Open approach to business
We pride ourselves on being 'open', not only in creating our standards via consensus but via the direct input of our members. It is they who ultimately make and set ETSI standards.
'Openess', in ETSI terms, also means that almost any organization or person, from any part of the world, can become a member.
But having a truly 'open approach to business' does not stop there.
We believe one of the best ways to encourage market growth and innovation is to allow 'open' access to standards, which is why anyone in the world can download ETSI standards free-of-charge, via our web site.
Standardization is high on the strategic agenda of any company with international ambitions.
The 'openess' and knowledge accessibility within standardization is also a key driver in adding value to expensive research and development programmes.
Indeed, at the very core of standardization is the 'mutualisation' of technical development with the aim of enabling markets to grow, and industry to compete, with a minimum of interoperability and inter-working required.
For such a system to work most efficiently, it must be 'open' to all who wish to contribute and remain 'open' all along the standards production process, including delivery.
ETSI is just such an 'open' organization:
- any organization - manufacturer, operator, network service provider, policy maker, regulator, academic or research body, consultancy etc, can join and contribute
- ETSI members set the Work Programme through selection and approbation of the Work Items
- participation in ETSI is direct. Members send representatives direct to our technical body meetings, not via a national delegation or a National Standards Organization (NSO)
- ETSI meetings are 'open' - all stakeholders may participate in the standards development process
- ETSI IPR rules are agreed, clear and unambiguous
- decisions are made by consensus