ITU Workshop on
“Bridging the Standardization Gap”
(Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012)
Overview of ITU-T
Vijay Mauree,
Programme Co-ordinator, TSB, ITU
vijay.mauree@itu.int
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU: UN Agency for ICTs
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU : enabling communication since 1865
1865
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2015
ITU: a unique Membership
193 Member States and regulatory bodies
700 companies
41 Universities
Business
associations
Research
Establishments
International
organizations
NGOs
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Telecommunication
Union
Leading Private Sector Members
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ITU’S network of academia members
41 universities in 27 countries
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ITU truly International and has
Global presence
ITU 5 Elected
Officials
760 Staff from 80 Countries
6 UN Official Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Headquarters in Geneva with Liaison Office in New York
Regional offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Brasilia, Cairo
Area offices in Bridgetown, Dakar, Harare, Jakarta, Moscow, Santiago, Tegucigalpa,
Yaoundé
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ITU 3 Sectors
ITU-T Standardization
ITU-D Development
ITU-R Radiocommunication
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International
Telecommunication
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ITU-T’s strategic goals
 To develop interoperable, nondiscriminatory international
standards (ITU-T Recommendations)
 To assist in bridging the
standardization gap between
developed and developing countries
 To extend and facilitate international
cooperation among international,
regional and national standardization
bodies
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Malcolm Johnson
TSB Director
ITU-T collaborates with
standards organizations to avoid overlap
44 formal
partnerships
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ITU-T work areas
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU-T Study Groups
SG2 Operational aspects
SG3 Economic and policy issues
SG5 Environment and climate change
SG9 Broadband cable and TV
SG11 Protocols and test specifications
SG12 Performance, QoS and QoE
SG13 Future networks
SG15 Transport and access
SG16 Multimedia
SG17 Security
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International
Telecommunication
Union
Numbering Resources
SG2
ITU-T Recommendation E.164
“International public telecommunication numbering plan”
Lao +856
Current Issues:
Misuse/misappropriation of
numbers
WTSA Resolution 61
Cell Broadcasting
Management
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SG3
Tariff and Accounting
Current Issues:
International Internet
connectivity (IIC)
International Mobile
Roaming
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Photo by Steve Schroeder, CC BY
SG5
ICTs and Climate Change
Standard Methodology to
measure impact of ICT on CC
Universal charger: e-waste
reduction
Standardized Battery
Human exposure to and
measurement of
electromagnetic fields
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Recommendation ITU-T L.1300
Best Practices for Green Data
Centers
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
What is the problem?
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Recommendation ITU-T L.1000
Universal Mobile Charger
Saves 82,000 tons of waste per year
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Recommendation ITU-T L.1100
Recycling Rare Metals in ICT
Products
 20 Rare Metals in a mobile phone
 1 ton gold ore

5 grams
 1 ton of used mobile phones  400 grams
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SG13
ITU-T Cloud Computing
From own to lease
Growth opportunity for
Telcos
Security, Audit, and Privacy
Inter-Cloud
 Load sharing
 Disaster recovery
 New Working Party on Cloud
Computing
The Economist, Oct 2009
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Cloud Computing
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Miniaturization and cost per unit
Internet of Things
Time
“The Internet of Things” (ITU, 2005)
www.itu.int/internetofthings
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ITU Internet Broadband Access
&Transport Standards
SG15
Access:
 ADSL: ITU-T G.992
 PLT: ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)
 FTTX:
 GPON ITU-T G.984
 Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657
Optical Transport:
 SDH: ITU-T G.707
 Carrier Ethernet: ITU-T Y.1731
 Synchronization: Mobile Backhaul
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Smart Grid Communication
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SG16
Multimedia
Advanced video
coding: ITU-T H.264
Used to compress billions
of clips on YouTube, but
also high-definition
content on Blu-ray Discs
New work on the
way:
Joint Collaborative Team
on Video Coding (ITU-T,
ISO/IEC) to reduce H.264
data rate by 50%
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Cybersecurity & Identity
SG17
Strengthen the confidence and
security in the use of ICTs
Strengthen cybersecurity and
combat cyber threats
The Economist, July 2010
Identity Management
ITU X.509 compliant services
Child Online Protection
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
ITU-T Focus Groups
 Smart Cable Television NEW!
Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards
 Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and
Recovery
 M2M Service Layer
Audiovisual Media Accessibility
 Driver Distraction
Car Communication
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ITU-T Output
 3500 ITU-T Recommendations available
in PDF for free download
 ITU Workshops
 Handbooks and Manuals
 Technology Watch Reports
 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference
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Handbooks
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TechWatch to publish your research
• TechWatch Reports identify ICT hot topics
• Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups, Study Group
Questions, workshops, discussions, etc.
• Widely recognized inside and outside ITU
tsbtechwatch@itu.int
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Past Kaleidoscope
Conferences
Kaleidoscope 2011 - The fully networked human?
- Innovations for future networks and services
Cape Town, South Africa
Kaleidoscope 2010 – Beyond the Internet? Innovations for future networks and services
Pune, India
Kaleidoscope 2009 – Innovations for Digital Inclusion
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Kaleidoscope 2008 – Innovations in NGN
Geneva, Switzerland
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Next Kaleidoscope
Building Sustainable Communities
Kyoto University, 22-24 April 2013
Call for Papers
Deadline: 10 September 2012
• 3rd Jules Verne’s corner
• Local University Exhibition
• 25th April - workshop on
Standards Education
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2013
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2nd ITU Green Standards Week
17-21 September 2012 – Paris, France
 Jointly organized with Microsoft and TechAmerica
Main Purpose:
 to raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of using ICT
standards to build a green economy and to improve sustainable
energy management.
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GSS, WTSA, WCIT
 Global Standards Symposium (GSS)
 19 November 2012
 World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly (WTSA)
 20-29 November 2012
 World Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT)
 3-14 December 2012
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Thank YOU
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Vijay.Mauree@itu.int
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
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Telecommunication
Union