International Telecommunication Union Committed to connecting the world WTSA-08, October 2008 1 ITU-T 2005-2008 Malcolm Johnson Director, Telecommunication.

InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

Committed to connecting the world 1WTSA-08, October 2008

ITU-T2005-2008

Malcolm JohnsonMalcolm JohnsonDirector, Telecommunication Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITUStandardization Bureau, ITU

Johannesburg, South AfricaJohannesburg, South Africa21 October 200821 October 2008

2WTSA-08, October 2008 Committed to connecting the world

ITU-T Objectives

Develop and publish global standards

Identify areas for future standardization

Provide an attractive and effective forum for the development of international standards

Promote the value of ITU-T Disseminate information and know-how Cooperate and collaborate Provide support and assistance


WSIS Implementation

ITU sole Facilitator for WSIS Action Lines C2 Information and Communication Infrastructure C5 Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs

ITU acts as co-facilitator for Action Lines C1 The role of public governance authorities and all

stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development C3 Access to information and knowledge C4 Capacity building C7 ICT applications (E-government, E-business, E-learning, E-

health, E-employment, E-environment, E-agriculture, E-science)

C11 International and regional cooperation From 2008, ITU will take over from UNDP

C6 Enabling environment


ITU-T Resources

ITU-T

18%Inter-

sectoral

20%

ITU-D

26%

ITU-R

36%

ITU-T

8%ITU-D

17%

ITU-R

21%Gen.Sec

54%

Member States &

misc.

65% ITU-T Assocs

4%

ITU-T Sector

Members

31%

ITU-T share in the ITU financial budget ITU-T share in the ITU programme budget

Financing from Sector Members and Associates in the ITU-T programme budget


ITU-T Staff: Gender balance(from 26 countries)

TSB Gender balance

Women P level

8%

Men P level31%

Women G level48%

Men G level13%


•ITU-T Recs available online without charge•in 2007: almost 3 million downloads•3391 ITU-T Recs currently in force

Historic decision: Standards for free

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ITU-T’s work spans all layers


ITU-T provides Broadband Access

Cable: IPCablecom

GPON interoperability pavilion Nxtcomm, Chicago, 2007

Copper access: Hundreds of millions of subscribers use

ITU-T’s DSLup to 200Mbit/s aggregate

Optical access:ITU-T’s GPON

allows up to 2.5Gbit/s


… and is now pushing Optical Transport to 100 Gbit/s

Optical Transport Systems:10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s per

wavelengthEvolving towards 100 Gbit/s per

wavelengthAdvances on coarse and dense WDM

(Wave Division Multiplexing)

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Next Generation Networks … Telecoms revolution: From circuits to

packets Management tool: itu.int/ngnproject/

Next Generation Networks:ManagedSecuredwith Quality of ServiceSaving money for customers and service

providers

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… provide new services

+ Recs in study groups

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The network knocks at your door

Home Networking to achieve interoperability on a global scale Converged architecture

and services Next generation

set-top box

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The Internet of things

Connecting people, gadgets and services for a truly networked society Ubiquitous sensor networks, Networked Identification (RFID)

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New numbers to remember

116 111 globally harmonized child helplineAbove average press

coverage 888 assigned to the

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

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Money matters

Indicative rate for international mobile termination established

Update of mechanisms for settlement of accounts for services

Network externalities

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ITU-T’s quantum leaps in speech, audio and video quality

Emmy award for H.264 | MPEG-4 AVC (video)

Extension of work on speech coding to wideband

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Watch this: With/without H.264

A conventional TV screen image (right) is pictured in contrast with that of an HD image, which, due to its additional lines, results in much finer detail.

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G.729 A (8 kbit/s) narrowband (4 kHz)

G.718 (32 kbit/s) wideband (8 kHz)

G.722.1 C (32 kbit/s) superwideband (14 kHz)

G.719 (48 kbit/s) fullband (20 kHz)

Original (CD quality, 16-bit PCM 20 kHz)

Audio codecs: Quality improvement

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ICTs and Climate Change Checklist to ensure new

standards take climate change into account

Methodology to describe and estimate present and future user [energy] consumption of ICTs over their entire life-cycle

Participants in Focus Group ICT and Climate Change

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: "ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change."

