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ITU-T Highlights since GSC-8

ITU-T Highlights since GSC-8. reinhard.scholl@itu.int Deputy to the Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/ITU-T. Outline. ITU-T – Best in class ITU-T highlights since GSC-8. ITU-T – Best in class. How ITU-T has changed.

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ITU-T Highlights since GSC-8

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  1. ITU-T Highlights since GSC-8 reinhard.scholl@itu.int Deputy to the Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/ITU-T

  2. Outline • ITU-T – Best in class • ITU-T highlights since GSC-8 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  3. ITU-T – Best in class GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  4. How ITU-T has changed • ITU-T has undergone dramatic changes in the last years … • … though not everyone noticed: • ITU-T is fast • To start work • To develop work • To approve work • To publish work • ITU-T standardizes hot topics • ITU-T is very flexible & unbureaucratic GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  5. Fast: Starting ITU-T Work • Old days: • 2 - 4 years • Today: • 1 day to a few weeks GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  6. Fast: Developing Content and Reach Agreement • Old days: • 2 – 3 years • Today: • Weeks to 2 – 3 years GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  7. Fast: “Speedy Gonzalez”Approval Procedure • Old days: • Before 1988 4 years • 1997-2000 9 months • Today: • NEW: Alternative Approval Process via email (except regulatory Recommendations) • 95% of all Recommendations use AAP • Average approval time: 9 weeks (arguably one of the fastest approval procedures in the market) GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  8. Fast: ITU-T’s Speedy Publication Procedure • Old days: • 2-4 years • Today: • Recommendations available on web a couple of days after approval! (so-called pre-published version) • Published Recs: 3-9 months GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  9. ITU-T’s Easy Online Accessfor Recommendations • Old days: • Paper • Today: • Website, CD-ROM, Paper • Free online access since Jan. 2001 • one free access/member; • 3 free downloads for public GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  10. Flexible: ITU-T Focus Group Concept • Create forum-like entities as an “arms-length” organization under ITU-T Study Group. • Goal: • Encourage participation of members of other organizations / nonmembers • Advance the work of ITU-T parent Study Group. • Very flexible, e.g. • Focus group can establish its own rules of approval GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  11. Strengths of ITU-T • Unique partnership of industry & government • Truly global • Consensus decisions guarantee wide acceptance • Excellent, transparent, fast procedures • Very flexible to collaborate with fora and standards organizations • Brand name • IPR Policy • World-class meeting facilities • Excellent Secretariat staff GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  12. ITU-T Membership GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  13. GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  14. 2. ITU-T highlights since GSC-8 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  15. ITU Highlights • World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) 1st Phase 10-12 Dec 2003 (+ earlier Prepcoms) • Council, May & October 2003 • Radio Assembly (RA), Geneva, 2-6 June 2003 • World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), Geneva, 9 June-4 July 2003 • Telecom World 2003, Geneva, 12-18 October 2003 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  16. ITU-T Standards Highlights • Quadrupling fibre optic transmission capacity (10 Gbit/s to 40 Gib/s): ITU-T Rec. G.959.1 • Fat pipes get fatter through Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (ITU-T Rec.G.695) • Novel video coding algorithm (with ISO/IEC) - expected to be deployed in all future DVD players, 3G phones and video-conferencing equipment (ITU-TRec.H.264) • Opening up world for interactive TV providers(ITU-T Rec. J.202) GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  17. NGN moves forward • ITU-T workshop on NGN catalyzes work • NGN-Meetings every other month • NGN working definition exists • NGN Project description exists • Increasing number of participants in respective ITU-T Study Group meetings • About a dozen Recs in development • Consent on first set of Recs in June 2004 • Two open (to non-members) NGN mailing lists GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  18. ITU-T Workshops Highlights • Telecoms for Disaster Relief, Feb 03 • Workshop on ccTLDs, March 03 • Standardization in E-Health, May 03 • New Question created; new Rapporteur • Challenges, perspectives and standardization issues in E-Government, June 03 • Next Generation Networks, July 03 • Catalyzes NGN work in ITU-T GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  19. Workshops Highlights, cont. • Development of a Recommendation to clarify the management of ".int", September 03 • End-to-End Quality of Service, Oct03 • Accessibility II: Communication by all means, Telecom2003 Forum, Oct03 • Standardization in telecommunicationfor motor vehicles, November 03 • New Questions created GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  20. Upcoming Workshops • Convergent regulation – is it becoming technology-neutral?, 17 May 04 • All Star network access, 2-4 June 04 • Home networking and home services, 16-18 June 04 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  21. ITU-T “Security Manual” • Some 90 pages; 1st edition Dec. 03 • Collaboration ITU-T security experts & TSB • www.itu.int/ITU-T/edh/files/security-manual.pdf • Goals: • Offers a bird’s eye view of the numerous ITU-T Recs on security • Describes how ITU-T Recs help solve security problems • Focuses on completed work GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  22. WSIS and Standardization • “Standardization is one of the essential building blocks of the Information Society” • “The core competences of the ITU in the fields of ICTs - … standards development … - are of crucial importance for building the Information Society” (from WSIS Declaration of Principles) GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  23. ITU-T Fosters Cooperation • 2nd Informal Forum Summit • San Francisco, July 2003 • Close to 60 leaders from close to 40 fora • Focus Group concept successful: • Full Service VDSL- Forum & ITU-T SG16: • Specifications completed • TeleManagement Forum & ITU-T SG 4 • Set up in August 2003 • Goal: To draft ITU-T Rec.on ETOM (Enhanced Telecom Operations Map) • OCAF (= Open Communication Architecture Forum) Focus Group – in negotiation GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  24. ITU-T’s CTO-meeting • Chief Technical Officers (CTOs), 8-9 Dec 2003 • CTO Statement: • Growing confidence in telecomms industry; • Convergence of the information, computing and telecomms technologies; • Demands for a coherent framework for standard development; • ITU in a key position to facilitate overall framework and globalisation of standards because of its: • global reach • traditional relationship with telcos and vendors • links to governments • ITU to cooperate with SDOs and fora GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  25. WTSA • World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly • 5 – 14 October 04 • Among major topics: ITU-T Study Group Restructuring • Cybersecurity Symposium • 4 October 04 • Both events: Florianópolis, Brazil GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  26. Preparing for WTSA • Final ITU-T Study Group meetings: • finished by June 2004 • Various preparatory meetings – excerpts: • Africa: 23-25 June (Zimbabwe) • Americas: 3-6 August (Paraguay) • Asia-Pacific, 2-6 August (India) • Arab States: 9-12 August (Syria) • Europe: 7-8 Sept (CEPT; Switzerland) • TSAG 12-16 July GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

  27. For further information: ITU-T e-Flash • Want to know the latest ITU-T news? • Then subscribe to ITU-T e-Flash • send "subscribe" in subject to ITU-T_e-flash@itu.int • Issued monthly; since February 04 • Previous issues: www.itu.int/ITU-T/e-flash GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

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