ETSI and O-RAN Alliance release first Open RAN specification
Open RAN has taken a step closer to becoming an official standard, with European standardization body ETSI giving an O-RAN specification its seal of approval.
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ETSI gets to work on new contact tracing app standard
With countries across Europe all trying to reinvent the wheel with their own contact tracing apps, standardization is long overdue.
ETSI sets out to develop non-IP networking standards for 5G services
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has set up a new Industry Specification Group to address issues of age-old networking protocols faced by new services, in particular 5G.
Sharing, selling and standardizing – the great spectrum conundrum
With the World Radiocommunication Conference currently underway in Egypt, it’s timely to discuss some of the spectrum issues facing the industry today.
Europe postures with standards leadership still on the line
European standards organization ETSI has released a report demanding the continent take a leadership role for standards and regulation in the global digital economy.
Evolving ETSI engulfs enterprise
The connectivity landscape is evolving is quickly as the desire for telcos to diversify revenues, so it makes perfect sense the worlds’ standards authority does as well.
ETSI publishes new spec and reports on 5G tech
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, released a new specification on packet formatting and forwarding and two reports on transport and network slicing respectively.
ETSI releases security standards for distributed systems
The distributed, cloud-based technological environment required by 5G and IoT will present a novel set of security challenges.
We’re more than networks now – ETSI
Transformation is one of the most common buzzwords in the telecoms world and it seems not even standards bodies can stand against the tides of change.
ETSI give TLC to MEC – aging buzzword to get a facelift
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) might have been given a bit of attention in months gone, but with the 5G dawn about to break a resurgence for MEC could be on the cards.
ETSI plots the obsolescence of mankind with new Working Group
ETSI has unveiled a new Industry Specification Group: Zero Touch Network and Service Management, which will aim to accelerate network automation; humans beware.
ETSI has AR in its standardization sights
ETSI has waded into the murky waters of AR, creating a new Industry Specification Group called Augmented Reality Framework (ISG ARF).
ETSI leads AI charge for lumbering telcos
ETSI has announced a new working group to define a Cognitive Network Management architecture, taking advantage of artificial intelligence to better manage the network.
ETSI has a go at giving IoT some context
ETSI has launched a new Industry Specification Group which will focus on the development of IoT for smart cities applications and beyond.
Mobile Edge Computing group announces PoCs, targets video optimisation
As the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) working group at ETSI passes the one year milestone, the standards body has announced the development of three proof of concepts demonstrating the capabilities of the technology.
ETSI considers MirrorLink as connected car standard
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) and ETSI have announced a co-operation agreement under which the latter will formally consider the former’s MirrorLink method of publishing data on car dashboards as an ETSI Technical Specification (TS).
ETSI ramps up cybersecurity standards push
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute – ETSI – concluded its recent cyber security week with a cross-industry call to collaborate on security standards.
OPNFV announces first major software release
Linux Foundation driven open source NFV organisation OPNFV has announced the availability of the first version of its software, which it is calling Arno.
ARM makes NFV reference platform move, virtualizes set-top box
Silicon vendor ARM has unveiled its foray into the world of NFV with the first ARM-based reference platform for the open platform for NFV (OPNFV) group. It has also announced a virtualized set-top box solution.
ITU, ETSI set standard to measure RAN energy efficiency
The United Nation’s ICT body the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have agreed a standard to measure the energy efficiency of radio access networks (RANs). The ITU said this is the first such standard and claimed it will unify energy efficiency evaluations of live RANs and the interpretation of results of such assessments.
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