Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July 2010 ITU Standards in Action Young Han Choe (From Reinhard Scholl PPT) Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July 2010 Member States (191) + Sector Members (~300) + Associates (~120) make ITU Recommendations; start work: (1) day / few weeks develop work: from weeks to 2-3 yrs approve technical standards: average 9 weeks publish work: couple of days after approval Shows ITU is FAST and most of them are freedownloadable at URL; T/publications/Pages/recs.aspx T/publications/Pages/recs.aspx What a wonderful world ITU is! Why ITU
Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July 2010 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
Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July (UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré ITU is one of the very important stakeholders in the area of climate change. ITU develops standard methodology to estimate the impact of ICTs on climate change
Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July ITU is committed to providing access to ICTs for all UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
13 July 2010 Committed to Connecting the World 7 From dumb to smart grid ITU develops standards on communication aspects of next generation electricity ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Grid started June 2010
13 July 2010 Committed to Connecting the World 8 No longer in the cloud Cloud computing is becoming a growing resource for businesses and individuals ITU Focus Group on Cloud Computing started June 2010 The Economist, Oct 2009
Committed to Connecting the World International Telecommunication Union 13 July 2010 … also an answer to driver distraction ?! 6 th edition March Intelligent Transport Systems …
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