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2008-01-17	3GPP approves LTE specifications LTE Terrestrial Radio Access Network technology specifications have been approved by 3GPP and are now under change control, leading to their inclusion in the forthcoming 3GPP Release 8.
2008-01-10	Remote Plugtests™ Event Makes XAdES Participation Easy ETSI is pleased to announce the very first remote XAdES interoperability event, 3 - 7 March 2008, supported by the XAdES Remote Plugtests™ Portal.
2007-11-23	To Infinity ... and beyond ... The Infinity Initiative ETSI and ERCIM, the standardization and research bodies, are pleased to announce the first of a number of envisaged joint events, including futuristic workshops, seminars and meetings which aim to strengthen the links between standardization and research and have the support of the European Commission.
2007-11-01	'Standards, IPRs & Competition' - EU-China symposium a success in Beijing Complementary documentation as well as all presentations of the Symposium are available at http://www.etsi.org/IPRsymposium.
2007-10-15	ETSI test event proves Interoperability between IMS Networks ETSI today announced the successful completion of an IMS NNI (Network-to-Network Interface) interoperability event based on publicly available test specifications.
2007-07-16	ETSI IMS Interoperability event to be hosted by Telecom Italia ETSI is pleased to announce an important event in the evaluation of IMS network interoperability which will take place at Telecom Italia, Turin, Italy from October 8th to 12th 2007, organized by the ETSI Plugtests™ Service.
2007-06-18	Common IMS to be centred in the 3GPP Services Specification Group The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPPTM) has reached agreement on how to proceed with Common IMS meeting the needs of the fixed, mobile, cable and broadband wireless communities.
2007-06-12	SIM card, handset and infrastructure Interoperability testing at ETSI SIM card, handset and infrastructure testing has been successfully completed this week by ETSI Plugtests™ the interoperability service, in cooperation with SIMalliance.
2007-06-11	Industry standards for safeguarding children ETSI is set to make a major contribution to safeguarding young child users* of ICT products and services. In a report to the 'Safer Internet Programme' of the European Commission, ETSI Technical Committee Human Factors (HF) is calling on all industry players to become more 'child aware'.
2007-05-16	Testing the mix for GPON and DSL success One of the largest and most successful triple-play testing events for both Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) and Digital Subscriber Line (including VDSL2 and ADSL2/2+), attracted over 150 engineers to the French city of Lannion from the 7th to 11th May 2007.
2007-05-11	Standards makers agree to cooperation on the GRID A new Memorandum of Understanding between ETSI and the Open Grid Forum (OGF) has advanced standardization efforts in GRID computing and telecommunications.
2007-05-11	European Railways Association (ERA) signs MoU with European standards organizations In an important landmark on the road to an integrated European railway area the heads of the three European Standards Organizations (ESOs) CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Railway Agency yesterday.
2007-05-10	DECT reaches a New Generation The Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT™) standard is an ETSI best-seller and interest is high in the publication of the first New Generation DECT specification on wideband speech, with the specification on the support of IP Packet data over DECT coming in the next few weeks.
2007-04-10	ETSI to Co-host the WiMAX Forum®’s Third, Public Mobile WiMAX™ PlugFest 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.
2007-03-23	50 years of the EU and the Common Market On Sunday, it will be 50 years since the treaty that created the ‘Common Market’ for goods in Europe was signed in Rome. The treaty founded the European Economic Community (EEC) that developed into the European Union (EU) of today.
2007-03-16	20th Birthday celebrations for Europe’s most successful collaborative technology project 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;
2007-03-14	Software testing community celebrates the launch of the TTCN-3 Certificate 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.
2007-02-22	ETSI publishes mobile Satellite Digital Radio Standard The ETSI Technical Committee Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (TC SES) has developed a set of standards for the physical layer of Satellite Digital Radio (SDR) networks that will improve efficiency and encourage interoperability in the transmission of video, audio and data content directly to mobile receivers.
2007-02-02	NGN raises standards ‘at home’ ETSI TISPAN launched its new working group on home networks this week. The top priority of the group, which is chaired by Luca Giacomello of Telecom Italia, is the definition of standards for the customer network, concentrating on end device interfaces and interworking with Next Generation Networks (NGNs).