International Telecommunication Union
JCA ICT&CC
Geneva, 25 November 2010
Ahmed ZEDDAM
SG 5 Chairman
(France Telecom–France)
Highlights of GSC15 (Global
Standards Collaboration)
ITU-T
Beijing, China, 30 August - 2 September 2010, hosted by CCSA
Study Group 5
The Mandate of GSC is …
… to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations and
the ITU to:
 Freely exchange information on the progress of standards development in the different
regions and the state of the global standards development environment; and
 Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain synergy and to reduce
duplication.
Further, the mandate of GSC is to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating
Standards Organizations to:
 Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and radiocommunication
standards development organization.
GSC is not a standards development organization.”
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Meeting Attendance
ITU-T
Study Group 5
o Total number : 110 (in 2009 : 104)
o Members (93 delegates)
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ARIB 5 (in 2009: 5)
ATIS 10 (in 2009: 13)
CCSA 16 (in 2009: 11)
ETSI 11 (in 2009: 10)
ISACC 6 (in 2009: 6)
ITU 14 (in 2009: 15)
TIA 11 (in 2009: 11)
TTA 10 (in 2009: 8)
TTC 10 (in 2009: 12)
o Observers (18 representatives, one of which also on
PSO delegation)
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Output Resolutions
ITU-T
Study Group 5
• GSC15/01 - Revision of Continuing cooperation on IMT
standards
• GSC15/02 - Reaffirmation of Emergency communications
• GSC15/03 – Reaffirmation of Network Aspects of Identifications
Systems
• GSC15/04 - Revision of Identity management
• GSC15/06 - Revision of IPTV Standards
• GSC15/07 - Deletion of IP over Broadband Accesses in Support
of Convergence
• GSC15/08 - Revision of ICT and the environment
• GSC15/09 - Revision of ICT management and operations
• GSC15/10 - Revision of Next Generation Networks
• GSC15/11 - Revision of Cybersecurity
• GSC15/12 - Revision of Home Networking
• GSC15/14 - Revision of GSC ITS Task Force
• GSC15/27 – Revision of Telecommunication/ICT accessibility
for persons with disabilities
• GSC15/28 – Reaffirmation of Interoperability
• GSC15/29 – New resolution of Smart Grid
• GSC15/30 – New resolution of M2M
• GSC15/31 – New resolution of Service Oriented Network
• GSC15/32 – New resolution of Cloud Computing
Communiqué : published in GSC15-CL-37
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Revision of Resolution GSC15/08 “ICT and the
environment”
ITU-T
Study Group 5
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Considering:
a) that in Kyoto, in December 1997, the world took concrete steps to mitigate global
warming with an international agreement to limit and reduce greenhouse gas(GHG)
emissions; and the UN Framework Conventional on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will
hold its next meeting, COP-16, in Cancun, Mexico from 29 November to 10
December, 2010;
g) that the need for continuing studies on the impact of ICT and the environment, the
safe disposal and recycling of discarded ICT equipment and environmentally sound
management of e-waste were highlighted in Council Resolution 1307 (Geneva,
2009) and Resolution [COM3/6] (Hyderabad, 2010) of the World Telecommunication
Development Conference;
h) that Universal Power Adapter standardization to reduce the electronic wastes caused
by the inability to reuse a power adapter has been undertaken by ITU-T Study
Group 5 on new Recommendation L.1000 (L.adaptor): “Universal power adapter
and charger solution for mobile terminals and other ICT devices”, by IEC on Micro
USB battery charger interface and also by IEEE Standards Association. In addition,
PSOs are also active in this area;
i) that power feeding systems using High Voltage Alternating and Direct Current (HVAC
and HVDC) could result in a high system effectiveness, and could lower energy
consumption;
j) that the standardization of Smart Grid and Cloud Computing, which are expected to
contribute to reducing energy consumption, has started in the PSOs/Fora as well as
the ITU-T;
s) that cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) currently being standardized by
PSOs provide an important tool to improve traffic management and traffic
efficiency which will strongly contribute to reduced vehicle fuel consumption. ITS
has therefore a high priority on the political environmental agenda;
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GSC-16 meeting and beyond
ITU-T
Study Group 5
o GSC-16 – Canada (ISACC)
o GSC-17 – Korea (TTA)
o GSC-18 – ITU
Website:http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/gsc/Pages/default.aspx
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Highlights of Plenipotentiary
Conference 2010
Guadalajara, Mexico, 4-22 October 2010
ITU-T
Study Group 5
Overview of ITU PP10
Malcolm Johnson, TSB Director
PP-10 approved new Resolutions :
 “The role of telecommunications/ICTs on
climate change and the protection of the
environment”
 See TD137
(WP3/5)
 “Human exposure to and measurement of
electromagnetic fields”
 See TD138
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Workshops and seminars
ITU-T
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Recent Events :
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ITU-T Workshop on Delivering Good Quality Telecommunication Service in
a Safe Environment in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, 26– 27 July 2010)
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Presentations of SG5 work on human exposure to EMFs :
A. Zeddam, F. Lewicki, GM. Kouakou, J. Katona Kiss
Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and
Interoperability Testing (30-31 July 2010, Nairobi,Kenya)
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Participation : A. Zeddam, GM. Kouakou, J. Katona Kiss
First SG5 RG-AFR Meeting (29 July 2010, Nairobi,Kenya)
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Participation : A. Zeddam, GM. Kouakou, J. Katona Kiss
Congress "Information Technology and Telecommunications in the
Bicentennial" (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22 September 2010 )
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Presentations on EMFs : A.Zeddam et H. Carril
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Presentation on ICT and climate change: M. Johnson
Fifth Symposium on ICTs and the Environment & Climate Change
(Cairo, Egypt on 2-3 November 2010)
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ITU Session Moderators : A.Zeddam, R. Scholl, A. Vassiliev
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Presentations on ITU work on ICT & climate change: K. Dickerson, C.
Bueti
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SG5 Participant : G. Buty
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Website: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange/201011/programme.html
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Future Events :
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Regional seminar on EMF and First SG5 RG-LAC Meeting (16-17 December
2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Participation : H. Carril
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Approval of new/revised Questions
New Question on Rural communication [Setting up a low cost sustainable
telecommunication infrastructure in rural areas of developing
nations]
COM 5 – C 177
ITU-T
Study Group 5
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“The subject was discussed during the World Telecommunication Development
Conference (WTDC-10), and it was felt, that it fits better in the work of ITU-T
SG5.
VNL proposes that this new question be studied within SG5 WP3/5.”
The wording of the new/revised Questions is given in COM 5 –C 177
New question on ICTs to enable countries to adapt to climate change
COM 5 – C 204
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ITU-T SG5 currently has questions covering two of the areas highlighted above
from the Bali Action Plan.
The draft text in Com 5 –C 204 is offered as a draft new Question to address the
third area: enhanced action on adaptation.
This will work closely with Q18/5 activity on methodology and to standardise the
technologies themselves in the appropriate SGs and with new question ITU-D
Q24/2.
 As the approval of questions is urgent and TSAG will meet only on
February 2011, it is proposed to proceed according clause 7.1.8 of
Resolution 1
7.1.8 The opportunity for review of the Questions by TSAG prior to approval may be
dispensed with only where urgent approval of the proposed Question is justified in the
opinion of the Director of TSB, after consulting the chairman of TSAG and the chairman of
any other study groups where overlap or liaison problems could arise.
 This solution could be appropriate for the new proposed Question
on Adaptation
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