ed a miscellaneous item. ETSI normally requires paid membership for participation as a full or associ- ate member. The members have access to the working documents of the techni- cal bodies, while the standards once released can be viewed or downloaded free of charge by anyone. Each technical body has a chairman who is responsible for overall management of the technical body including its working groups and programs. ETSI conducts meeting, workshops, and exhibitions for study of technology and development of standards. Some of the events are also available as a Web cast. Tools are another outcome of the ETSI work. The third generation of mobile was developed by ETSI in collaboration with some other standardizing bodies under the umbrella of 3GPP. This makes GSM standards one of the major contribution areas of ETSI. Web site: www.etsi.org Standardizing Bodies 7.7 MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) was formed in 2001 by Nan Chen and Ron Young. MEF works on developing technical specifications and implementation agreements on Carrier Ethernet. Its standards are intended to promote interoper- ability and deployment on areas related to Ethernet. Some of the standards released by MEF on network management include specifications on information models for EMS-NMS and service OAM framework and requirements. Developing new standards is not the primary goal of MEF though they have worked on new standards. Its main goal is to create implementation agreements that extend the utility of existing standards developed by other standardizing bod- ies. MEF has a marketing committee that works on increasing worldwide aware- ness of Ethernet services and Ethernet-based transport networks and a technical committee for steering activities related to technical specification and standards. The MEF mainly works on defining standards on Ethernet services for metro transport networks and Carrier-class, Ethernet-based metro transport technolo- gies. It also looks into other transport technologies and non-Ethernet interf