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ITU-T2005-2008
Malcolm JohnsonMalcolm JohnsonDirector, Telecommunication Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITUStandardization Bureau, ITU
Johannesburg, South AfricaJohannesburg, South Africa21 October 200821 October 2008
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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
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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
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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
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ITU-T Staff: Gender balance(from 26 countries)
TSB Gender balance
Women P level
8%
Men P level31%
Women G level48%
Men G level13%
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•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
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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
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… 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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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……