At ETSI, we operate at the intersection of technology research, innovation, and standardisation, transforming emerging technologies into relevant, trusted products and services that are built upon globally acceptable standards.
Our value-added here is not only to observe technological change, but to anticipate it, structure it, and convert it into actionable standardisation initiatives that support Europe’s global digital ambition and the wider needs of global industry.
ETSI continuously scans, analyses, and prioritises emerging ICT technology trends to ensure that standardisation keeps pace with, and helps shape, the future. This forward‑looking approach is tightly aligned with the ETSI’s strategy, enabling early engagement with disruptive innovations and the timely creation of new standardisation activities.
A strategic foresight instrument that identifies and tracks emerging and converging ICT technology trends with potential impact on ETSI’s present and future work.
Multiple tools and services aimed at lowering barriers for early‑stage technologies, research communities, and deep‑tech innovators to be able to contribute to standardisation.
Translating technical signals into shared understanding across industry, research, and policy.
Ensuring continuous dialogue with innovators, policymakers, and market leaders.
The ETSI Technology Radar (ETR) provides a high‑level view of emerging ICT technology trends, assessing not only their maturity and trajectory, but also their potential relevance for standardisation and ecosystem development within ETSI.
Crucially, the ETR is not an abstract trend report. It acts as an online / real-time strategic compass, helping ETSI to:
The ETR is developed using the FIBRES platform, and the Radar supports ETSI’s structured framework for technology foresight, ensuring consistency, transparency, and strategic relevance across all identified trends.
The ETSI Technology Radar is open for consultation and review, reflecting ETSI’s commitment to openness, inclusiveness, and co‑creation.
Its relevance and impact grow through feedback from researchers, innovators, industry players, and standards experts.
We encourage you to share feedback, thoughts, and ideas on the ETR and emerging technologies to [email protected].
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Driving innovation with global standards for ethical, reliable and scalable AI and automation solutions.
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Connecting content creators and audiences with technologies that are used globally for television, radio and data broadcasting.
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Ensuring safe, dependable wireless communications for billions of users and connected devices
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Transforming ICT standards development through collaboration between software development and standardisation groups
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Intelligently connecting people, devices and systems for health, public safety and wellbeing.
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Preserving the rights of individuals and organisations to benefit from dependable, cybersecure ICT products and services that are accessible to all
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Transforming every journey by road, rail, sea or air with standards to make transportation systems safer, more efficient and more sustainable.
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Understanding, exploring and prioritising pre-standardisation work on cutting-edge technologies that are shaping tomorrow's digital world
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Ensuring the consistent quality and dependability of the technical standards and specifications we produce.
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Ensuring the resilience, agility and sustainability of today’s intelligent ICT networks to meet tomorrow’s communication challenges
