The European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent not-for-profit body dedicated to ICT standardization that addresses market needs expressed by more than 900 ETSI members located in well over 60 countries around the world, while at the same time developing standards in support of the EU legislation.
On the occasion of the recording of this podcast, I visited ETSI and had interesting conversations with Jan Ellsberger and several of his team members. ETSI is about a whole lot more than telecommunications standards, which I knew before but understand much better now.
Florian Mueller
Its members represent large and small private companies, research institutions, academia, governments, and public organizations, while its membership and direct-representation model help drive digital transformation and technological deployment.
As well as telecommunications and connectivity (5G/6G), ETSI develops globally applicable digital standards in strategic areas for the European Union, such as ICT, broadcasting, IoT, Cybersecurity, AI, Quantum, and Data.
Jan Ellsberger, who was appointed director-general on July 1, 2024, has made it his key focus to re-establish ETSI’s role in the European standardization system (April 17, 2024 ETSI press release).
Many of our readers will be familiar with ETSI, and its growing work beyond telecoms. But for those who perhaps are not, our latest podcast episode, released today, features an interview with Mr. Ellsberger about his career to date, his plans for the standards organization, how ETSI functions on the inside, including the process of declaration, and its technologies of focus outside of telecommunications, such as AI and quantum.
You can find the recording on Spotify:
The planning and production of this podcast were supported by Ericsson, but Mr. Ellsberger voiced only his own and independent opinions.