ITU Overview

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DOCUMENT GSC13-PLEN-44r1
FOR Presentation
SOURCE ITU
AGENDA ITEM Opening Plenary, 4.6
CONTACT(S) Malcolm Johnson

• ITU Overview
• Empowering global ICT development
• Malcolm Johnson

Submission DateJuly 14, 2008
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Highlights of Current Activities (1)

• Climate Change
• Power saving checklist for standards authors
• Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change. London,
  Kyoto.
• Studies on climate monitoring and weather
  forecasting
• Focus Group
• Accessibility
• Checklist for standards authors
• Workshop on UN Convention on the Rights of
  Persons with Disabilities
• New JCA on accessibility
• IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and
  Disability
• Emergency Telecoms
• Spectrum requirements for use in initial phase of
  an emergency
• Language independent prefix for emergency numbers
• Universal Child helpline number
• Cybersecurity
• Definition of cybersecurity a standardized way
  for vendors to supply security updates and
  guidelines on spyware toolbox of technical
  measures to counter spam.
• Identity management Draft Recommendations
  ongoing on data model, interoperable framework,
  interchange framework, Trusted ISP, and entity
  authentication assurance
• Bridging the standardization gap
• Regional forums

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Highlights of Current Activities (2)

• Additional spectrum identified for International
  Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)
• Higher frequencies to face growth in densely
  populated areas
• Lower frequencies to provide, at a reasonable
  cost, high speed mobile services everywhere, in
  particular in less densely populated areas
• NGN
• requirements, architecture, OAM, signaling
  protocols, resource control, NNI signaling, NGN
  testing, and security
• IPTV First Recs. approved based on results of
  IPTV FG
• Optical and other transport network
  infrastructures
• Free ITU-T Recommendations very popular 3.8
  millions copies downloaded in 12months
• Fully Networked Car
• - Annual event at Geneva International Motor
  Show
• First Kaleidoscope conference Innovation in NGN
• new relationship with academia
• Technology Watch briefing reports climate
  change, lawful interception, remote collaboration
  tools, telepresence, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks,
  CALM

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Strategic Direction

• Increasing collaboration with other bodies
• Adapting to market needs
• Addressing public policy issues
• Increasing participation of developing countries
• New membership category for academia, research
  bodies
• ITU inside concept Mark to show conformance to
  ITU Recs
• Increased workshop programme
• International public/private partnership key
  strength

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Challenges

• Attaining climate neutral status in 3 years
• Adapting to convergence
• Some principle themes of WRC-11
• Classic radiocommunication services
• Regulatory issues
• Safety
• increasingly complex standardisation scenario
• Maintaining ITU as preeminent global
  telecommunication and radiocommunication
  standards development organization

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Next Steps/Actions

• Preparation for WRC-11
• 33 Agenda Items, again addressing almost all
  Radio Services
• CPM11-1 established studies in ITU-R Study Groups
• WTSA-08 will
• Decide on future standardization topics
• Create structure to efficiently address future
  work
• Ensure relevant, clear mandates avoiding
  duplication
• Facilitate participation, especially of
  developing countries
• Enhance current electronic working methods
• Appoint new chairmen and vice-chairmen
• GSS (Global Standards Symposium) will address
• Bridging the standardization gap
• Climate change, accessibility
• Standardisation scenario

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Supplementary information
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Relevant links

• ITU-T website
• http//www.itu.int/ITU-T
• WTSA-08
• http//www.itu.int/itu-t/wtsa-08
• General Enquiries
• standards_at_itu.int
• WRC-07 website
• http//www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?categoryconfe
  rencesrlinkwrc-07langen
• Presentation on results of WRC-07
• http//www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0018/en
• Presentation on preparations for WRC-11
• http//www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0026/en