International Telecommunication Union ITU: Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson, Director ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau ITU.

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ITU:ITU:Empowering global Empowering global ICT developmentICT development

Malcolm Johnson, DirectorMalcolm Johnson, Director ITU Telecommunication ITU Telecommunication Standardization BureauStandardization Bureau

South African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference

8 September 2008

ITU at the heart of international Geneva


This is the world thanks to ITU


Outline

ITU Characteristics

Structure

Work highlights

Cooperation with other bodies

Academia and research institutes

World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly

Global Standardisation Symposium


Introduction to ITU

World’s oldest international organisationFounded in 1865 to ensure interoperabilityof international telecommunicationsRecognised as one of the world’s ten most enduring institutions: defined as “institutions that have changed and grown in unswerving success and relevance — yet remained true through time to their founding principles”Unique international public/private partnershipof 191 governments and over 700 private sector entitiesHQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff, over 80 nationalitiesITU Mission is to connect the worldConnect Africa Summit, Rwanda, October 2007 committed $50 billion to projects in Africa


ITU StructureGeneral Secretariat: Coordinates activities and manages the administrative and financial aspects of the Union’s activities

Radio Sector: Coordinates radiocommunications, radio-frequency spectrum management and wireless services: Custodian of Radio Regulations – international treaty on use of the radio spectrum and geostationary satellite orbit. Updated every 4 years.

Development Sector: Technical assistance for deployment of telecom networks, regulations and services in developing and least developed countries to develop national telecommunication/ICT services

Telecommunication Standards Sector (ITU-T): Adopts global standards (ITU-T Recommendations) covering all fields of telecommunications/ICTs. Custodian of international telecommunications numbering schemes. Reviewing the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) – international treaty on telecommunications operations.


ITU-T CharacteristicsContribution driven – membership initiates, develops and agrees output

Standards (over 3000) produced in “Study Groups”

Initial development in “Focus Groups” open to non-members

Meetings, Workshops and Tutorials held around the world

One of only three truly international standards bodies

Consensus based (but voting possible)

Very flexible, fast and transparent proceduresstart work: 1 day / few weeks

develop work: weeks to 2-3 yrs

approve work: average 9 weeks

publish work: couple of days after approval

Common IPR Policy with ISO and IEC


Academia

Website GuidelinesWorkshops Media

KaleidoscopeTechnology

Watch


Top Participants

* Consolidated for various memberships

Sector Members Associates

Administrations(841/1067)

ROA(328/432)

SIOs(700/1016)

Associates(42/86)

China 153Orange/France Telecom 60 NTT * 129 HHI 6

Korea 153 BT 47 Huawei 123 Dilithium 5

United States 132 KDDI 36 ETRI 90 OFS Fitel 4

United Kingdom 68 China Telecoms. 35 Nortel Networks * 53 Semtech 4

Syria 62 Telekom.Polska 26 Nokia Siemens * 48 UpZide 4

Japan 49 Deutsche Telekom 20 Alcatel * 47 AULM 3

France 44 Telecom Italia 18 Lucent * 47 RAD Data 3

Russia 44 AT&T 17 ZTE 45 Yokogawa 3

Canada 40 China Mobile Com. 16 Cisco 33 Anagran 2

Germany 35 Swisscom 16 L.M. Ericsson 23 ASSIA 2

Australia 25 NHK 13 NEC 21 Atos Origin 2

Switzerland 20 Telenor ASA 13 Telcordia 21 Essex 2

Kenya 16 KT Corp. 11 Hitachi 20 Finisar 2

= 79% of total admin attendance 76% 69% 49%

Number of visits


ITU-T hot topics

World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) follow up

Next generation network (NGN)

IPTV

Cybersecurity including identity management (IdM)

Ubiquitous networks

Next generation multimedia conferencing

Videocoding

Broadband access

Packet based transport

Fibre optics

Home networking

ICTs and climate change

Accessibility to ICTs for persons with disabilities


Some Historical Standards

2005: VDSL22004: Gigabit passive optical network (GPON)2002: H.264/MPEG-4/AVC video codec2000: X.509 for public key infrastructure (PKI) 1999: Standards for cable modems1998: V.90 internet modem standard1998: SDH – key standard for digital information1996: H.323 for VoIP and videoconferencing1993: First DSL standards for broadband1988: Key audio coding standards (G.711 and G.72x)1988: 1981: Signaling system seven (SS7) standards1976: First packet switching standard (X.25)1968: First standards for fax transmission


ITU’s Emmyawarded 23 August 2008

for ITU-T H.264/MPEG4 High Profile


Highlights of current activitiesClimate ChangeClimate Change

Power saving checklist for standards development Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change, Kyoto, London.Focus Group to determine impact of ICTsIGF Dynamic Coalition on climate change

Accessibility for disabled peopleAccessibility for disabled peopleChecklist for standards developmentWorkshopsIGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability

Emergency TelecomsEmergency TelecomsLanguage independent prefix for emergency numbersUniversal Child helpline

CybersecurityCybersecuritySecurity standards roadmap available of ITU websiteGuidelines on spyware; toolbox of technical measures to counter spam. Identity management: entity authentication , requirements

Bridging the standardization gapBridging the standardization gap


Bridging the standardization gap

ObjectiveEnd disparities in the ability of representatives of developing countries, relative to representatives of developed countries, to access, implement, contribute to and influence international ICT standards, specifically ITU Recommendations

StatusMuch has been done to improve access:

Free access to ITU-T RecommendationsRegional ForumsRegional GroupsRemote collaboration toolsMeetings in the regionsWorkshops and Tutorials

Expected ResultsDeveloping countries requirements taken into accountQuicker implementation of new technology in developing countries


