1. ITU …connecting the world
CONGRESS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE BICENTENNIAL
21 September 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina

2. Introduction to ITU
Founded in 1865, oldest specialized agency of the UN
Standards making one of the ITU’s first activities
191 Member States, 780 private sector entities
HQ Geneva, 11 regional offices, 760 staff / 80 nationalities
Named as one of the world’s ten most enduring institutions by Booz Allen

3. ITU Structure ITU-R: Global radio spectrum and satellite orbits
ITU-D: Bridging the digital divide
ITU-T: Without ITU standards you couldn’t make a call or surf the Internet

4. Enabling Environment
ITU works with regulators/policy makers and industry to develop/share guidelines and best practices as well as global standards
Global Symposium for Regulators
ICT Regulation Toolkit
ITU Study Groups
Capacity-building in developing and least developed countries
Workshops and symposiums
In order for businesses to invest in ICT infrastructure and services, ITU recognizes that an attractive and predictable environment is needed. ITU works with regulators, policy makers and industry to develop and share guidelines and best practices as well as global standards.
We do this in a number of ways. For example, we organize a Global Symposium for Regulators each year as well as other regional activities. We have partnered with Infodev to produce an ICT Regulation Toolkit for regulators and policy makers. We organize Study Groups on regulatory and policy topics. And, we work with developing and least developed countries to build capacity and harmonize regulatory and policy frameworks.
Together, these activities help create greater transparency and more predictability for industry to invest in ICTs.

5. ICT Development
ITU has mandate from membership to help spread ICT connectivity – connect the unconnected
Building capacities in developing and least developed countries
Working with ITU government membership and industry partners
Executing agency of UN for ICT projects
Mobilizing resources and partners for implementation

6. Global Cybersecurity Agenda Launched 17 May 2007
ITU framework for global action:
Legal Measures
Technical and Procedural Measures
Organizational Structures
Capacity Building
International Cooperation

7. Managing Spectrum World Radiocommunication Conference 2007
Spectrum for future mobile communications
Spectrum for broadcasting
Satellite communications
Spectrum for advanced aeronautical communications
Global Maritime issues
Protect frequencies for earth-exploration satellites to monitor resources, emergencies, meteorology, climate change
ITU plays an essential role in the area of radiocommunications and mobile technologies. The World Radio Conference in October 2007 tackled issues of significant importance to the ICT industry and society overall, including:
Search for additional spectrum for future mobile communications
Protection of frequencies for emergency communications
Spectrum for advanced aeronautical communications
Requirements for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Requirements for global broadband satellite systems – internet access for remote and underserved areas

8. IMT Background Broadband multimedia First IMT standards – IMT-2000
Now more than a billion IMT (3G) subscribers
IMT-Advanced
Global platform for the next generation of mobile services
Fast data access, unified messaging and broadband multimedia – exciting new interactive services
International Mobile Telecommunication system - IMT.
IMT-2000 is a global standard defined by ITU in a set of interdependent ITU Recommendations, which include the specifications for the radio interfaces of advanced wireless communications systems such as 3G mobile.
It is just over a year and a half since the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly 2007 took a decision of global importance to include WiMAX-derived technology in the framework of the IMT-2000 set of standards.
This agreement paved the way for the deployment of a range of voice, data, and multimedia services to both stationary and mobile devices. Significantly, it opened the door to mobile Internet, catering to demand in both urban and rural markets.

9. What is IMT-Advanced? IMT-Advanced systems will:
Provide access to a wide range of services supported by (increasingly packet-based) mobile and fixed networks.
Support low to high mobility applications and a wide range of data rates in multiple user environments.
Provide for high quality multimedia applications within a wide range platforms with significant improvement in performance and QoS.
IMT-Advanced systems are mobile systems that include the new capabilities of IMT that go beyond those of IMT-2000.
Such systems provide access to a wide range of telecommunication services including advanced mobile services, supported by mobile and fixed networks, which are increasingly packet-based.
IMT-Advanced systems support low to high mobility applications and a wide range of data rates in accordance with user and service demands in multiple user environments.
IMT-Advanced also has capabilities for high quality multimedia applications within a wide range of services and platforms, providing a significant improvement in performance and quality of service.
IMT-Advanced features:
A high degree of commonality of functionality worldwide while retaining the flexibility to support a wide range of services and applications in a cost efficient manner;
Compatibility of services within IMT and with fixed networks;
Capability of interworking with other radio access systems;
High quality mobile services;
User equipment suitable for worldwide use;
User-friendly applications, services and equipment;
Worldwide roaming capability; and,
Enhanced peak data rates to support advanced services and applications (100 Mbit/s for high and 1 Gbit/s for low mobility were established as targets for research).
These features enable IMT-Advanced to address evolving user needs and the capabilities of IMT-Advanced systems are being continuously enhanced in line with user trends and technology developments.

