set allowing components to be used in a range of engineering, business, and law courses. ETSI is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Utrecht University Summer School on ‘Global Power and Technology’ covering ‘Competition, Innovation & Technological Advancement through Standardization in the EU’, taking place on 15-19 July 2024 in the Netherlands. Read More... Full Article
io FRMCS #4 Plugtests Event Validates 3GPP Standards for Future Railway Mobile Communication System By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:54:30 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 5 July 2024 ETSI is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the FRMCS #4 Plugtests event, held at Sophia Antipolis, ETSI HQ, from July 1 – 5, 2024. This event brought together key stakeholders, including railway operators, telecom vendors, system integrators, and industry experts worldwide. ETSI organized the event with the support of the European Union, EFTA, TCCA-Critical Communications, and UIC— International Union of Railways. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Open Source MANO announces Release SIXTEEN, enabling cloud-native orchestration of cloud infrastructure and applications By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:25:15 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 4 September 2024 The ETSI Open Source MANO community is proud to announce OSM Release SIXTEEN, a Long-Term-Support (LTS) release of ETSI OSM, which becomes the most innovative and feature-packed release shipped by OSM to date. This release brings a revolution in OSM’s functionality, positioning OSM as a generalized cloud-native orchestrator for infrastructure, platforms and services, which extends significantly its former scope. Full cloud-native management of Kubernetes clusters in public clouds, together with the applications or software units running on them, is now possible with Release SIXTEEN. Every operation related to the cluster management (creation, upgrading, scaling, deletion) or the applications running on them is reflected in Git repositories, following the GitOps model. This has been possible thanks to a major change in the internal architecture of OSM. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI NFV Release 5 (Version 5.1.1) is now available! By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:09:20 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 5 September 2024 The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualization (ISG NFV) has just published its specifications of Release 5 first drop as version 5.1.1. Read More... Full Article
io ETSI Releases New Guidelines to Enhance Cyber-security for Consumer IoT Devices By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:43:56 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 31 October 2024 Protect Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Data as Smart Devices Proliferate. Read More... Full Article
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