ITU and Standards Arthur Levin Chief, Operations and Planning Department ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau ITU Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap (Session 4) Nadi, Fiji, 4-6 July 2011 General Secretariat: Coordinates and manages the administrative and financial aspects of the Union’s activities ITU-R: Coordinates radio communications, radio-frequency spectrum management and wireless services ITU-D: Technical assistance and deployment of telecom networks and services in developing and least developed countries to develop communication services ITU-T: Mission is to ensure an efficient and on-time production of internationally applicable high quality standards covering all fields of telecommunications TELECOM:Brings together the top names from across the ICT industry as well as ministers and regulators and many more for a major exhibition, a high-level forum and a host of other opportunities.

Plenipotentiary Conference ITU Structure Plenipotentiary Conference ITU Council General Secretariat ITU-T World Telecom Standardization Assembly ITU-R World/Regional Radiocomm Conference Radiocomm Assembly ITU-D World/Regional Telecom Development Conference TELECOM General Secretariat: Coordinates and manages the administrative and financial aspects of the Union’s activities ITU-R: Coordinates radio communications, radio-frequency spectrum management and wireless services ITU-D: Technical assistance and deployment of telecom networks and services in developing and least developed countries to develop communication services ITU-T: Mission is to ensure an efficient and on-time production of internationally applicable high quality standards covering all fields of telecommunications TELECOM:Brings together the top names from across the ICT industry as well as ministers and regulators and many more for a major exhibition, a high-level forum and a host of other opportunities.

ITU Membership Member States: 192 governments ITU-T, ITU-R, ITU-D Sector Members (565) ITU-T Sector membership fee: 31,800 CHF (= 20 kEUR) Associates (154): have right to participate in one study group Associate membership fee: 10,600 CHF (= 7 kEUR) Today, 95% of the work in ITU-T is done by the private sector (Sector Members and Associates) Academia 3

ITU-T Structure WTSA Workshops, Seminars, Symposia… IPR SG SG World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly Workshops, Seminars, Symposia… Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group IPR SG Study Group SG Working Party WP WP WP Focus Group Q Q Questions: Develop Recommendations Q Q Q Q

ITU-T and ITU-R Recommendations As the name Recommendation suggests, ITU standards are just that – Recommendations which only become mandatory if adopted in national law.

ITU-T Key Features Open, transparent, consensus based, fast working, public/private partnership technical standards developed by industry members and approved by 192 governments ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, unlike those of many other standards bodies, fora or consortium, and are available free of charge Organising interoperability events Clear IPR policy

ITU-T has two approval processes The vast majority of ITU standards pass without any problems; very few are “difficult” Two approval processes: “AAP” (= Alternative Approval Process”) for technical standards today 95% of all ITU-T standards go thru AAP “TAP” (= Traditional Approval Process) for standards with regulatory/policy implications today only 5% of all ITU-T standards go thru TAP An approved standard has the backing of 192 Member States 7

ITU-T is fast (“pre-published” standard = non-edited version  Edited version: typically a few months after approval)

ITU-T Study Groups SG2 Operational aspects SG3 Economic and policy issues SG5 Environment and climate change SG9 Broadband cable and TV SG11 Protocols and test specifications SG12 Performance, QoS and QoE SG13 Future networks SG15 Transport and access SG16 Multimedia SG17 Security

Range of official roles Chairmen: SG, WP Vice-chairmen: SG, WP Rapporteurs Variations: co-Rapporteurs, Associate Rapporteurs, Vice-Rapporteurs Liaison officers: one- or two-way Representatives of the SG elsewhere Representatives of other groups into the SG Editors (not codified) Other: E-Work Methods, Promotion officer; Vocabulary Rapporteur (Res.67/SCV)

Work in Focus Groups Works on a well-defined topic Work in a scheduled time-frame Establish its own working methods Non-ITU Members can participate Output  Deliverables, Specification (not Recommendations!) However, output of FG can be input to a study group to make it an ITU-T Recommendation

ITU-T role reinforced at PP10 new Resolution “The role of telecommunications/ICTs on climate change and the protection of the environment” A strong mandate for ITU-T to show leadership in methodology First ever resolution on Accessibility Renewed work on Conformance and Interoperability

Fees to Join ITU Universities/institutes from developed countries CHF 3,975 Universities/institutes from developing countries CHF 1,987.50 Sector Member: CHF 31,800 as little as 3,975 SFR from countries with GDP <2,000 USD Associates: 10,600 SFR

Arthur.levin@itu.int