bl Are ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Arbitrable? By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:26:24 +0000 Over the years, attempts to arbitrate breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Section 502(a)(2) have had varying results.1 One court recently recognized that “whether any benefits plan may agree to submit to arbitration and/or whether an individual employment agreement may compel claims on behalf of a benefits plan to proceed to arbitration are not issues of clearly settled law.”2 This issue is before two circuit courts of appeal this year. So far, the court rulings in the cases seem to provide some guidance while a Full Article
bl Are ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims arbitrable? By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:11:19 +0000 Pamela Reynolds’ article discusses whether employers can enforce arbitration of breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Section 502(a)(2). Benefits Pro View (Subscription required.) Full Article
bl What We Learned from Whistleblowers and Their Complaints in 2022 and What to Watch Out for in 2023 By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:46:41 +0000 Full Article
bl Arbitrator upholds reasonableness of hospital vaccination policy for termination of non-compliant By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:08:17 +0000 Rhonda B. Levy and Barry Kuretzky discuss a case in which an arbitrator issued the first award in Ontario to address and uphold the reasonableness of a hospital vaccination policy that allows employers to terminate employees for non-compliance. Human Resources Director Canada View (Subscription required.) Full Article
bl Denver Mandates That All Public-Sector and Certain Private-Sector Employees Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:11:27 +0000 On August 2, 2021, Denver, Colorado Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced that all city employees, as well as private-sector workers in certain “high-risk” settings, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30, 2021. After September 30, unvaccinated individuals covered by this mandate will not be permitted to work onsite or in the field. In order to meet this September 30 deadline, employees covered by this requirement must receive their final doses of the vaccine by September 15. Who is Affected by the Vaccine Mandate? Full Article
bl Illinois Court Temporarily Blocks Mandated COVID-19 Mitigation Measures at Nearly 170 School Districts By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:47:15 +0000 In the midst of declining infection rates and increasing debate over mask and vaccine mandates, on February 7, 2022, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow temporarily enjoined COVID-19 mitigation measure mandates that had been imposed by order of Governor Pritzker and related administrative agency rules, affecting nearly 170 school districts. Echoing the concern expressed by the Eleventh Circuit, in its December 2021 Georgia v. Full Article
bl New York Amends Workplace Violence Prevention Law to Extend Coverage to Public Schools By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:44:37 +0000 Since 2006, public employers in New York have been required to implement programs to prevent and minimize workplace violence.1 Public school employers, including public school districts, New York City public schools, Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES), and County Vocational Education and Extension Boards, were previously exempted from the law. Full Article
bl House Republicans Warn Against College Athlete Unions By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:34:57 +0000 While testifying at a congressional hearing, Tyler A. Sims said the potential consequences of unionizing could be damaging for athletes. Inside Higher Ed View (Subscription required.) Full Article
bl NLRB General Counsel Suggests How Colleges and Universities Can Satisfy NLRA Disclosure Obligations Without Violating FERPA By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:18:27 +0000 Colleges and universities that employ their own students face conflicts about how to protect student information, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), while disclosing information about student-employees who seek to unionize, as required by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). On August 6, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel issued a memorandum with her advice about how higher education institutions should handle this dilemma. Full Article
bl Connecticut Employers Can Terminate Employees Impaired by Medical Marijuana While Working; Appellate Court Also Provides Guidance for Reasonable Suspicion Drug Tests By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:51:43 +0000 In a significant decision about workplace drug use, the Connecticut Appellate Court backed an employer’s right to terminate a worker who was impaired on the job by medical marijuana. The decision also clarified the factual basis an employer must possess to justify ordering a drug test based on suspicion of impairment. Full Article
bl OSHA Issues New Inspection Guidance Targeting Animal Slaughtering and Processing Establishments By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:44:20 +0000 On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released expanded guidance for OSHA inspections of employers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry. This guidance supersedes previous guidance issued in 2015, which had been limited to poultry processing establishments. Full Article
bl Predictably Unpredictable – Navigating Fair Workweek Laws Across the United States By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2024 16:09:11 +0000 Full Article
bl Spotting and Solving Workplace Issues Before They Lead to Legal Troubles By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:31:22 +0000 Full Article
