Technical Organization, Technical Bodies 
     The ETSI Technical Organization comprises three types of 
        Technical Body (TB):
            Technical Committee (TC)
               
             ETSI Project (EP) 
              •  Market sector and timeframe oriented 
           ETSI Partnership Project (EPP)
              •  Market sector and timeframe oriented
              •   In co-operation with external bodies
     A Technical Body may establish Working Groups (WG), if required 
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    ETSI’s Technical Committees
       Access, Terminals, Transmission & Multiplexing (ATTM)
       Aeronautical (AERO)
       Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN)
       Broadcast
            • Joint committee with European Broadcasting Union and CENELEC
       Cloud 
       Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (DECT)
       ETSI Project eHealth
       Electromagnetic Compatibility & Radio Spectrum (ERM)
       Electronic Signatures & Infrastructures (ESI)
       Environmental Engineering (EE)
       Human Factors (HF)
       IMS Network Testing (INT)
       Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
       Lawful Interception (LI)                                                       Continued…
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    ETSI’s Technical Committees
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   • Machine to Machine (M2M)
   • Methods for Testing & Specification (MTS)
   • Mobile Standards Group (MSG)
   • Multimedia Content Distribution (MCD)
   • Powerline Telecommunications (PLT)
   • Railway Telecommunications (RT)
   • Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS)
   • Safety
   • Satellite Earth Stations & Systems (SES)
   • Smart Card Platform (SCP)
   • Speech Processing, Transmission & Quality (STQ)
   • Telecoms & Internet converged Services 
       & Protocols for Advanced Networks (TISPAN)
   • Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
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     Industry Specification Group (ISG)
           A special type of ETSI committee, focused activity, designed for quick 
           establishment
           Decides its own work programme, approves its own deliverables
            • ISGs produce ETSI Group Specifications (GS) only
           All ISGs use ETSI IPR policy
            • Well-established IPR policy, save time and legal fees compared with setting up a forum.
           Each ISG has its own membership
            • Non-Members of ETSI can participate, under conditions
           Each ISG can have its own budget
            • Decided and paid for by its members, invoiced to them by ETSI
            • Usually not required
           Each ISG can set its own working procedures 
            • Based on ETSI Technical Working Procedures
           Each ISG can have its own voting system
            • Recommended to use ETSI weighted voting, or 1 member 1 vote
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     ISG: other characteristics
            Fast and easy to set up
             •   Minimum 4 ETSI members necessary, approved by Director General 
             •   ETSI Secretariat will provide basic support free of charge
            Participation is governed by a Industry Specification Group Agreement
             •   Sets out the operation rules, budget mechanism, voting rules etc.
            All ETSI members can access all ISG documents
            All ETSI members can participate, if they sign the ISG agreement
             •   Also applicant members
             •   Includes agreeing to contribute to the budget according to this agreement
             •   Access to mailing lists, etc.
            Non-members of ETSI can participate
             •   Must sign a Participation agreement including adherence to IPR policy, pay a fee (per 
                 meeting)
             •   Non-members of ETSI have no voting rights
             •   Access to mailing lists, meeting documents, contribution rights
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