ITU - Empowering global ICT development

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DOCUMENT GSC13-PLEN-44
FOR Presentation
SOURCE ITU
AGENDA ITEM Opening Plenary, 4.6
CONTACT(S) Malcolm Johnson

• ITU - Empowering global ICT development
• Malcolm Johnson

Submission DateMonth Day, 2008
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Highlights of Current Activities (1)

• Climate Change
• Power saving checklist for standards authors
• ITU Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change. London,
  Kyoto.
• ITU-R studies on climate monitoring and weather
  forecasting
• ITU-T Focus Group
• Accessibility
• Checklist for standards authors
• Workshop
• JCA, Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and
  Disability
• Emergency Telecoms
• Spectrum requirements for use in initial phase of
  an emergency
• ITU-T Rec Language independent prefix for
  emergency numbers
• ITU-T Rec Child helpline
• Cybersecurity
• Recs giving 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, and entity authentication
  assurance, requirements
• Bridging the standardization gap
• Regional forums
• Remote participation

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Highlights of Current Activities (2)

• 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
• NGN
• Recs requirements, architecture, OAM, signalling
  protocols, resource control, NNI signalling, NGN
  testing, and security
• IPTV Proceedings of IPTV FG collected. First
  Recs. approved
• Optical and other transport network
  infrastructures
• Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular
• Fully Networked Car Annual event
• Academia initiative
• Kaleidoscope conference
• Innovation in NGN

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Strategic Direction

• Adapt to market needs
• Strive for stronger participation from developing
  countries
• Strong engagement with academia, research bodies
• ITU inside concept Mark to show conformance to
  ITU Recs
• Workshop programme attracts diverse audience,
  initiates new work
• Truly global public/private partnership key
  strength

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Challenges

• Some principle themes of WRC-11
• Safety
• Classic radiocommunication services
• Regulatory issues
• Reflect needs of the market
• Proliferation of forums
• ICT and climate change

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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
• 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
• GSS (Global Standards Symposium) will address
• Bridging the standardization gap
• Climate change, accessibility
• Proliferation of forums

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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
• standards_at_itu.int
• WRC-07 website
• http//www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?categoryconfe
  rencesrlinkwrc-07langen
• 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