Free ITU-T Recommendations

From the beginning of 2007, ITU-T Recommendations are available for downloading free of charge

With only a small number of exceptions all in-force ITU-T Recommendations are available in PDF form with a click of the mouse

Over 3 million copies downloaded in last 12 months

www.itu.int/ITU-T/publications/recs.html


September 2008 workshops

IPv6: Geneva, 4-5 September

From Speech to audio: bandwidth extension, binaural perception: Lannion, 10-12 September

ITU Regional Development Forum 2008: Bridging the ICT standardization gap in developing countries for the Asia-Pacific Region: Hanoi, 15-17 September

Advancing public-private partnerships for e-business standards: Geneva, 18-19 September

WSC - Standardization Community Management Course: Geneva 22-26 September


ITU and Academia:Kaleidoscope Events

To increase dialogue between academia and ITU

Aim to identify new topics for standardization

Organized with IEEE ComSoc as Technical Co-Sponsor and supported by Cisco, Intel, the International Communications Foundation of Japan and Sun MicrosystemsInnovations in NGN, Geneva, 12-13 May 2008:220 participants Over 140 papers peer reviewed: 53 papers were presented The best three were awarded prizes totaling $10,000 kindly donated by Cisco. Included in special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine16 entrants received a Young Author Recognition CertificateSATNAC winner one of best papers: Rolen Christian


Kaleidoscope 2009

Innovations for Digital Inclusion

Argentina, 31 August - 1 September 2009

Prize fund for best papers contributed by Cisco

Proceedings published in IEEE Communications magazine

Call for papers now available on ITU website


Technology Watch

Technology Watch surveys the ICT environment for new study topics – opportunity for academia and research institutes to contribute

Technology Watch Briefing Reports provide an up-to-date assessment of promising new technologies

Recent papers available on ITU website:

Remote collaboration tools

Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

ICTs and Climate Change

Telepresence

High-performance video-conferencing

Intelligent Transport Systems

Lawful interception (LI)

Under study: ICTs and food security


Strong NGN Focus

Provide global leadership through providing overall framework and structure

Bring the benefits of NGN to the attention of the developing countries

Provide advice and assistance in developing the necessary human capacity requirement to take advantage of the opportunities that are on the horizon

Influence the application and regulatory challenges ahead

Build on the work of other bodies (TISPAN, 3GPP)


NGN-GSI

GSI = Global Standards InitiativeDeveloping the standards necessary for NGN deploymentThese relate to network architectures, interface specifications, and implementation guidelines NGN-GSI harmonizes, in collaboration with other bodies, different approaches to NGN architecture worldwide. 22 Recommendations on NGN

Transition from legacy networks, service requirements, network architecture, security, QoS, etc.


World Standards Cooperation(WSC)

Members: ITU, ISO and IEC

Leadership meets regularly to coordinate work

Joint activities: e.g. Joint Video Team

Common IPR policy

… strongly encourages the disclosure of known patented technology from the outset.

Allows for companies’ IPR to be included in standards as long as it is made available under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.

WSC also adopted Guidelines for the Implementation of the Common Patent Policy and a Patent Statement and License Declaration Form, and online patent database.


Global Standards Collaboration(GSC)

Members: ITU and leading regional standards development organisations

The mandate of GSC is to provide a venue to:

Exchange information on the progress of standards development

Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain synergy and to reduce duplication.

Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and radiocommunication standards development organization.


ITU-T and 3GPP

Since 2007 ITU-T participates at 3GPP PCG/OP and PCG meetings

Iterative process agreed:

ITU-T submits requirements on common IMS to 3GPP

3GPP specifications on common IMS submitted to ITU-T for comment

Objective is adoption of 3GPP specifications as ITU Recommendations


ITU-T and IEEE

Mutual promotion of events of common interest was agreed in February 2007

ITU-T participates in IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG)

Joint sponsorship of Kaleidoscope Events

ITU hosting of IEEE meetings: IEEE 802.1 and 802.3

Joint ITU-T/IEEE Workshops: e.g. on Carrier-class Ethernet

IEEE 802 participates in ITU-T SG15


ITU-T and IETF

Regular ITU-T / IETF Leadership Gatherings

Joint group on MPLS


World Telecommunication Standardization AssemblyJohannesburg21-30 October 2008

Emperors Palace Convention Centre

Hosted by Government of South Africa

Will be opened by Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Minister of Communications, South Africa

Chaired by Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Director-General, Ministry of Communications, South Africa

Participation from governments, regulators, industry and observers from around the world, sponsored students encouraged

Over 700 participants expected

Will include exhibition of telecoms/ICT industry in South Africa

Preceded by Global Standards Symposium


World Telecommunication Standardization Assemblyobjectives

WTSA sets direction and structureDecides on future standardization prioritiesEnsure relevant, clear mandates avoiding duplicationAppoints chairmen and vice-chairmenProposals for:

Reduced membership fee for academia and developing country companiesTo facilitate greater participation, especially of developing countriesIntroduction of ITU Mark: interoperability testingTo standardise new services and applications


Global Standards Symposium Johannesburg, 20 October 2008

Open to any interested party, free of charge

High level speakers from industry, government, regulators and standards development bodies

Themes:

Reducing the standardization gap

Proliferation of standardisation forums and bodies

Improving collaboration

Climate change

Accessibility

Will produce report to WTSA

Registration now open on ITU website


Come and join us

Chance to network with experts and policy makers from around the worldInfluence the development of global standards and servicesOpen to new initiatives – can set up new interest groups very quicklyProduces results fastCost of participation is low – and loweringOpportunity for fulfilling corporate social responsibilityMembership application details on ITU website


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International Telecommunication Union ITU: Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson, Director ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau ITU.

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