Transcript ITU Overview: Empowering global ICT development

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Opening Plenary, 4.6
CONTACT(S):
Malcolm Johnson
ITU Overview
Empowering global ICT development
Malcolm Johnson
Submission Date:
Month Day, 2008
Highlights of Current Activities (1)
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Climate Change
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Accessibility
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Power saving checklist for standards authors
Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change. London, Kyoto.
Studies on climate monitoring and weather forecasting
Focus Group
Checklist for standards authors
Workshop on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
New JCA on accessibility
IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability
Emergency Telecoms
• Spectrum requirements for use in initial phase of an emergency
• Language independent prefix for emergency numbers
• Universal Child helpline number
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Cybersecurity
• Definition of cybersecurity; a standardized way for vendors to supply security updates and
guidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam.
• Identity management: Draft Recommendations ongoing on data model, interoperable
framework, interchange framework, Trusted ISP, and entity authentication assurance
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Bridging the standardization gap
• Regional forums
• Remote participation
• Meetings in regions
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Highlights of Current Activities (2)
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Additional spectrum identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT):
• Higher frequencies: to face growth in densely populated areas
• Lower frequencies to provide, at a reasonable cost, high speed mobile services everywhere, in
particular in less densely populated areas
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NGN:
• requirements, architecture, OAM, signaling protocols,
resource control, NNI signaling, NGN testing, and security
• IPTV: First Recs. approved based on results of IPTV FG
• Optical and other transport network infrastructures
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Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular: 3.8 millions copies downloaded in 12months
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Fully Networked Car:
- Annual event at Geneva International Motor Show
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First Kaleidoscope conference – Innovation in NGN
– new relationship with academia
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Technology Watch briefing reports: climate change, lawful interception, remote collaboration
tools, telepresence, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks, CALM
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Strategic Direction
• Increasing collaboration with other bodies
• Adapting to market needs
• Addressing public policy issues
• Increasing participation of developing countries
• New membership category for academia, research bodies
• “ITU inside” concept: Mark to show conformance to ITU Recs
• Increased workshop programme
• International public/private partnership key strength
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Challenges
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Attaining climate neutral status in 3 years
Adapting to convergence
Some principle themes of WRC-11:
– “Classic” radiocommunication services
– Regulatory issues
– Safety
increasingly complex standardisation scenario
Maintaining ITU as preeminent global telecommunication and
radiocommunication standards development organization
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Next Steps/Actions
• Preparation for WRC-11
• 33 Agenda Items, again addressing almost all Radio Services
• CPM11-1 established studies in ITU-R Study Groups
• WTSA-08 will:
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Decide on future standardization topics
Create structure to efficiently address future work
Ensure relevant, clear mandates avoiding duplication
Facilitate participation, especially of developing countries
Enhance current electronic working methods
Appoint new chairmen and vice-chairmen
• GSS (Global Standards Symposium) will address:
• Bridging the standardization gap
• Climate change, accessibility
• Standardisation scenario
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Supplementary information
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Relevant links
• ITU-T website
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T
• WTSA-08
http://www.itu.int/itu-t/wtsa-08
• General Enquiries
[email protected]
• WRC-07 website
http://www.itu.int/ITUR/index.asp?category=conferences&rlink=wrc-07&lang=en
• Presentation on results of WRC-07
http://www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0018/en
• Presentation on preparations for WRC-11
http://www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0026/en
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