bl Virtual Hospitality Roundtable By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 17:10:00 +0000 Full Article
bl Labor of Law: Should Employers Be Liable When Their AI Tools Break the Law? By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:42:23 +0000 Jim Paretti weighs in on the many legal questions raised by a new law in New York City that will ban employers from using AI tools in hiring unless they're annually audited. Law.com View (Subscription required.) Full Article
bl European Employers Navigate New Pressures Around Flexible Work Models, AI Adoption and Divisive Social Issues, Littler Survey Finds By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:37:29 +0000 (November 8, 2023) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has released its sixth annual European Employer Survey Report. Based on responses from 780 human resources (HR) executives, in-house lawyers and business leaders from across Europe, the report explores the myriad ways in which employers are responding to changes in workplace management, policy and culture. Full Article
bl Littler Attorney Bruce Buchanan Publishes 2024 Edition of The I-9 and E-Verify Handbook By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:02:18 +0000 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 4, 2024) – Bruce Buchanan, an attorney in the Nashville office of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has published the 2024 edition of The I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, along with co-author Greg Siskind of Siskind Susser, PC. Full Article
bl Littler Adds Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Litigator Phillip Antablin in Los Angeles By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:24:52 +0000 LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Phillip Antablin as a shareholder in its Century City office in Los Angeles. Antablin previously served as Senior Counsel at Epstein Becker Green. Full Article
bl California’s SB 1047 establishes stringent requirements for large-scale AI models By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:08:24 +0000 Niloy Ray and Alice H. Wang say California’s Senate Bill 1047 represents another significant step forward in the state’s wide-ranging efforts to regulate the development and use of AI. Daily Journal View (Subscription required) Full Article
bl ETSI releases first globally applicable standard for consumer IoT security By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:30:38 GMT ETSI releases first globally applicable standard for consumer IoT security Sophia Antipolis, 19 February 2019 The ETSI Technical Committee on Cybersecurity (TC CYBER) has just released ETSI TS 103 645, a standard for cybersecurity in the Internet of Things, to establish a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products and provide a basis for future IoT certification schemes. Read More... Full Article
bl 2019 ETSI Fellows unveiled at General Assembly award ceremony By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:42:55 GMT 2019 ETSI Fellows unveiled at General Assembly award ceremony Sophia Antipolis, 3 April 2019 On 2 April during the 73rd General Assembly dinner, ETSI unveiled its three 2019 ETSI Fellows for their outstanding contribution to ETSI’s work. Awards were granted to Roberto Macchi, David Chater-Lea and Friedhelm Hillebrand. The award ceremony took place in the beautiful Domaine de Barbossi, a resort comprising high class hotel and restaurants, a golf and tennis course and a country club, located in Mandelieu la Napoule on the Côte d’Azur. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI and the Linux Foundation sign Memorandum of Understanding enabling industry standards and Open Source collaboration By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:57:05 GMT ETSI and the Linux Foundation sign Memorandum of Understanding enabling industry standards and Open Source collaboration San Francisco, US, and Sophia Antipolis, France, 26 April 2019 Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through sustainable open source, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ETSI, the independent organization providing global standards for ICT services across all sectors of industry, to bring open source and standards closer and foster synergies between them. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI releases specification for Energy Efficient IP Video Surveillance enabling further IoT interoperability By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:23:09 GMT ETSI releases specification for Energy Efficient IP Video Surveillance enabling further IoT interoperability Sophia Antipolis, 13 June 2019 The ETSI Technical Committee ATTM has just released the ETSI specification TS 105 176-2, to provide interoperable Ethernet and Power over Coax solutions for IP video surveillance. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI NFV Release 4 empowers orchestration and cloud enabled deployments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:56:35 GMT ETSI NFV Release 4 empowers orchestration and cloud enabled deployments Offers increased support for automation Sophia Antipolis, 8 October 2019 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as Release 4. While NFV-based deployments are expanding worldwide and show the benefits of network function virtualization, new technologies are expected to be leveraged and features are being added in support of 5G and novel fixed access network deployments that are emerging in many countries. The release 4 work programme will provide the right setting to further enhance the NFV framework by considering recent technological advances, as well as ways to simplify its usage, that are aligned with the current trends in the industry towards network transformation. