1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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