DECT standardisation: status and future activities

The standardisation of DECT in ETSI has been very productive, the DECT standard is one of the first to be completed. The basic DECT standards were approved in 1992 after which type approval (regulatory) standards were made (approved 1993/1994). During the last year the focus of standardisation has shifted towards application standards, e.g. DECT/GSM and DECT/ISDN Interworking Profiles. One of the latest developments in DECT has been the Generic Access Profile, which ensures full interoperability.