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 Date:
Month Day, 2008
Highlights of Current Activities (1)
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Climate Change
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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
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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
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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
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Bridging the standardization gap
• Regional forums
• Remote participation
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Highlights of Current Activities (2)
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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
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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
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Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular
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Fully Networked Car: Annual event
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Academia initiative:
Kaleidoscope conference –
Innovation in NGN
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Technology Watch briefing reports: climate change, lawful interception, remote collaboration
tools, telepresence, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks, CALM
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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:
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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@itu.int
• WRC-07 website
http://www.itu.int/ITUR/index.asp?category=conferences&rlink=wrc-07&lang=en
• 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
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