1. ITU: International Standards Aiding in International Expansion
Abu Dhabi Telecoms CEO Summit 17 May 2011
Bilel Jamoussi, Ph.D.
Chief, Study Groups
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Geneva, Switzerland

2. ITU standards enabling international expansion since 1865
145 years old
Central role in Connecting the World
ITU is based in Geneva, Switzerland
192 Member States and 700 Sector Members and Associates
(Egypt joined in 1876)
760 staff, from 80 nationalities
Organized in three Sectors:
Radiocommunication (ITU-R)
Development (ITU-D)
Standardization (ITU-T)

3. World Telecom and Information Society Day
Today is
World Telecom and Information Society Day
17 May 1865:
Signing of the first International Telegraph Convention
Creation of the International Telecommunication Union
17 May 2011:
146 years of International Standards enabling International expansion

4. UAE Strategic Partner WSIS Forum 2011
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim
UAE TRA Director General

5. President of Finland Tarja Halonen Telecommunication innovator
ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2011 Laureates
ITU marks the 146th anniversary of its establishment on 17 May this year by recognizing three eminent personalities who have contributed to the ongoing digital revolution. President of Finland Tarja Halonen, telecommunication innovator Sam Pitroda, and CEO of Inveneo Kristin Peterson will be awarded the 2011 ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award in recognition of their dedication to promoting ICTs as a means of providing a better life for humanity, particularly in rural communities.
President of Finland Tarja Halonen
Telecommunication innovator
Sam Pitroda, India
CEO of Inveneo Kristin Peterson 

6. The ITU INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
ITU Secretary-General
Hamadoun
Touré
UN agency for telecommunication and ICTs
Members:
192 Governments and regulatory bodies
700 Private Sector
20 Academia
UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon

7. ITU Offices Worldwide

8. develops ICT standards
ITU-T
develops ICT standards
ITU-R
manages radio spectrum and satellite orbits
ITU-D promotes ICT development
ITU has three core areas of activity coordinated by the General Secretariat
General Secretariat coordinates work of ITU

9. ITU-T CTO Meeting 2010

10. ITU Academia Members

11. You are benefitting from ITU standards everyday (although you may not be aware of it)

12. 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 organizations 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

13. Standards proven economic tool
WTO trade report 2005
British Standards Institute (BSI): standards make annual contribution GBP 2.5 billion
German standards body (DIN): economic benefits standardization about 1% GDP
Canada: 17 % of labour productivity increase and nine per cent of growth of GDP
Standards have a significant effect on limiting the undesirable outcomes of market failure
The work of ITU has smoothed the more economical introduction of new technologies 13 13

14. ITU-T collaboration 44 formal partnerships
Vienna Agreement between the international standards orgs and their European regional counterparts.
World Standards Cooperation
Patent policy & Joint events
ITU-T and IEEE
MoU & Joint events
Global Standards Collaboration
Supports ITU as preeminent global ICT standards organization.
ITU-T and 3GPP
ETSI
Management meetings
ITU-T and IETF
ITU-T and ICANN
E-Business MoU: IEC, ISO, ITU and UN/ECE
44 formal partnerships
. Vienna Agreement between the international standardizing
Organizations and their European
regional counterparts.

15. Stay tuned to the latest technological developments
Through its Study Groups,
ITU-T carries out pioneering standards work in:
Security of networks and of transmissions
Numbering resources
Broadband
Optical networks
Home networking
Video coding and multimedia codecs
NGN and Future networks

16. Numbering Resources ITU-T Recommendation E.164
SG2
Numbering Resources
ITU-T Recommendation E.164
“International public telecommunication numbering plan”
Lets us make a telephone call from one side of the world to another
UEA +971

17. ITU Internet Broadband Access &Transport Standards
SG15
ITU Internet Broadband Access &Transport Standards
Access:
ADSL: ITU-T G.992
PLT: ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)
FTTX:
GPON ITU-T G.984
Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657
Optical Transport:
SDH: ITU-T G.707
Carrier Ethernet: ITU-T Y.1731
Synchronization: Mobile Backhaul
Fiber cable can be very flexible, but traditional fiber's loss increases greatly if the fiber is bent with a radius smaller than around 30 mm. This creates a problem when the cable is bent around corners or wound around a spool, making FTTX installations more complicated. "Bendable fibers", targeted towards easier installation in home environments, have been standardized as ITU-T G.657.

