mr. malcolm johnson -itu-t

8/12/2019 Mr. Malcolm Johnson -ITU-T

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InternationalTelecommunicationUnionCommitted to connecting the world

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ITUconnecting the world

CONGRESS ON INFORMATIONCONGRESS ON INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSTECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSIN THE BICENTENNIALIN THE BICENTENNIAL

21 September 201021 September 2010Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Argentina


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Committed to connecting the world

Introduction to ITU

Founded in 1865, oldest

specialized agency of the UN Standards making one of the

ITUs first activities

192 Member States, 780private sector entities

HQ Geneva, 11 regionaloffices, 760 staff / 80

nationalities Named as one of the worlds

ten most enduring institutionsby Booz Allen


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ITU Structure

ITU-R: Global radio spectrum and satelliteorbits

ITU-D: Bridging the digital divide

ITU-T: Without ITU standards you couldntmake a call or surf the Internet

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Enabling Environment

ITU works with regulators/policy makers and

industry to develop/share guidelines and bestpractices as well as global standards

Global Symposium for Regulators

ICT Regulation Toolkit

ITU Study Groups

Capacity-building in developing and leastdeveloped countries

Workshops and symposiums


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ICT Development

ITU has mandate from membership to help

spread ICT connectivity connect theunconnected

Building capacities in developing and leastdeveloped countries

Working with ITU government membershipand industry partners

Executing agency of UN for ICT projects

Mobilizing resources and partners forimplementation


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Global Cybersecurity AgendaLaunched 17 May 2007

ITU framework for global action:

1. Legal Measures

2. Technical and Procedural Measures

3. Organizational Structures

4. Capacity Building

5. International Cooperation


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Managing Spectrum

World RadiocommunicationConference 2007

Spectrum for future mobilecommunications

Spectrum for broadcasting

Satellite communications Spectrum for advanced aeronautical

communications

Global Maritime issues

Protect frequencies for earth-exploration satellites to monitorresources, emergencies,meteorology, climate change


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What is IMT-Advanced?

IMT-Advanced systems will:

Provide access to a wide range of servicessupported by (increasingly packet-based)mobile and fixed networks.

Support low to high mobility applicationsand a wide range of data rates in multipleuser environments.

Provide for high quality multimediaapplications within a wide range platformswith significant improvement inperformance and QoS.


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Key features

A high degree of interoperability worldwide

Flexibility to support a wide range of servicesin a cost efficient manner

Service compatibility: IMT and fixed networks

Interworking with other radio access systems

User equipment suitable for worldwide use

Worldwide roaming capability Enhanced peak data rates to support

advanced services and applications


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ITU Standards in Action

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Recommendations become mandatory ifadopted in law Private standards may confuse users and

consumers

ITUs broad range of stakeholders, and robustprocesses provide the basis for consensusacross sectors and countries

Market-driven international standards, based

on objective information and knowledge. Meet the needs and concerns of all relevantstakeholders

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ITU-T Recommendations:Not all standards are equal


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Strategic Objectives

1. Develop and publish timely global standards

2. Identify relevant areas for future standardization

projects3. Provide the most attractive forum for

standardization in the interest of the membership

4. Promote value of ITU-T to attract increasedmembership

5. Disseminate information and know-how

6. Cooperate and collaborate with other SDOs

7. Provide support and assistance to the membership

8. Maintain ITU as the preeminent global standardsbody

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ITU-T Key Features

Open, transparent, consensus based, fastworking, public/private partnership

Technical standards developed by industry

members, when consensus placed onwebsite and if no comments after 4 weeks isin effect approved by 191 governments

ITU standards are therefore truly global,open standards, unlike those of many other

standards bodies, fora or consortium thatclaim to produce global and open standards,available free of charge

Publicly available database of products andservices meeting ITU standards

Organizing interoperability events to proveinteroperability of different vendorsequipment

Common IPR policy with ISO and IEC(FRAN)


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Importance of Global Standards

Global Standards essential in a complex world

Standards make things easier

Essential for international communications andglobal trade

Drive competitiveness, for individual businessesand world economy

Help organisations with their efficiency,effectiveness, responsiveness and innovation

Lower prices and increase availability by

reducing technical barriers and promotingcompatibility between systems and networks Manufacturers, network operators and

consumers benefit


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Importance of Participation

Ensure local requirements are included in newstandards

Influence choice of technologies Gain better understanding of standards content

Better judgment of choice of standards

Increased capacity for implementing andmaintaining equipment and services to newstandards

Increase human capacity

Network with leading experts from all majorplayers from the world

Provide advice and assistance to members


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2009: A year of highlights

Despite financial crisis many studygroups saw increased participation

Remote participation on the rise 120 e-meetings

First global standard for a fullynetworked home

ITU-T Rec. G.9960; ex G.hn Universal charger for mobile phones

Methodology to measure the impactof ICTs on climate change with theinvolvement of 20 otherorganizations