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Emergency Communications

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)A consistent method

of delivery for warning messages

Call priority schemes Giving priority in

disaster zones to emergency calls

In Case of Emergency numbers

ITU has deployed satellite terminals to help restore communications in the aftermath of disasters around the world

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Intelligent Transport Systems: new work, new members

New work:Wideband

communication in cars

Vehicle gateway protocol

Partnership Geneva Motor Show – ITU Annual Event Next: 4-5 March 2009

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ITU recognizes dedication to accessibility cause

ITU’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2008:Connecting persons

with disabilities to opportunities offered by ICTs.

Laureat: Andrea Saks

Andrea Saks

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Regional Development Forums Bridging the standardization

gapHanoi, September 2008

Brasilia, May 2008

Damascus, July 2008

Accra, May 2008

Tashkent, June 2008

Kigali, October 2007

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Action to Bridge the Standardization Gap

Voluntary fund >USD 200,000 Korea Communications Commission,

Nokia Siemens Networks, Microsoft and Cisco

Five Regional Development Forums Remote participation tools

Close to 100 remote meetings, more than 700 participants (1st half 2008)

Regional groups established in Africa, the Americas, Arab states and Asia-Pacific

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Workshops: New work, new blood, new friends

Outreach to non ITU audience

Can result in new work eg Identity

Management Partnerships: IETF, IEEE,

OASIS, Grid Forum, ISO, IEC

2005-2008 78 workshops.

2008, new peak: 24 workshops

Many in collaboration with ITU-D

Remote participation now possible

Joint ITU and IETF workshop on NGN, 2005

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Technology watch: Scouting out 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 Upcoming: ICTs and food security,

network robotics, telebiometrics

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… and future engineers: Dialogue with academia is

bearing fruit 2nd Kaleidoscope event:

September 2009, Mar del Plata

Best papers forwarded to ITU-T Study Groups

Published by IEEE

May 2008, Geneva

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Progress achieved in Intellectual Property Rights

Established Common Patent Policy for ITU-T, ITU-R, ISO, IEC Comprises policy,

guidelines, forms

TSB Director’s IPR ad hoc group provides vital advice: Patents

Software copyrights

Marks

IPR workshop 2008

Searchable ITU-T patent information database

www.itu.int/ipr/

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ITU-T seeks collaboration 44 formal partnerships World Standards Cooperation

patent policy joint events

ITU-T and IEEE MoU Joint events

Global Standards Collaboration Endorsement of ITU climate

change activity ITU-T and 3GPP

Clarification of process ITU-T and IETF

Management meetings ITU-T and ICANN

Board presence

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ITU-T uses traditional communications tools …

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…has recently significantly updated its website …

New homepage and site wide template100+ pages translated into six languagesNew pages for those new to ITU-T

Newsfeed number one entry point to ITU-T webe-flash 3000 subscribers

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… upped use of web 2.0 technologies …

ITU-T and Wikipedia. Many entries updated

Newsfeeds picked up in media all around the world

ITU YouTube channel

Social bookmarking

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… and feeds the pressPress Lunch, London June 2008 – Journalists from:

Led directly to BBC world service interview (and other coverage)

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ITU-T’s Toolkit for web-based applications is expanding

Web Search & display facility

AAP database

IPR database

TSB Rec database

Documentum

BridgeWork

program database

Reporting facilities

Workflow database

Specialized updating interfaces

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WTSA-08

ITU-T well prepared for WTSA Regional meetings Regional proposals 98 registered countries Over 900 registered participants 51 from developing countries 200 documents 1st time in Africa 1st time chaired by a woman 1st time preceded by GSS

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Member States, Sector Members, Associates Thousands of experts Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Elected officials

Study Group Chairmen with their Management Teams

Thank you, Dشكرًا, спасибо, merci, gracias, 谢谢

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This is the world thanks to ITU……a world without ITUNow imagine……

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