ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute

Standards body established to coordinate the development of telecommunications systems within Europe. These systems relate to fixed, wireless and cellular systems. Recently systems such as GSM and DECT have been devolved to the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project), a collaboration of standards bodies including ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses) from Japan.

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