Handbooks on Optical fibres, cablesand systems, converged networks,and the security manual

Study Groups


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2009: A year of highlights

30 events, 2500 participants Implementation of WTSA-08

decisions Bridging the standardization gap ICTs and climate change Cybersecurity NGN Accessibility

First fully virtual ITUsymposium on ICTs andclimate change Organised together with the KCC

and TTA 5th Fully Networked Car

Event distribution

Geneva

25% Arab

17%

Americas

17%

Europe

10%

Asia /Pacific

17%Africa

14%

Workshops


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Recent Activities in the Region

Study Group 3 Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, 6-9July 2010

Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability, Quito,Ecuador, 6 July 2010

ITU-T Study Group 5 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12-16 April 2010 ITU-T Workshop on "Interactions of Voiceband Signal Processing Functions and their End-to-

End Coordination" Germantown, Maryland, USA, 21 April 2010

Seminar on ITU-T hot topics for standardization and Kaleidoscope event: Innovations forDigital Inclusion Mar del Plata, Argentina,31 August - 01 September 2009

ITU-T Study Groups 11 and 13 and IPTV-GSI Mar del Plata, Argentina2-12 September 2009

ITU panel Globalization of Standardization and Making the International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU) Accessible at the 18th Biennial TDI Conference Where Access beginsWashington DC, USA, 30 July - 1 August 2009

ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change and Forum on "Implementation of decisions ofthe World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly(WTSA-08) Quito, Ecuador, 7-10 July 2009

Regional Seminar on the economic and financial aspects of telecommunications for MemberCountries of the Study Group 3 Regional Group for Latin America and Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC) (former TAL Group) Lima, Peru, 23 - 24 June 2009

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Regions Chairmen

and Vice-Chairmen (ITU-T)

Bruce Gracie, Chairman TSAG, Industry Canada, Canada

Stephen J. Trowbridge, VC TSAG, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

Marcos Prez Garca VC, SG2, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones deCuba, S.A. (ETECSA), Cuba

Steven D. Lind, VC SG 2, AT&T, USA

Leslie Joseph Martinkovics, VC, SG3, Verizon, USA

Hctor Mario Carril, VC SG5, Secretaria de comunicaciones,Argentina

Arthur Webster, Chairman SG 9, US Department of Commerce, USA

Charles A. Dvorak, Chairman SG 12, AT&T, USA

Jlio Cesar Fonseca, VC SG15, Regional focus group coordination,ANATEL, Brazil

Mark T. Neibert, VC SG16, Ygomi, USA

Antonio Guimaraes, VC SG17, ANATEL, Brazil

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The network knocks at your door

Home Networking toachieve interoperabilityon a global scale

PC World (US) 13.12.08:The powerful worldstandards organization[ITU].. has reachedagreement on G.hn a set of

specifications that would encompassphone lines, power lines, and coaxialcable to provide HDTV room toroom

Now: G.hn for Smart Grid


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Future networks

Focus Group

Collect and identify visions of

future networks Next Meetings:Korea 26-29 October 2010;Slovenia 29 November 3

December 2010. Results will be presented at

workshop on 1 December

Report to Study Group 13

January 2011


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ITU-Ts quantum leaps in speech,

audio and video quality Video codec H.264 in HDTV,

iPhone, Blu-ray, 3G, etc

2008 Primetime Emmy award Call for technical contributions

for next generation

Extension of work

on speech coding: Wider bandwidths, richer user

experience

New Joint ISO/IEC/ITU Video

Team established


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Intelligent Transport Systems

New work:Wideband

communicationin cars

Vehicle gatewayprotocol

ITU, ISO andIEC and GenevaMotor Show Annual Event


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Safety in the cyber world

Identity management (IdM)

Security standards for: NGN IPTV Home networks, Ubiquitous sensor networks Mobiles

Traceback Countering spam (EVCert)

Road map of security standards:itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/

Cybersecurity InformationExchange Framework (CYBEX)

Security Workshop, Geneva 6-7December 2010


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Accessibility

Champions principlesUniversal Design enshrined inthe UN Convention on Rightsof Persons with Disabilities

Includes accessibility featuresin all standards

Strong advocacy focus

Group to coordinate activitieson accessibility

ITU led Dynamic Coalition onthe Internet and Accessibility

at the Internet GovernanceForum (IGF)

Proposed new Focus Group onInteroperability of Accessibilityprotocols


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Universal charger

ITU-T RecommendationL.1000

Delivers 50% reduction instandby energyconsumption, willeliminate up to 82,000tonnes of redundantchargers, and cuts GHGemissions by at least 13.6million tonnes CO2annually


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Common Methodology Common methodology for measuring