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes a white paper on Network Transformation - Building on key technologies for 5G By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:23:58 GMT ETSI publishes a white paper on Network Transformation - Building on key technologies for 5G SDN NFV World Congress, The Hague, 14 October 2019 ETSI is proud to announce the availability of a new white paper, entitled Network Transformation: Orchestration, Network and Service Management Framework, written by several of its Industry Specification Groups’ (ISG) Chairs. These groups have released specifications on key building block technologies for next-generation networks, feeding the 3GPP 5G specifications. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI Open Source MANO unveils Release SEVEN, enables more than 20,000 cloud-native applications for NFV environments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:56:06 GMT ETSI Open Source MANO unveils Release SEVEN, enables more than 20,000 cloud-native applications for NFV environments Sophia Antipolis, 12 December 2019 Today, the ETSI Open Source MANO group is pleased to unveil its latest release, OSM Release SEVEN. This release brings cloud-native applications to NFV deployments, enabling OSM to on-board over 20,000 pre-existing production-ready Kubernetes applications, with no need of any translation or repackaging. OSM release SEVEN allows you to combine within the same Network Service the flexibility of cloud-native applications with the predictability of traditional virtual and physical network functions (VNFs and PNFs) and all the required advanced networking required to build complex end to end telecom services. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI unveils Augmented Reality Framework enabling multi-vendor ecosystem for industry and consumers By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:55:20 GMT ETSI unveils Augmented Reality Framework enabling multi-vendor ecosystem for industry and consumers Sophia Antipolis, 24 March 2020 The ETSI Industry Specification Group on the Augmented Reality Framework (ISG ARF) unveils ETSI GS ARF 003, a key specification towards the interoperability of AR components. Today industrial and end users tend to frequently depend on a single provider to deploy AR applications and services. Compliance with the ETSI framework will allow components from different providers to interoperate via the defined interfaces, allowing broader and quicker adoption of AR technology. It will also take account of a growing and dynamic AR market. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:56:40 GMT ETSI publishes new work programme, keeping up the pace of ongoing activities Sophia Antipolis, 22 June 2020 ETSI is pleased to release its 2020-2021 work programme. In ETSI we are constantly exploring new ways to make the development of standards faster and more efficient. Our FORGE platform, for example, gives developers free access to open-source code produced by our members. And as we have already seen this year, the need for effective virtual collaboration between individuals and teams has never been keener. Read More... Full Article
bl Fighting pandemic: special edition of Enjoy! now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:05:19 GMT Fighting pandemic: special edition of Enjoy! now available Sophia Antipolis, 7 July 2020 ETSI is pleased to unveil a special edition of its magazine Enjoy! As a global pandemic hit the world at all levels, people and companies had to cope with this crisis each in their own way. Through a variety of interviews and articles, this new issue reflects the challenges and perspectives of our international members. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:28:03 GMT ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2020 The ETSI SmartM2M technical committee is pleased to confirm it has extended its IoT SAREF ontology with four new sectors addressing the automotive, eHealth/Ageing-well, wearable and water domains. The Smart Applications REFerence (SAREF) ontology is intended to enable interoperability between solutions from different providers and within various activity sectors in the Internet of Things (IoT), thus contributing to the development of the global digital market. SmartM2M has already developed six extensions, now supplemented with these four new specifications. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI experts complete specifications for Vulnerable Road Users By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:26:47 GMT ETSI experts complete specifications for Vulnerable Road Users Sophia Antipolis, 24 November 2020 A group of experts in ETSI TC ITS, the committee in charge of Intelligent Transport Systems, has just completed a set of three standards related to Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) protection with the specification ETSI TS 103 300-3. This standard defines the VRU awareness service together with its key interfaces and protocols as well as the VRU awareness message (VAM) format, semantics and syntax. The specification completes the Technical Report, ETSI TR 103 300-1 on use cases and the Technical specification, ETSI TS 103 300-2, addressing the functional architecture and requirements for VRU. The development of the standards included stakeholders from around the world and received a large set of contributions from representatives working on different types of vulnerable road users, for example bicycles and motorcycles. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI 3rd SDN mWT Plugtests Report published By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:27:29 GMT ETSI 3rd SDN mWT Plugtests Report published Sophia Antipolis, 4 December 2020 The third ETSI mWT (millimetre Wave Transmission) SDN (Software Defined Network) Plugtests™ event was completed on 19 November 2020. The event report with all interoperability results is now available. