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ITU at the heart of international Geneva ITU: Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson, Director ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau South African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference 8 September 2008 International Telecommunication Union

This is the world thanks to ITU International Telecommunication Union

Outline ITU Characteristics Structure Work highlights Cooperation with other bodies Academia and research institutes World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly Global Standardisation Symposium International Telecommunication Union

Introduction to ITU World’s oldest international organisation Founded in 1865 to ensure interoperability of international telecommunications Recognised 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 partnership of 191 governments and over 700 private sector entities HQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff, over 80 nationalities ITU Mission is to connect the world Connect Africa Summit, Rwanda, October 2007 committed $50 billion to projects in Africa International Telecommunication Union

ITU Structure General 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. International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T Characteristics Contribution 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 procedures start 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 International Telecommunication Union

Academia Workshops Media Kaleidoscope Website Guidelines Technology Watch International Telecommunication Union

Top Participants = 79% of total admin attendance 76% Administrations (841/1067) 69% ROA (328/432) 49% SIOs (700/1016) Associates (42/86) China 153 Orange/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 Up. Zide 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 Number of visits * Consolidated for various memberships Sector Members Associates International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T hot topics World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) follow up Next generation network (NGN) IPTV Cybersecurity including identity management (Id. M) 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 International Telecommunication Union

Some Historical Standards 2005: VDSL 2 2004: Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) 2002: H. 264/MPEG-4/AVC video codec 2000: X. 509 for public key infrastructure (PKI) 1999: Standards for cable modems 1998: V. 90 internet modem standard 1998: SDH – key standard for digital information 1996: H. 323 for Vo. IP and videoconferencing 1993: First DSL standards for broadband 1988: Key audio coding standards (G. 711 and G. 72 x) 1988: 1981: Signaling system seven (SS 7) standards 1976: First packet switching standard (X. 25) 1968: First standards for fax transmission International Telecommunication Union

ITU’s Emmy awarded 23 August 2008 for ITU-T H. 264/MPEG 4 High Profile International Telecommunication Union

Highlights of current activities Climate Change Power saving checklist for standards development Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change, Kyoto, London. Focus Group to determine impact of ICTs IGF Dynamic Coalition on climate change Accessibility for disabled people Checklist for standards development Workshops IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability Emergency Telecoms Language independent prefix for emergency numbers Universal Child helpline Cybersecurity Security standards roadmap available of ITU website Guidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam. Identity management: entity authentication , requirements Bridging the standardization gap International Telecommunication Union

Bridging the standardization gap Objective End 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 Status Much has been done to improve access: Free access to ITU-T Recommendations Regional Forums Regional Groups Remote collaboration tools Meetings in the regions Workshops and Tutorials Expected Results Developing countries requirements taken into account Quicker implementation of new technology in developing countries International Telecommunication Union

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 International Telecommunication Union

September 2008 workshops IPv 6: 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 International Telecommunication Union

ITU and Academia: Kaleidoscope Events To increase dialogue between academia and ITU Aim to identify new topics for standardization Organized with IEEE Com. Soc as Technical Co-Sponsor and supported by Cisco, Intel, the International Communications Foundation of Japan and Sun Microsystems Innovations 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 Magazine 16 entrants received a Young Author Recognition Certificate SATNAC winner one of best papers: Rolen Christian International Telecommunication Union

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 International Telecommunication Union

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-todate 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 International Telecommunication Union

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, 3 GPP) International Telecommunication Union

NGN-GSI = Global Standards Initiative Developing the standards necessary for NGN deployment These 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, Qo. S, etc. International Telecommunication Union

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. International Telecommunication Union

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. International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T and 3 GPP Since 2007 ITU-T participates at 3 GPP PCG/OP and PCG meetings Iterative process agreed: ITU-T submits requirements on common IMS to 3 GPP specifications on common IMS submitted to ITU-T for comment Objective is adoption of 3 GPP specifications as ITU Recommendations International Telecommunication Union

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 SG 15 International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T and IETF Regular ITU-T / IETF Leadership Gatherings Joint group on MPLS International Telecommunication Union

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly Johannesburg 21 -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 International Telecommunication Union

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly objectives WTSA sets direction and structure Decides on future standardization priorities Ensure relevant, clear mandates avoiding duplication Appoints chairmen and vice-chairmen Proposals for: Reduced membership fee for academia and developing country companies To facilitate greater participation, especially of developing countries Introduction of ITU Mark: interoperability testing To standardise new services and applications International Telecommunication Union

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 International Telecommunication Union

Come and join us Chance to network with experts and policy makers from around the world Influence the development of global standards and services Open to new initiatives – can set up new interest groups very quickly Produces results fast Cost of participation is low – and lowering Opportunity for fulfilling corporate social responsibility Membership application details on ITU website International Telecommunication Union

Thank you for your attention Malcolm. Johnson@itu. int www. itu. int International Telecommunication Union