EU telecoms standards institute set for new leadership

 
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), will elect a new leader later this month, who will be tasked with navigating the troubled relationship between the body and the EU Commission.

Founded in 1988,  it is one of three organisations supporting EU regulation, while it also works on global telecoms standards.

On 16 April, ETSI is set to hold an election in its general assembly which will determine its director general for the next five years, starting in June.

Amid a myriad of standards that need to be created under legislation passed by the previous mandate, one of the three candidates will have to steer ETSI’s relationship with the Commission. Ler mais