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Standards makers agree to cooperation on the GRID
Sophia Antipolis, 10th May 2007
A new Memorandum of Understanding between ETSI and the Open Grid Forum (OGF) has advanced standardization efforts in GRID computing and telecommunications.
ETSI to Co-host the WiMAX Forum's Third, Public Mobile WiMAX™ PlugFest. The Last Formal Test for WiMAX Forum Members Leading to Mobile WiMAX Certification
Sophia Antipolis, 10th April 2007
ETSI and AT4 wireless, the two leading organizations in writing and testing for WiMAX Forum Certification in Europe, will co-host the third, public mobile WiMAX PlugFest May 13-19, 2007 in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Why were the founders of GSM in Cyprus this week? 20 years and 2.3 billion users has a lot to do with it.
Sophia Antipolis, 16th March 2007
This week, many of the major contributors to the success of the GSM Standard have met in Cyprus to attend a Workshop and celebration of the twenty years since the Madeira Decision in February 1987 that set the parameters for a digital Pan-European mobile service, the first step in the creation of a Global success story:
20th Birthday celebrations for Europe's most successful collaborative technology project.
Software testing community celebrates the launch of the TTCN-3 Certificate
Sophia Antipolis, 14th March 2007
The 'Testing and Test Control Notation Version 3 (TTCN-3) Certificate' has been jointly endorsed by three of the leading champions of the language - The International Software Qualification Institute (iSQI), The German Testing Board (GTB) and ETSI.
Brazilian NGN influence grows after Standards Workshop
Sophia Antipolis, 15th November 2006
At the hugely successful NGN Workshop in Brasilia, - 9th,10th November, hosted by Brasil Telecom, an audience of over 250 heard how technical standards are solid foundations for Service Providers to continue progress towards the Next Generation Network (NGN).
Funded R&D work to look to Standards for Interoperability
Sophia Antipolis, 31st October 2006
ETSI has hosted a two day workshop, 23-24 October in Sophia Antipolis, which has confirmed that standards and interoperability are essential to the success of European Technology Platforms (ETPs) - Industry led initiatives, defining research and development priorities for the European Union.
ETSI supports key IPv6 event
Sophia Antipolis, 18th October 2006
As demand for the protocol grows, the French IPv6 Worldwide Summit - 14th to 15th November 2006, Cannes, France - will consider strategies for Deployment, Address management, Domain name management and other issues related to IPv6's role in un-locking web based networks to meet their full potential.
International Recognition of Electronic Signatures eases a step closer following ETSI Technical Report
Sophia Antipolis, 9th October 2006
By mapping USA Federal PKI certificate policy requirements into the EU Qualified Certificate Policy, ETSI Technical Report (TR) 102 458 is providing Certification Authorities a path towards international recognition of Electronic Signatures.
Key Industry Groups Chart the Future of IMS
Sophia Antipolis, 5th October 2006
Standards groups and CableLabs have agreed to renew support for 3GPPTM as the centre of expertise on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as a result of a workshop on the alignment and evolution of IMS held in Palm Springs last week.
Operational deployment of RFID a step closer
Sophia Antipolis, 29th September 2006
The recent performance of RFID in Europe means operational deployment of RFID is much closer.
This follows the announcement by ETSI Technical Group, TG34, that voluntary agreement has been secured between manufacturers to restrict the operation of interrogators in the band 865 - 868 MHz to only 4 channels.