18. SG16
Multimedia
Hollywood presents Emmy Award to ITU, ISO and IEC for revolutionary video standard ITU-T H.264 MPEG-4 AVC
US Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences, 2008

19. Cybersecurity & Identity
SG17
Cybersecurity & Identity
Strengthen the confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Strengthen cybersecurity and combat cyber threats
Identity Management
ITU X.509 compliant services
Child Online Protection
The Economist, July 2010
RIM recently became ITU-T Sector member to benefit from ITU-T work on ITU-T Rec X.509 : Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection
Bank of America recently became ITU-T Sector member to benefit from ITU-T work on identity management

20. IPTV: Standard Managed “Connected TV”
SG16
ITU-T H.721 terminals support managed “connected TV”
Multiple RSPs can provide managed IPTV services on any of these standardized terminals (H.721)

21. NGN: IPTV Interoperability
SG13
NGN: IPTV Interoperability

22. ICTs and Climate Change
SG5
ICTs and Climate Change
Standard Methodology to measure impact of ICT on CC
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ICT sector line with UNFCCC goals
Universal charger
2222

23. Anticipate the next revolutionary technology
ITU-T new work focuses on:
Cloud computing
Smart grid
Intelligent transport systems
Car communications and driver distraction
Audiovisual Media Accessibility
Internet of Things

24. ITU-T Cloud Computing From own to lease Growth opportunity for Telcos
Security, Audit, and Privacy
Inter-Cloud
Load sharing
Disaster recovery
Position existing network infrastructure capability as bundled offers combining Network and IT resources. Service providers can leverage network asset to address network availability and performance for secure end to end cloud services. Evolve network resource allocation and control to more dynamic in order to meet the needs to provision on-demand cloud services.
Enterprises – need standards to source cloud services from more than one vendor
How do I migrate in-house workload to cloud without standards?
How do I change my CSP without overhaul?
Service Providers – how I prevent vendor-lock-in?
Service Provider preference for holistic “systems approach”
The Economist, Oct 2009

25. ITU-T Smart Grid
Electric Grid Transport & Distribution Communication Standards
Optimization of facility usage
Integration of renewable energy sources, which are distributed and less stable
Integration of electric vehicles

26. Intelligent Transport Systems …
6th edition March 2011
Intelligent Transport Systems …
… also an answer to
driver distraction ?! 26

27. Audio-visuel Media ACCESSIBILITY
Enhance Telecommunication/ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities, including age-related disabilities
UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Provide accessibility to ICTs, and to ITU facilities and services, for participants with visual, hearing or physical disabilities 27

28. IoT Global Standards Initiative
IoT: not a single technology, but a wide-ranging concept
Huge variety of applications in specific sectors, in addition to cross-sector applications
Regional differences, e.g., in the use of frequency bands for RFID
Only global standards can enable the use of interoperable technologies across different suppliers, industries and countries
Key Messages: We are IoT experts. This is what we’ve learnt through extensive experience in IoT…
Challenges many of our members (manufacturers, service providers, operators) face, when it comes to IoT standardization.
So far, these challenges in standardization have rendered it difficult to make standards that remain invisible. There is competition between different technologies, standards and standards organizations.
These points are addressed further on the next slides.

29. Number of Patent Declaration Statements ITU received by region

30. International Expansion in Emerging Markets
Measuring the advance of the Information Society (ICT Development Index)
Assisting developing countries in putting into practice competitive ICT markets
Building capacity in developing and least developed countries
Executing agency of UN for ICT projects, working with governments and industry partners
Mobilizing resources and partners for project implementation

31. Break into new markets
Simultaneous acceptance of ITU-T standards by 192 member countries avoids going through cumbersome licensing procedures in multiple different markets
Approval of your technology as an ITU-T standard means a guarantee of faster market entry and deployment
Know in advance which other technologies are compatible and interoperable with your products and services

32. Enjoy fast standards-making
Fastest approval process in ICT standards world
Open standards developed by industry members and respecting clear intellectual property policies
Global standards agreed through consensus
Coordination and complementary working with other standards development to achieve objective of interoperable, non-discriminatory, international standards

33. Visit us at: www.itu.int/world2011
Geneva, 24 – 27 October 2011
A unique opportunity for International Expansion
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34. Who Can Join ITU? Governments Private Sector Academia

35. International Telecommunication Union
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