Within the area of communications and information technology standards are vital.
Standards define interoperability between equipment and facilitate attractive end user applications.
To obtain the necessary interoperability and economies of scale, standards are in many cases a pre-requisite. As communication and information technology are high technology areas, standards tend to be very complex and define an essential part of the development efforts. Standardisation Projects Ericsson has leading standardisation projects in all major areas relevant for the future world of communication and information technology. Internet and WEB standards - Activities in IETF , W3C , WAP Forum etc. The global 3rd generation standard After more than a decade of standardization work, the IMT 2000 world standard was finalized.