ITU Overview Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson

1. ITU Overview Empowering global ICT development Malcolm Johnson Submission Date:Month Day, 2008

2. 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 • Remote participation • Meetings in regions

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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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8. Relevant links • ITU-T website http://www.itu.int/ITU-T • WTSA-08 http://www.itu.int/itu-t/wtsa-08 • General Enquiries standards@itu.int • WRC-07 website http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=conferences&rlink=wrc-07&lang=en • 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