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ITU:ITU:Empowering global Empowering global ICT developmentICT development
Malcolm Johnson, DirectorMalcolm Johnson, Director ITU Telecommunication ITU Telecommunication Standardization BureauStandardization Bureau
South African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference
8 September 2008
ITU at the heart of international Geneva
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Outline
ITU Characteristics
Structure
Work highlights
Cooperation with other bodies
Academia and research institutes
World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly
Global Standardisation Symposium
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Introduction to ITU
World’s oldest international organisationFounded in 1865 to ensure interoperabilityof international telecommunicationsRecognised as one of the world’s ten most enduring institutions: defined as “institutions that have changed and grown in unswerving success and relevance — yet remained true through time to their founding principles”Unique international public/private partnershipof 191 governments and over 700 private sector entitiesHQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff, over 80 nationalitiesITU Mission is to connect the worldConnect Africa Summit, Rwanda, October 2007 committed $50 billion to projects in Africa
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ITU StructureGeneral Secretariat: Coordinates activities and manages the administrative and financial aspects of the Union’s activities
Radio Sector: Coordinates radiocommunications, radio-frequency spectrum management and wireless services: Custodian of Radio Regulations – international treaty on use of the radio spectrum and geostationary satellite orbit. Updated every 4 years.
Development Sector: Technical assistance for deployment of telecom networks, regulations and services in developing and least developed countries to develop national telecommunication/ICT services
Telecommunication Standards Sector (ITU-T): Adopts global standards (ITU-T Recommendations) covering all fields of telecommunications/ICTs. Custodian of international telecommunications numbering schemes. Reviewing the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) – international treaty on telecommunications operations.
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ITU-T CharacteristicsContribution driven – membership initiates, develops and agrees output
Standards (over 3000) produced in “Study Groups”
Initial development in “Focus Groups” open to non-members
Meetings, Workshops and Tutorials held around the world
One of only three truly international standards bodies
Consensus based (but voting possible)
Very flexible, fast and transparent proceduresstart work: 1 day / few weeks
develop work: weeks to 2-3 yrs
approve work: average 9 weeks
publish work: couple of days after approval
Common IPR Policy with ISO and IEC
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Academia
Website GuidelinesWorkshops Media
KaleidoscopeTechnology
Watch
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Top Participants
* Consolidated for various memberships
Sector Members Associates
Administrations(841/1067)
ROA(328/432)
SIOs(700/1016)
Associates(42/86)
China 153Orange/France Telecom 60 NTT * 129 HHI 6
Korea 153 BT 47 Huawei 123 Dilithium 5
United States 132 KDDI 36 ETRI 90 OFS Fitel 4
United Kingdom 68 China Telecoms. 35 Nortel Networks * 53 Semtech 4
Syria 62 Telekom.Polska 26 Nokia Siemens * 48 UpZide 4
Japan 49 Deutsche Telekom 20 Alcatel * 47 AULM 3
France 44 Telecom Italia 18 Lucent * 47 RAD Data 3
Russia 44 AT&T 17 ZTE 45 Yokogawa 3
Canada 40 China Mobile Com. 16 Cisco 33 Anagran 2
Germany 35 Swisscom 16 L.M. Ericsson 23 ASSIA 2
Australia 25 NHK 13 NEC 21 Atos Origin 2
Switzerland 20 Telenor ASA 13 Telcordia 21 Essex 2
Kenya 16 KT Corp. 11 Hitachi 20 Finisar 2
= 79% of total admin attendance 76% 69% 49%
Number of visits
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ITU-T hot topics
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) follow up
Next generation network (NGN)
IPTV
Cybersecurity including identity management (IdM)
Ubiquitous networks
Next generation multimedia conferencing
Videocoding
Broadband access
Packet based transport
Fibre optics
Home networking
ICTs and climate change
Accessibility to ICTs for persons with disabilities
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Some Historical Standards
2005: VDSL22004: Gigabit passive optical network (GPON)2002: H.264/MPEG-4/AVC video codec2000: X.509 for public key infrastructure (PKI) 1999: Standards for cable modems1998: V.90 internet modem standard1998: SDH – key standard for digital information1996: H.323 for VoIP and videoconferencing1993: First DSL standards for broadband1988: Key audio coding standards (G.711 and G.72x)1988: 1981: Signaling system seven (SS7) standards1976: First packet switching standard (X.25)1968: First standards for fax transmission
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ITU’s Emmyawarded 23 August 2008
for ITU-T H.264/MPEG4 High Profile
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Highlights of current activitiesClimate ChangeClimate Change
Power saving checklist for standards development Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change, Kyoto, London.Focus Group to determine impact of ICTsIGF Dynamic Coalition on climate change
Accessibility for disabled peopleAccessibility for disabled peopleChecklist for standards developmentWorkshopsIGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability
Emergency TelecomsEmergency TelecomsLanguage independent prefix for emergency numbersUniversal Child helpline
CybersecurityCybersecuritySecurity standards roadmap available of ITU websiteGuidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam. Identity management: entity authentication , requirements
Bridging the standardization gapBridging the standardization gap
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Bridging the standardization gap
ObjectiveEnd disparities in the ability of representatives of developing countries, relative to representatives of developed countries, to access, implement, contribute to and influence international ICT standards, specifically ITU Recommendations
StatusMuch has been done to improve access:
Free access to ITU-T RecommendationsRegional ForumsRegional GroupsRemote collaboration toolsMeetings in the regionsWorkshops and Tutorials
Expected ResultsDeveloping countries requirements taken into accountQuicker implementation of new technology in developing countries
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Free ITU-T Recommendations
From the beginning of 2007, ITU-T Recommendations are available for downloading free of charge
With only a small number of exceptions all in-force ITU-T Recommendations are available in PDF form with a click of the mouse
Over 3 million copies downloaded in last 12 months
www.itu.int/ITU-T/publications/recs.html
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September 2008 workshops
