The New Generation DECT (NG-DECT) standard was first published in 2007;[5] it was developed by ETSI with guidance from the Home Gateway Initiative through the DECT Forum[6] to support IP-DECT functions in home gateway/IP-PBX equipment. The ETSI TS 102 527 series comes in five parts and covers wideband audio and mandatory interoperability features between handsets and base stations.