Tetra WC_13 Dec TETRA World Congress 2001 Nice Acropolis, December ETSI & TETRA MoU: the Winning Combination for the PMR Market Karl Heinz Rosenbrock ETSI Director General
Tetra WC_13 Dec Table of contents News from ETSI Why to standardize? Partnership is a must! TETRA - yesterday - today - tomorrow Conclusion
Tetra WC_13 Dec News from ETSI 926 Members from 55 countries 28 Technical Bodies 2 Partnership Projects (3GPP & MESA) Competence Centres: (MCC, PTCC) New services: PlugTests, Fora hosting… >55 co-operation agreements - technical/specification development - marketing/strategic - political/institutional
Tetra WC_13 Dec More than 85% from private sector Administrations & Regulators from >35 countries More than 75% are SMEs More than 170 Members from overseas Rights & obligations for full & associate Members nearly identical (except for ENs) A closer look at Membership
Tetra WC_13 Dec Some currently hot topics (1) UMTS (W-CDMA) GSM evolution DECT Satellite communications Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Next Generation Networks (NGN) Voice over IP W-LANs (HIPERLAN)
Tetra WC_13 Dec Some currently hot topics (2) Powerline IPCablecom Smart Card Platform M-Commerce …and TETRA, of course
Tetra WC_13 Dec Load sharing Input market requirements into standardization process Influence evolution of technologies/standards Co-operation prior to competition Weight on international negotiation (standards) Network with partners, competitors > Early market watch Parallel product/service development > reduced lead times Facilitate access to new markets Why standardize? (1) Industry perspective
Tetra WC_13 Dec Why standardize? (2) Market perspective Open multi-vendor market Global networking/interworking Cost saving/economies of scale/time to market Reduction of solutions to a minimum, preferably to one! Reduces risks of TBTs Critical mass around a technology>market volumes
Tetra WC_13 Dec STANDARDIZATION HAS TO FULFILL MARKET NEEDS!
Tetra WC_13 Dec TIME TO MARKET! TIME TO MARKET!! TIME TO MARKET!!!
Tetra WC_13 Dec But before it looks like this…
Tetra WC_13 Dec THE FUTURE IS BUILT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP!
Tetra WC_13 Dec Partnerships with Fora & Consortia Fora generate «critical mass» Fora gather industry interest around a specific technology ETSI is neutral ETSI & Fora are natural allies for specification development & promotion. Promotion plans: - HIPERLAN > H2GF - DECT > DECT Forum - 3G > UMTS Forum, etc - … and TETRA > TETRA MoU
Tetra WC_13 Dec Toolbox Co-operation in the elaboration of a promotion plan Design and registration of a logo & Trade Mark Technology exhibitions/symposia Participation to institutional/regional events Brochures/literature White paper Technical speakers club Web site Press contacts
Tetra WC_13 Dec ETSI’s support to TETRA, a bird’s eye view ETSI is a recognized ESO ETSI’s track record & reputation world-wide ETSI’s membership covering the full telecommunications area ETSI’s contacts with the European Commission, National Regulators and Standards Organisations First class standardization support with most modern electronic working methods and tools ETSI’s Funded Work Programme support Joining forces on promotion
Tetra WC_13 Dec TETRA History 1989: TETRA standardisation started in ETSI 1991: Consensus reached on TDMA technology with 4 timeslots in 25 kHz bandwidth 1994: TETRA MoU established 1995: First phase of TETRA standards completed 1996: Harmonised frequencies for TETRA in Europe 1997: First TETRA systems installed 2000: TETRA Release 2 standardization started
Tetra WC_13 Dec TETRA Today TETRA is the only PMR/PAMR standard supported by ETSI TETRA is one of ETSI’s « best-sellers » - not only in Europe… TETRA Release 1 Standard virtually completed First TETRA Release 2 standards published
Tetra WC_13 Dec What’s next TETRA’s success story continues world-wide TETRA is the PMR/PAMR standard for the future needs of: Public Safety Transportation Utilities Industry Military 3-years standardization programme for TETRA Release 2 Unblocking the IPR issue in other regions…
Tetra WC_13 Dec Together with the TETRA MoU we can continue the world-wide success story of TETRA ETSI is committed to give its best support to TETRA Thank you