10. Key features A high degree of interoperability worldwide
Flexibility to support a wide range of services in a cost efficient manner
Service compatibility: IMT and fixed networks
Interworking with other radio access systems
User equipment suitable for worldwide use
Worldwide roaming capability
Enhanced peak data rates to support advanced services and applications

11. ITU Standards in Action

12. ITU-T Recommendations: Not all standards are equal
Recommendations become mandatory if adopted in law
Private standards may confuse users and consumers
ITU’s broad range of stakeholders, and robust processes provide the basis for consensus across sectors and countries
Market-driven international standards, based on objective information and knowledge.
Meet the needs and concerns of all relevant stakeholders

13. Member State Participation
Region A - The Americas (216)
Region B - Western Europe (178)
Region C - Eastern Europe and Northern Asia (73)
Region D - Africa (182)
Region E - Asia and Australasia (460)
Member State delegates A216 B178 C73 D182 E460 TOTAL1109 UK49 FRANCE30 GERMANY26 JAPAN42 CHINA162 KOREA134 USA117

14. Strategic Objectives Develop and publish timely global standards
Identify relevant areas for future standardization projects
Provide the most attractive forum for standardization in the interest of the membership
Promote value of ITU-T to attract increased membership
Disseminate information and know-how
Cooperate and collaborate with other Sectors and other entities
Provide support and assistance to the membership, in particular developing countries

15. ITU-T Key Features
Open, transparent, consensus based, fast working, public/private partnership
Technical standards developed by industry members, when consensus placed on website and if no comments after 4 weeks is in effect approved by 191 governments
ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, unlike those of many other standards bodies, fora or consortium that claim to produce global and open standards, available free of charge
Publicly available database of products and services meeting ITU standards
Organizing interoperability events to prove interoperability of different vendors equipment
Common IPR policy with ISO and IEC (FRAN)

16. Importance of Global Standards
Global Standards essential in a complex world
Standards make things easier
Essential for international communications and global trade
Drive competitiveness, for individual businesses and world economy
Help organisations with their efficiency, effectiveness, responsiveness and innovation
Lower prices and increase availability by reducing technical barriers and promoting compatibility between systems and networks
Manufacturers, network operators and consumers benefit

17. 2009: A year of highlights Study Groups
Despite financial crisis many study groups saw increased participation
Remote participation on the rise
120 e-meetings
First global standard for a fully networked home
ITU-T Rec. G.9960; ex G.hn
Universal charger for mobile phones
Methodology to measure the impact of ICTs on climate change with the involvement of 20 other organizations
Handbooks on Optical fibres, cables and systems, converged networks, and the security manual

18. 2009: A year of highlights Workshops 30 events, 2500 participants
Implementation of WTSA-08 decisions
Bridging the standardization gap
ICTs and climate change
Cybersecurity
NGN
Accessibility
First fully virtual ITU symposium on ICTs and climate change
Organised together with the KCC and TTA
5th Fully Networked Car

19. Recent Activities in the Region
Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, 6-9 July 2010
Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability, Quito, Ecuador, 6 July 2010
ITU-T Study Group 5 Buenos Aires, Argentina April 2010
ITU-T Workshop on "Interactions of Voiceband Signal Processing Functions and their End-to-End Coordination" Germantown, Maryland, USA, 21 April 2010
Seminar on ITU-T hot topics for standardization and Kaleidoscope event: Innovations for Digital Inclusion Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 August - 01 September 2009
ITU-T Study Groups 11 and 13 and IPTV-GSI Mar del Plata, Argentina September 2009
ITU panel “Globalization of Standardization and Making the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Accessible” at the 18th Biennial TDI Conference “Where Access begins” Washington DC, USA, 30 July - 1 August 2009
ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change and Forum on "Implementation of decisions of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-08)“ Quito, Ecuador, 7-10 July 2009
Regional Seminar on the economic and financial aspects of telecommunications for Member Countries of the Study Group 3 Regional Group for Latin America and Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC) (former TAL Group) Lima, Peru, June 2009 19 19