ICT carbon footprint

Only way to provide meaningfulcomparisons

Will help to establish the business

case to go green Over 20 organizations participate in

the ITU group

Standards on life cycle environmentalimpact of ICTs goods and services,and ICT projects, November 2010

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Technology Watch: Scouting

for future technologies Recent papers:

Remote collaboration tools

Ubiquitous Sensor Networks ICTs and Climate Change Telepresence High-performance video-conferencing Intelligent Transport Systems Lawful interception (LI) Next-Generation Networks (NGNs) and energy

efficiency Mobile applications

Batteries for portable ICT devices Upcoming: ICTs and food security, network robotics,

telebiometrics New Briefing Reports published in ITU News


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Chief Technology Officer

(CTO) meeting Nineteen major CTOs

Recognition of need

for review ofstandardizationlandscape

Results will be

presented at nextmeeting, Paris, 29October.

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Next generation electricity

Chief Technology OfficerGroup highlighted Smart

Grid as a priority area Focus Group on Smart Grid

will

Identify impacts on standardsdevelopment

Investigate ITU-T study items

Familiarize ITU-T with emergingattributes of smart grid

Encourage collaboration betweenITU-T membership and utilities


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In the cloud

WTPF participantshighlighted Cloud as a

priority area Focus Group on Cloud

Computing will

Identify potential impacts onITU-T standards development

Investigate future study items

Analyze how interoperability canbe assured

Familiarize ITU-T with emergingattributes and challenges ofcloud computing


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Kaleidoscope 2010

P u n e , I n d i a , 13-15 December 2010

Exhibition by local universities

Best paper awards $10,000 Proceedings IEEE Xplore

online library

New this year:

Standards Corner (tutorial)

Jules Vernes Corner

(SciFi writers and dreamers)

Additional info: itu-kaleidoscope.org/2010 Associated events: Third IPTV Interoperability event

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ITU and IPv6

Massive deployment of Internet-related resources=depletion ofIPv4 addresses.

ITU actively promoting IPv6deployment

New ITU-T/D IPv6 Group 3rd meeting 7-8 April 2011,

Geneva, Switzerland

Open participation

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The International Telecommunication

Regulations ITRs catalyzed global telecoms liberalization and

facilitated Internet

Adopted to:

Provide a basis for the provision & operation ofinternational telecommunication services

To designate responsibilities of Administrations andOperators

To provide general principles, even for commercially-negotiated arrangements

World Conference on International Telecommunications5-30 November 2012

ITRs: New issues?

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Conformity assessment benefitsmanufacturers, service providers, usersand regulators and supports sustainable

development.

Conformity gives confidence andfacilitates access to world markets.

All successful SDOs have testingspecifications; conformance testing todetermine compliant products; and

interoperability testing.

Conformity and interoperability


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ITUs Conformity andInteroperability Programme

Four Action Lines:

1. Creation of a conformity database

2. Organisation of interoperability events

3. Develop human resources capacity throughworkshops and tutorials

4. Assist establishment of test facilities in

developing countries


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The ITU-T Pilot

Conformity Database

Will provide a source of what products have beensuccessfully tested to ITU-T Recommendations.

Pilot conformity database follows ISO/IEC 17000-series: Requires the issue of a SuppliersDeclaration of Conformity (SDoC) (ISO/IEC 17050)

Voluntary and free, open to ITU members. Non-members may participate on a case by case basis

Testing

1st, 2nd, 3rd party accredited labs conformityassessment

3rd party accredited certifiers


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IPTV Interop events


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Capacity Building

Develop expertise in conformity andinteroperability testing

Plan to organize tutorials at establishedtest centres around the world

Joint workshops planned with UNIDO

Establishment of


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Establishment of

conformity test centres indeveloping countries

Need to build partnerships with relevantorganizations: UNIDO, ISO (CASCO), IEC,IAF and ILAC

UNIDO has a programme to assist inestablishment of accreditation bodies andconformity test centres in developing

countries UNIDO offer of collaboration


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Business Plan

Council endorsed need to develop abusiness plan for the long termimplementation of the programme

Need to first determine the demand foreach of the action lines

Amend programme in light of further

consultations

Ad i i f S t M b f


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Admission of Sector Members from

Developing countries

ITU Council supports proposal to reduce cost to 1/16 ofthe Sector Member contributory unit = CHF 3,975

Proposal to be reviewed at PP10

Admission of academia, universities and

their associated research establishments

ITU Council supports proposal to reduce cost to 1/32 of theSector Member contributory unit = CHF 1,987

Academia Member would not participate in approvalprocess of Recommendations. Proposal to be reviewed atPP10

Pl i t ti C f 2010


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Plenipotentiary Conference 20104 to 22 October 2010

The key event at which ITU Member

States decide on ITUs future role ofthe organization.

Sets the Union's general policies, adoptsfour-year strategic and financial plansand elects the senior managementteam, the members ofCouncil and themembers of the Radio RegulationsBoard.


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