Supporting EU policy objectives
Addressing European policy and regulatory requirements in areas including data interoperability and governance.
Artificial Intelligence pervades virtually every aspect of our modern world, automating complex processes that were previously reliant on human intervention while creating new use cases for data-driven innovation. ETSI’s standardisation work embraces topics including the testing, trustworthiness and sustainability of AI.
Why standards matter
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are reshaping society, making access to data through open and transparent frameworks more important than ever before. Aligned with EU policy and regulatory initiatives, our standardisation work supports the deployment and operation of distributed solutions for data collection, integration, sharing and management. Our standards also provide the guiderails for ethical, responsible decision-making in the supervision of tomorrow’s increasingly autonomous networks and ICT systems.
Key activities and focus areas
Standards to support EU Data Act
Collaborating with the European Commission to develop standards in support of the EU Data Act.
Standards supporting AI solutions
Developing standards using AI mechanisms to assist in network management and orchestration, improving quality of experience for users and driving business efficiencies for operators.
Key technical groups
Industry Specification Group (ISG)
ISG ENI
Using AI mechanisms to assist in network management and orchestration: focusing on quality of experience for end users, with business efficiencies and improved service delivery...
Working Group (WG)
MTS AI Working Group
Developing methodologies and tools to ensure AI systems are trustworthy and auditable, while leveraging AI to improve the efficiency and scalability of these processes.
Software Development Group (SDG)
SDG Open Source MANO
Developing a production-grade Management and Orchestration Stack aligned with ETSI NFV standards, enabling the design and management of virtualised and cloud-native network services across public...
Software Development Group (SDG)
SDG OpenOP
Open-source Operator Platform enabling operator network and testbed federation; standardised capability exposure APIs for interoperable and developer-friendly solutions across telecom, cloud and AI domains.
Software Development Group (SDG)
SDG OpenSlice
Open-source service-based Operations Support System (OSS) to deliver Network as a Service (NaaS) to meet evolving demands of the telecom industry, building on code seeds...
Software Development Group (SDG)
SDG TeraFlowSDN
Developing an open source cloud native network automation framework to enable smart networks and services for 6G and beyond.
Technical Committee (TC)
TC DATA
Standards and related deliverables to support the deployment and operation of distributed solutions for data collection, integration, sharing and management, including security and testing aspects.
Technical Committee (TC)
TC SAI
Mitigating against threats arising from the deployment of AI – and threats to AI systems – from other AIs and from conventional sources; identifying measures...
Upcoming events
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Telco AI Forum
16 June 2026
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