20. Region’s Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen (ITU-T)
Bruce Gracie, Chairman TSAG, Industry Canada, Canada
Stephen J. Trowbridge, VC TSAG, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Marcos Pérez García VC, SG2, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba, S.A. (ETECSA), Cuba
Steven D. Lind, VC SG 2, AT&T, USA
Leslie Joseph Martinkovics, VC, SG3, Verizon, USA
Héctor Mario Carril, VC SG5, Secretaria de comunicaciones, Argentina
Arthur Webster, Chairman SG 9, US Department of Commerce, USA
Charles A. Dvorak, Chairman SG 12, AT&T, USA
Júlio Cesar Fonseca, VC SG15, Regional focus group coordination, ANATEL, Brazil
Mark T. Neibert, VC SG16, Ygomi, USA
Antonio Guimaraes, VC SG17, ANATEL, Brazil 20 20

21. The network knocks at your door
Home Networking to achieve interoperability on a global scale
PC World (US) : “The powerful world standards organization …[ITU].. has reached agreement on G.hn a set of specifications that would encompass phone lines, power lines, and coaxial cable to provide HDTV room to room…”
Now: G.hn for Smart Grid 21 21

22. Future networks Focus Group
Collect and identify visions of future networks
Next Meetings: Geneva; Brazil; India
Report will be presented to Council Dedicated Group on Internet Governance

23. ITU-T’s quantum leaps in speech, audio and video quality
Video codec H.264 in HDTV, iPhone, Blu-ray, 3G, etc
2008 Primetime Emmy award
Call for technical contributions for next generation
Extension of work on speech coding:
Wider bandwidths, richer user experience

24. Intelligent Transport Systems
ITU, ISO and IEC and Geneva Motor Show
Annual Event
New work:
Wideband communication in cars
Vehicle gateway protocol

25. Safety in the cyber world
Identity management (IdM)
Security standards for:
NGN
IPTV
Home networks,
Ubiquitous sensor networks
Mobiles
Traceback
Countering spam (EVCert)
Road map of security standards: itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/
Cybersecurity Information Exchange Framework (CYBEX)
Security Workshop, Geneva 6-7 December 2010

26. Accessibility
Champions principles Universal Design enshrined in the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Includes accessibility features in all standards
Strong advocacy focus
Group to coordinate activities on accessibility
ITU led Dynamic Coalition on the Internet and Accessibility at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Proposed new Focus Group on Interoperability of Accessibility protocols 26 26

27. ICTs and Climate Change
Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change
ITU led Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate change at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Participation in COP15
Establishing close liaison with UNFCCC
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon:
"ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change."
Participants in Focus Group ICT and Climate Change

28. Universal charger ITU-T Recommendation L.1000
Delivers 50% reduction in standby energy consumption, will eliminate up to 82,000 tonnes of redundant chargers, and cuts GHG emissions by at least million tonnes CO2 annually

29. Common Methodology
Common methodology for measuring ICT carbon footprint
Without, it will be impossible to provide meaningful comparisons
Helps to establish the business case to go green
Over 20 organizations participate in the ITU group
Standards on life cycle environmental impact of ICTs goods and services, and ICT projects, November 2010 29 29

30. Economic and policy issues
SG 3 deals with international tariff and charging
Recommendations on charging and accounting for International Internet Connectivity
Recommendations on charging and accounting for international mobile telephony
Guidelines for resolution of disputes regarding charging and accounting
Development of charging and accounting/settlement mechanisms 30 30

31. Technology Watch: Scouting for 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
Mobile applications
Batteries for portable ICT devices
Upcoming: ICTs and food security, network robotics, telebiometrics
New Briefing Reports published in ITU News

32. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) meeting
Nineteen major CTOs
Recognition of need for review of standardization landscape
Results will be presented at next meeting, Paris, 29 October.