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI blockchain group releases first Reports, targeting industry and governmental bodies By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:44:57 GMT ETSI blockchain group releases first Reports, targeting industry and governmental bodies Sophia Antipolis, 15 February 2021 The ETSI Industry Specification Group on Permissioned Distributed Ledger (ISG PDL) has recently released a number of Reports to support industry and government institutions needs for what is commonly known as blockchain. These Reports cover data record compliance to regulation, application scenarios and smart contracts. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI enables intercontinental testing for next-generation emergency communications By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:07:00 GMT ETSI enables intercontinental testing for next-generation emergency communications Sophia Antipolis, 23 March 2021 ETSI has successfully completed its international emergency communications interoperability testing event. 285 test pairings, with 87% demonstrating interoperability, were run from 22 February to 5 March 2021, both in Europe and across the Atlantic to assess the compatibility of products for mission-critical public safety services. This remote event was a cooperation between ETSI, EENA, the European Emergency Number Association and for the first time NENA, the 9-1-1 Association. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI NFV and MEC API 2021 testing event Report now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:54:04 GMT ETSI NFV and MEC API 2021 testing event Report now available Sophia Antipolis, 16 April 2021 The ETSI NFV&MEC API Plugtests™ 2021 event, which ran remotely during the whole month of February, allowed participants to self-evaluate the conformance of their API server implementations with network function virtualization and multi-access edge computing API specifications. The event allowed also to validate and gather feedback on ETSI NFV and MEC API and Conformance Testing Specifications, and associated Robot test suites. The full Report, including results, findings and lessons learnt is now available HERE. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes new Work Programme By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:36:37 GMT ETSI publishes new Work Programme Sophia Antipolis, 9 June 2021 ETSI is pleased to release its 2021-2022 Work Programme. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI virtual Security Week 2021: recorded presentations now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:08:38 GMT ETSI virtual Security Week 2021: recorded presentations now available Sophia Antipolis, 25 June 2021 The ETSI Security Week 2021, that took place virtually from 14 June to 18 June, successfully closed with an audience of more than 1000 viewers joining from over 70 countries! Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI FRMCS Plugtests Report now available By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:28:09 GMT ETSI FRMCS Plugtests Report now available Sophia Antipolis, 5 July 2021 ETSI, with the support of the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA) and the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC), released its Report following the FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) Plugtests remote-only event which took place from 14 to 18 June 2021. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI releases a Report to enable MEC deployment in a multi-operator’s environment By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:29:32 GMT ETSI releases a Report to enable MEC deployment in a multi-operator’s environment Sophia Antipolis, 20 July 2021 The ETSI MEC Industry Specification Group (ETSI ISG MEC) has just released a new Group Report ETSI GR MEC 0035 to enable inter-MEC system deployment and MEC-Cloud system coordination. This Report was motivated by the mobile network operators’ interest in forming federated MEC environments and enabling information exchange in a secure manner, in the event that MEC platforms or applications belong to different MEC systems. Read More... Full Article
bl Draft of ETSI Coordinated vulnerability disclosure guide available for public comments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:07:17 GMT Draft of ETSI Coordinated vulnerability disclosure guide available for public comments Sophia Antipolis, 24 August 2021 ETSI will soon release a Guide to Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Before publication, it made the draft publicly available for comments. Please send your feedback by 15 September to the technical committee CYBER at cybersupport@etsi.org Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI launches a new group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:17:32 GMT ETSI launches a new group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Sophia Antipolis, 4 October 2021 Improving network performance with cost-effective, low-power and sustainable technology for future wireless systems ETSI, which produces globally applicable standards for ICT, has launched a new Industry Specification Group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (ISG RIS). The group has been created to review and establish global standardization for RIS technology. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:52:56 GMT ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments Sophia Antipolis, 9 November 2021 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as "Release 5”, officially kicking off the new Release technical work after their September meeting. The Release 5 work program is expected to drive ETSI NFV’s work into two main directions: consolidating the NFV framework and expanding its applicability and functionality set. On the one hand, some aspects of the NFV concepts and functionalities that have been addressed in previous Releases, but need additional work, will be further developed in Release 5. For instance, based on development, deployment experience and feedback collected during testing events such as the “NFV/MEC Plugtests”, additional work on VNF configuration was deemed necessary. Another example is the more detailed specification work related to fault management modelling which aims at further defining faults and alarms information to improve interoperability during network operations, in particular for root cause analysis and fault resolution in multi-vendor environments. