1. Report on ETSI activities since GSC#10
SOURCE:
ETSI
TITLE:
Report on ETSI activities since GSC#10
AGENDA ITEM:
Opening 4.5
CONTACT:
Karl Heinz Rosenbrock
GSC11_Open_10
Report on ETSI activities since GSC#10
Karl Heinz Rosenbrock
ETSI Director General

2. Table of Contents ETSI’s Annual Report 2005 ETSI’s membership
ETSI’s elected officials
General achievements
ETSI Secretariat matters
ETSI Strategy for 2006

3. ETSI’s Annual Report 2005 (1)
What is ETSI?
Enabling the Next Generation
Standards – Preserving the interests of the user
Protecting the Public
Reaping the Harvest of New Technology
Security for ICT
Next Generation Networks (NGN)

4. ETSI’s Annual Report 2005 (2)
3GPP
Developments in Ultra Wide Band
In-house highlights
ETSI Competence Centres
Standards Production
Specialist Task Forces
Membership
Financial Statements

5. ETSI’s membership (April 2006) (1)
654 Members from 59 countries
511 Full Members from 37 CEPT countries
105 Associate Members from 22 other countries
38 Observers

6. ETSI’s membership (April 2006) (2)
Small increase in membership
After three years of losses in 2002 – 2004
Considerable increase in UoCs
Owing to recent initiatives

7. ETSI’s elected officials
GA Chair:
GA Vice-Chair:
Board Chair:
Board Vice-Chair:
Director General:
Deputy Director General:
Karsten Meinhold (until 11/2006)
John Phillips (until 11/2006)
Nicola Colecchia – appointed 11/2004 (until 11/2006)
* GA top-level elections to be held at GA#48
Francisco da Silva – reappointed 11/2005
Alistair Urie – reappointed 11/2005
Didier Chauveau – reappointed 11/2005
* Mandate period 11/ /2008
Karl Heinz Rosenbrock (until 06/2006)
Dr. Walter Weigel – appointed 03/2006 (until 06/2011)
Jørgen Friis – reappointed 11/2005 (until 06/2009)

8. General Achievements
High production of deliverables in 2005 (> 2300)
i.e. nine deliverables each working day (5 d/w, 52 w/y)
Three SOS interop workshops on open standards,
open source and interoperability
Creation of an IPR policy review ad hoc group (see extra contribution)
Industry Specification Groups
STFs spent 4 M€ + in % more than in 2004
@LIS project established closer links to Latin America
Apointment of account managers as caretakers for external relations
Ex-officio case with EC DG COMPETITION closed

9. ETSI Secretariat Matters
Renewal of ISO certification in 03/2006 ongoing since 03/1994!
General satisfaction with the achievements related to the ES Business Plan
ETSI’s Competence Centres are running well – and their services are appreciated
Quality of deliverables increased – and lead times kept within the limits
ETSI’s service provisioning develops well: PlugtestsTM, forapolis
Several ETSI roadshows organized for membership care & recruitment
Meetings at ETSI’s HQs remain at high level
Budget expectation for 2006 looks good
ES staff (03/2006): 108 employees 19 part time ≥ 14 full time

10. ETSI Strategy 2006 Major changes compared with Strategy 2005:
New ETSI vision included
Issues related to Open Standards & IPR included
New regulatory issues and EC initiatives included
Aligned with HLRG recommendations
ETSI role as Service Provider included

11. ETSI’s Vision ETSI is the preferred organisation
for the ICT industry and other stakeholders,
to develop standards and specifications
for the global market,
and to support regional initiatives as appropriate.

12. Six strategic topics for 2006:
GRID
Next Generation Networks
Emergency Communications
Interoperability & Testing
Information Security
Radio Spectrum Usage

13. ETSI’s three main activity areas
GSP
Global Standards Producer
SPO
Service
Providing
Organization
ESO
European
Standards Organization
Strategy for ETSI as a:
ESO: European Standards Organization, standardization for European needs
GSP: Global Standards Producer, standardization for the global market
SPO: Service Providing Organization, services such as Forapolis, PlugtestsTM, etc.

14. Developing Standards for the global market
Fulfill industry needs for production of deliverables Industry Specification Groups
Making ETSI more attractive ETSI – the first choice for new work
External Relations Support strategies, policies & positioning
Collaboration with Research & Universities
Promotional activities
Open Standards Definition
Interoperability
Increase ETSI’s visibiity in ICT
IPR think tank

15. ETSI’s obligations as ESO
ESS (European Standardization System: CEN,CENELEC & ETSI: JPG, ICT SB Common Objectives
EC/EFTA: New Directives Strategic issues for governments
EC: i2010 Support for frequency management European Space Policy Intelligent Transportation System, Grid computing, etc.

16. ETSI as Service Provider
Forapolis (hosting service)
PlugtestsTM Validation Interoperability tests IMS testbed
Customer Support helpdesks etc.