33. Next generation electricity
Chief Technology Officer Group highlighted Smart Grid as a priority area
Focus Group on Smart Grid will
Identify impacts on standards development
Investigate ITU-T study items
Familiarize ITU-T with emerging attributes of smart grid
Encourage collaboration between ITU-T membership and utilities

34. In the cloud WTPF participants highlighted Cloud as a priority area
Focus Group on Cloud Computing will
Identify potential impacts on ITU-T standards development
Investigate future study items
Analyze how interoperability can be assured
Familiarize ITU-T with emerging attributes and challenges of cloud computing

35. Kaleidoscope 2010 Pune, India, 13-15 December 2010
Exhibition by local universities
Best paper awards $10,000
Proceedings  IEEE Xplore online library
New this year:
Standards Corner (tutorial)
Jules Verne’s Corner
(SciFi writers and dreamers)
Additional info: itu-kaleidoscope.org/2010
Associated events: Focus Group on Future Networks
Third IPTV Interoperability event

36. ITU and IPv6
Massive deployment of Internet-related resources=depletion of IPv4 addresses.
ITU actively promoting IPv6 deployment
New ITU-T/D Group established two CGs
Next meeting 1-2 September
Open participation

37. The International Telecommunication Regulations
ITRs catalyzed global telecoms liberalization and facilitated Internet
Adopted to:
Provide a basis for the provision & operation of international telecommunication services
To designate responsibilities of Admins and Operators
To provide general principles, even for commercially- negotiated arrangements
Revision under discussion since PP98
WTSA and WCIT 5-30 November 2012
ITRs: Abrogate, revise or update? New issues? 37 37

38. Conformity and interoperability
Conformity assessment benefits manufacturers, service providers, users and regulators and supports sustainable development.
Conformity gives confidence and facilitates access to world markets.
All successful SDOs have testing specifications; conformance testing to determine compliant products; and interoperability testing.

39. ITU’s Conformity and Interoperability Programme
Four Action Lines:
Creation of a conformity database
Organisation of interoperability events
Develop human resources capacity through workshops and tutorials
Assist establishment of test facilities in developing countries 39

40. The ITU-T “Pilot” Conformity Database
Will provide a source of what products have been successfully tested to ITU-T Recommendations. 
Pilot conformity database follows ISO/IEC series: Requires the issue of a Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) (ISO/IEC 17050)
Voluntary and free, open to ITU members. Non- members may participate on a case by case basis
Testing
1st, 2nd, 3rd party accredited labs conformity assessment
3rd party accredited certifiers 40

41. IPTV Interop events

42. Capacity Building
Develop expertise in conformity and interoperability testing
In collaboration with BDT
Plan to organize tutorials at established test centres around the world
Joint workshops planned with UNIDO

43. Establishment of conformity test centres in developing countries
Need to build partnerships with relevant organizations: UNIDO, ISO (CASCO), IEC, IAF and ILAC
UNIDO has a programme to assist in establishment of accreditation bodies and conformity test centres in developing countries
UNIDO offer of collaboration 43

44. Regional Consultation Meetings 2010
Americas – 6 July, Quito, Ecuador
Africa – July, Nairobi, Kenya
Asia Pacific – September – Australia
Continue the discussion to better implement the four action lines adopted by Council 2009.
Improve the ITU-T pilot conformity database to meet the requirements of all the stakeholders in the spirit of the WTSA-08 Resolution 76 addressing the needs of developing countries on this subject. 44

45. Business Plan
Council endorsed need to develop a business plan for the long term implementation of the programme
Need to first determine the demand for each of the action lines
Amend programme in light of further consultations 45

46. Admission of Sector Members from Developing countries
ITU Council supports proposal to reduce cost to 1/16 of the Sector Member contributory unit = CHF 3,975
Proposal to be reviewed at PP’10
Admission of academia, universities and their associated research establishments
ITU Council supports proposal to reduce cost to 1/32 of the Sector Member contributory unit = CHF 1,987
Academia Member would not participate in approval process of Recommendations. Proposal to be reviewed at PP’10 46 46

47. Plenipotentiary Conference 2010
4 to 22 October 2010
The key event at which ITU Member States decide on ITU’s future role of the organization.
Sets the Union's general policies, adopts four-year strategic and financial plans and elects the senior management team, the members of Council and the members of the Radio Regulations Board. 47 47