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‘Matter’ will have a limited impact on the smart-home sector
The new Matter standard for smart homes could potentially end the fragmentation and incompatibility plaguing the sector. Here’s why that probably won’t happen. Read more…
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ETSI releases its first O-RAN spec for open fronthaul
ETSI releases its first O-RAN specification, which focuses on open fronthaul, one of interfaces in the O-RAN Architecture. The O-RAN Alliance is well pleased. Read more…
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Metaverse Standards Forum launches, but key names are missing
Tech giants have formed the Metaverse Standards Forum to make nascent digital worlds compatible with each other. Apple is not a member. Read more…
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ETSI releases first F5G spec for next-gen fixed network services
ETSI says the F5G spec enables a variety of 5G fixed network services over a single physical network with guaranteed SLAs. Read more…
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The ITU evolves with telecoms to standardize digital transformation
The ITU’s work now include everything from digital transformation to AI and quantum computing. The ITU’s Dr Bilel Jamoussi explains why. Read more…
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ETSI releases ABE data encryption standards for 5G/IoT
ETSI announced that its Technical Committee on Cybersecurity has released two specifications on Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE), a key enabler technology for access control in highly distributed systems such as 5G and the IoT. ABE is Read more…
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3GPP 5G standards are officially done and dusted … now what?
ITEM: Okay, now the 5G NR standards are finished. The 3GPP announced on Thursday that the standalone (SA) standards for 5G NR under Release 15 have been frozen following the organization’s latest plenary meeting in Busan Read more…
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MEF launches project to enable SD-WAN vendor interoperability
SD-WAN vendors are collaborating with MEF to use its new, standardized LSO Presto Network Resource Provisioning (NRP) API to address the rapidly growing problem of orchestrating services over multi-vendor SD-WAN deployments. MEF member companies including Read more…
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ETSI upgrades Open Source MANO with Release Four
ETSI has announced the availability of Release Four of its Open Source MANO (OSM) spec for NFV, which it says constitutes a huge leap forward in terms of functionality, user experience and maturity. The new Read more…
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3GPP gets cracking to finish 5G standards (no, they’re not done yet)
ITEM: The wait for the full suite of 5G standards is almost over, as the 3GPP has officially begun work in Busan, South Korea to complete Phase 1 of its 5G standards – specifically, the Read more…
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Work begins on new VVC standard to do what HEVC video can’t
The Joint Video Experts Team – a collaborative team formed by the ITU-T Study Group 16 Video Coding Experts Group and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29/WG11 (Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG) – has launched a project to Read more…
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ETSI releases context info management spec for smart cities
The ETSI Industry Specification Group for cross-cutting Context Information Management (ISG CIM) has just released its first specification, which enables context exchange in smart cities. The new spec – GS CIM 004 [PDF] – defines a Read more…
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Broadband Forum USP standard enables smart-home device management
The Broadband Forum has published its new User Services Platform (USP) standard for implementing, deploying and managing all types of devices in the broadband home. An evolution of the TR-069 standard, USP brings a unified, Read more…
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GCF starts laying the groundwork for 5G device certification
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has approved an ‘umbrella’ work item that lays the foundation for the certification of 5G devices based on 3GPP Release 15. The work item will cover options from both the Read more…
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Hey cellcos, 3GPP got you a Christmas present: new 5G NR specs!
The wait for real 5G standards is over – at least partially. The 3GPP announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the first implementable specification for Non-Standalone 5G NR, several months ahead of schedule. Read more…
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New ETSI group focuses on zero touch management for 5G
ETSI has announced the creation of the Zero touch network and Service Management Industry Specification Group (ZSM ISG), which will initially focus on 5G end-to-end network and service management such as network slicing management. The Read more…
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ITU advised to embrace security, privacy and open APIs as core principles
Security and privacy by design, open APIs, network virtualization, identity and authorization, analytics and accessibility have been identified by industry leaders as core principles to guide ITU standardization work towards 2020. This was the collective Read more…
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ETSI starts new group to develop augmented reality framework
ETSI has launched a new Industry Specification Group (ISG) that aims to synchronize efforts and identify key use cases and scenarios for developing an augmented reality (AR) framework with relevant components and interfaces. The Augmented Read more…
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ITU focus group zeroes in on machine learning for 5G networks
A new ITU Focus Group will establish a basis for ITU standardization to assist machine learning in bringing more automation and intelligence to ICT network design and management, particularly for 5G networks. The creation of Read more…
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ITU releases standard framework for customized e-learning
Online learning is unlocking the potential of students across the world, thanks to customized programs that help them learn in the style that comes most naturally. And a new ITU standard aims to help millions of Read more…