The 
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a 
standardization organization of the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in 
Europe, with worldwide projection.  ETSI has been successful in standardizing the 
GSM cell phone system.
ETSI was created by CEPT in 1988.
See the organization's own website, http://www.etsi.org/
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