IPv6: Geneva, 4-5 September
From Speech to audio: bandwidth extension, binaural perception: Lannion, 10-12 September
ITU Regional Development Forum 2008: Bridging the ICT standardization gap in developing countries for the Asia-Pacific Region: Hanoi, 15-17 September
Advancing public-private partnerships for e-business standards: Geneva, 18-19 September
WSC - Standardization Community Management Course: Geneva 22-26 September
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ITU and Academia:Kaleidoscope Events
To increase dialogue between academia and ITU
Aim to identify new topics for standardization
Organized with IEEE ComSoc as Technical Co-Sponsor and supported by Cisco, Intel, the International Communications Foundation of Japan and Sun MicrosystemsInnovations in NGN, Geneva, 12-13 May 2008:220 participants Over 140 papers peer reviewed: 53 papers were presented The best three were awarded prizes totaling $10,000 kindly donated by Cisco. Included in special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine16 entrants received a Young Author Recognition CertificateSATNAC winner one of best papers: Rolen Christian
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Kaleidoscope 2009
Innovations for Digital Inclusion
Argentina, 31 August - 1 September 2009
Prize fund for best papers contributed by Cisco
Proceedings published in IEEE Communications magazine
Call for papers now available on ITU website
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Technology Watch
Technology Watch surveys the ICT environment for new study topics – opportunity for academia and research institutes to contribute
Technology Watch Briefing Reports provide an up-to-date assessment of promising new technologies
Recent papers available on ITU website:
Remote collaboration tools
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks
ICTs and Climate Change
Telepresence
High-performance video-conferencing
Intelligent Transport Systems
Lawful interception (LI)
Under study: ICTs and food security
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Strong NGN Focus
Provide global leadership through providing overall framework and structure
Bring the benefits of NGN to the attention of the developing countries
Provide advice and assistance in developing the necessary human capacity requirement to take advantage of the opportunities that are on the horizon
Influence the application and regulatory challenges ahead
Build on the work of other bodies (TISPAN, 3GPP)
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NGN-GSI
GSI = Global Standards InitiativeDeveloping the standards necessary for NGN deploymentThese relate to network architectures, interface specifications, and implementation guidelines NGN-GSI harmonizes, in collaboration with other bodies, different approaches to NGN architecture worldwide. 22 Recommendations on NGN
Transition from legacy networks, service requirements, network architecture, security, QoS, etc.
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World Standards Cooperation(WSC)
Members: ITU, ISO and IEC
Leadership meets regularly to coordinate work
Joint activities: e.g. Joint Video Team
Common IPR policy
… strongly encourages the disclosure of known patented technology from the outset.
Allows for companies’ IPR to be included in standards as long as it is made available under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.
WSC also adopted Guidelines for the Implementation of the Common Patent Policy and a Patent Statement and License Declaration Form, and online patent database.
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Global Standards Collaboration(GSC)
Members: ITU and leading regional standards development organisations
The mandate of GSC is to provide a venue to:
Exchange information on the progress of standards development
Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain synergy and to reduce duplication.
Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and radiocommunication standards development organization.
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ITU-T and 3GPP
Since 2007 ITU-T participates at 3GPP PCG/OP and PCG meetings
Iterative process agreed:
ITU-T submits requirements on common IMS to 3GPP
3GPP specifications on common IMS submitted to ITU-T for comment
Objective is adoption of 3GPP specifications as ITU Recommendations
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ITU-T and IEEE
Mutual promotion of events of common interest was agreed in February 2007
ITU-T participates in IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG)
Joint sponsorship of Kaleidoscope Events
ITU hosting of IEEE meetings: IEEE 802.1 and 802.3
Joint ITU-T/IEEE Workshops: e.g. on Carrier-class Ethernet
IEEE 802 participates in ITU-T SG15
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ITU-T and IETF
Regular ITU-T / IETF Leadership Gatherings
Joint group on MPLS
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World Telecommunication Standardization AssemblyJohannesburg21-30 October 2008
Emperors Palace Convention Centre
Hosted by Government of South Africa
Will be opened by Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Minister of Communications, South Africa
Chaired by Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Director-General, Ministry of Communications, South Africa
Participation from governments, regulators, industry and observers from around the world, sponsored students encouraged
Over 700 participants expected
Will include exhibition of telecoms/ICT industry in South Africa
Preceded by Global Standards Symposium
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World Telecommunication Standardization Assemblyobjectives
WTSA sets direction and structureDecides on future standardization prioritiesEnsure relevant, clear mandates avoiding duplicationAppoints chairmen and vice-chairmenProposals for:
Reduced membership fee for academia and developing country companiesTo facilitate greater participation, especially of developing countriesIntroduction of ITU Mark: interoperability testingTo standardise new services and applications
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Global Standards Symposium Johannesburg, 20 October 2008
Open to any interested party, free of charge
High level speakers from industry, government, regulators and standards development bodies
Themes:
Reducing the standardization gap
Proliferation of standardisation forums and bodies
Improving collaboration
Climate change
Accessibility
Will produce report to WTSA
Registration now open on ITU website
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Come and join us
Chance to network with experts and policy makers from around the worldInfluence the development of global standards and servicesOpen to new initiatives – can set up new interest groups very quicklyProduces results fastCost of participation is low – and loweringOpportunity for fulfilling corporate social responsibilityMembership application details on ITU website
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