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI NFV and MEC IOP Plugtests Report 2021 published By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:55:08 GMT ETSI NFV and MEC IOP Plugtests Report 2021 published Sophia Antipolis, 26 November 2021 In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme and in order to accelerate NFV and MEC adoption and interoperability, ETSI organized the NFV&MEC IOP Plugtests 2021 event from 1 to 15 October 2021. The Report of this multi-vendor interoperability (IOP) event, held remotely, is now publicly available for download. NFV and MEC overall interoperability reached a 95% to 100% success rate. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:05:43 GMT ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) Sophia Antipolis, 24 January 2022 After the release of the first specification on smart contracts on 18 January, members from the ETSI PDL group published a White Paper entitled “An Introduction of Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL)”. Distributed ledgers have consolidated as one of the most disruptive applications of information technology that have appeared in recent years. Their ability to store any kind of data as a consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital records distributed across multiple sites, without depending on any central administrator, together with their properties regarding immutability (and therefore non-repudiation) and multi-party verifiability opens a wide range of applications. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI simplifies ICT end-users’ lives with a guide available in 19 European languages By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:21:40 GMT ETSI simplifies ICT end-users’ lives with a guide available in 19 European languages Sophia Antipolis, 21 July 2022 ETSI is pleased to announce the new version of the ETSI Guide EG 203 499, developed by experts from the Human Factors Technical Committee. The guide aims to further simplify end-user access to ICT devices, services and applications by providing recommended terms for basic and commonly used ICT-related objects and activities, notably the terms that end users are commonly exposed to. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI releases new Report on IPv6-based Blockchain By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:39:47 GMT ETSI releases new Report on IPv6-based Blockchain Sophia Antipolis, 31 August 2022 ETSI has just released ETSI GR IPE 012, a new IPv6 Enhanced innovation (IPE) Group Report “IPv6-based Blockchain”. The report outlines how IPv6 can be utilized by blockchain networks to secure direct peer-to-peer payments between end users, as well as the potential future role of IPv6 as vital infrastructure, supporting the blockchain. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes a new white paper on Fixed 5th generation advanced By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:26:28 GMT ETSI publishes a new white paper on Fixed 5th generation advanced Sophia Antipolis, 22 September 2022 Members from the ETSI Fixed 5th generation (F5G) group have just published a new white paper “F5G advanced and beyond”. This white paper describes the drivers, dimensions, and technologies of the F5G advanced and beyond. Nine key applications or industry trends are identified as key drivers for F5G Advanced. These can be grouped into two categories: those that are oriented towards services and applications, and those that are directed towards network transformation. Ultra-high-definition immersive experience services could put many new requirements on the network. Enterprises will continue their digitization and cloudification, and this is a huge opportunity for fixed networks. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI publishes a new White Paper on Multi-access Edge Computing security By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:29:45 GMT ETSI publishes a new White Paper on Multi-access Edge Computing security Sophia Antipolis, 28 September 2022 Members from the ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing group (ISG MEC) have just published a new white paper, “MEC security; Status of standards support and future evolutions". Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI General Assembly elects new Chair and Vice Chair By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:18:46 GMT ETSI General Assembly elects new Chair and Vice Chair Sophia Antipolis, 1 December 2022 On 29 and 30 November, ETSI held its 80th General Assembly in Sophia-Antipolis, France. The agenda included the election of a new Chair and two Vice Chairs. The evening dinner, held at the prestigious Negresco hotel in Nice on the first night of the assembly, saw the celebration of the ETSI Fellowship Award Ceremony, honouring Members for their outstanding contributions to the Institute. Read More... Full Article
bl ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:57 GMT ETSI OSM launches Release THIRTEEN with a new scalable architecture for massive closed-loop operations Sophia Antipolis, 15 December 2022 The ETSI Open Source MANO community is proud to announce OSM Release THIRTEEN, meeting the already established cadence of two releases per year, alternating between Long Term Support (LTS) releases such as Release TWELVE (2 years’ support) and Standard releases (6 months support). Read More... Full Article
