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ETSI’s Vision of a Connected World

ETSI is a producer of technical standards intended for global use for digital
technologies, products and services. The high quality of our work and our open Our ‘clusters’ (above)
approach to standardisation has seen our reach extend from European roots to provide a simplified, yet
the entire world. comprehensive, way of
identifying our different
ETSI is officially recognised by the European Union as a European Standardisation areas of expertise based
Organisation (ESO). Our activities are driven by time to market and our standards on business relevance or
help ensure the free movement of goods within the single European market, application domain rather
allowing enterprises in the EU to be more competitive. than our committee structure.

ETSI is a not-for-profit organisation created in 1988. We have over 800 member Each cluster represents a
organisations worldwide, drawn from 67 countries and five continents. Our major component of the
diverse membership includes some of the world’s leading companies from the global Information and
manufacturing and service sectors, regulatory authorities and government Communications Technologies
ministries, as well as Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and innovative start-ups, architecture and brings
working alongside universities, R&D organisations and societal interest groups. together the work of those
Technical Committees and
other groups which share a
ETSI is a world-renowned organisation with a solid reputation for technical common technological scope
excellence. Our standards are produced by our members, through active and vision. It is this joint
participation, co-operation and consensus in an atmosphere of openness and scope and vision that gives
transparency, where all contribute as equals. We work in partnership with all each cluster its own identity;
relevant worldwide Standards Developing Organisations, particularly the other collectively the clusters
ESOs, as well as communities, fora and consortia. This ensures that our standards represent the totality of ETSI’s
are aligned with those produced elsewhere and avoids the duplication of effort. work, and demonstrate the
way that technologies are
ETSI is at the forefront of emerging technologies. We have close relationships converging into a connected
with research communities and other innovative organisations, addressing the world.
technical issues that will drive the economy of the future and improve life for the
next generation.