LITERACY IN STANDARDSLuis Jorge Romero Global Wireless Summit, Aalborg (Denmark) - May 2014

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Competitive advantage

“We must clearly understand the fundamental law of standards development which is that standards are never neutral…

They reflect the strengths and innovations of those who offer them to the committees…

Not participating in standards abdicates the decision-making to the competition, whether it be by company or nation”.

William J. Hudson, President Amp Inc. World Standards Day, 1995

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Some facts

> 7 billion mobile connections

> 3.5 billion unique mobile subscribers

> US$ 1.1 trillion revenue in 2013

Source: GSMA

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How are we educating our future generations?

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So then, what do we expect?

There are obvious subjects to educate on

Technology: Technical standards codify state-of-the-art technologies

Business: Standardization is a business/market development tool

Policy: Standardization supports policy making

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Practice is key!

Standardization is not a science but a practice

Diversity of standardization cultures (communities, goals, values, history) and behaviours

ICT Standards as source of state-of-the-art knowledge in engineering lessons

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ETSI embraces academia as members

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Growth of Academia2008 - 2013

Universities Public Research Bodies total

Then, why don’t we…

Introduce students to the Standards Community?

Send students to ETSI Committees?

Cooperate in developing the syllabus?

Make real specifications “common practice” for students?

Make our future generations literate in standards!

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