International Telecommunication Union Committed to connecting the world 1 ITU-T Highlights ITU Americas Region Preparatory Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2012 Richard Hill Counselor, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU

Committed to connecting the world : A year in highlights  179 ITU-T Recommendations approved  Remote participation on the rise  New work:  Smart grids  Cloud  AV accessibility  Methodologies  Universal charger  Cybersecurity information exchange  New ITU-T H.264 on its way  Emergency  Child Online Protection  WTSA Action Plan: On target  Bridging the standardization gap: Excellent progress  Academic membership: Great success

Committed to connecting the world 3  Associates grew by 21 (Jan 2011 to April 2012)  Academia grew by 28 (Jan 2011 to April 2012)  Sector Members stayed stable but an overall reduction of income of 129,850 CHF (exemption of membership fee by Council for some Sector members, new reduced fee for companies from certain developing countries)  Retain members  Mentoring programme started  Pro-active outreach to existing members  Tutorial for Editors and Rapporteurs  Attract new members  Participation in key ICT conferences  TSB staff promote membership on mission  New promotional materials developed Membership increase

Committed to connecting the world 4  ITU-T SG 2 (Operational aspects)  ITU-T SG 3 (Economic and policy issues)  ITU-T SG 5 (Environment and climate change)  ITU-T SG 9 (Broadband cable and TV)  ITU-T SG 11 (Protocols and test specifications)  ITU-T SG 12 (Performance, QoS and QoE)  ITU-T SG 13 (Future networks)  ITU-T SG 15 (Transport and access)  ITU-T SG 16 (Multimedia)  ITU-T SG 17 (Security) ITU-T Study Groups

Committed to connecting the world Trend in participation according to the regions (2009 – 2011 ) 5 A: America, B: Western Europe C: Eastern Europe and Northern Asia D: Africa E: Asia and Australia

Committed to connecting the world  Access:  ADSL: ITU-T G.992  Powerline Transmission: ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)  FTTX (Fibre to the ):  GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks) ITU-T G.984  Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657 Internet Access through ITU standards

Committed to connecting the world  Supplement to ITU-T Recommendation D.50 …gives developing countries tools that will allow to negotiate better rates (IIC)  Misuse of numbering Resources Supplement to Rec E.156 identifies actions to counter misuse of numbering resources 7 International Internet Connectivity and Misuse of numbering

Committed to connecting the world Next Gen Home Networking and Internet of Things (IoT)  ITU hosted first G.hn Interop event  Several SGs have approved home networking Recommendations  G.hnem for smart grid  IoT-GSI promotes unified approach for standards  Draft Recommendations on overview and terminology  IoT-work plan agreed 8

Committed to connecting the world Internet of Things (IoT)/ Machine-to-Machine communications  ITU’s Global Standards Initiative on IoT started May in 2011  ITU-T Focus Group M2M Service Layers created Jan 2012  Focus initially on e-health  1 st meeting April 2012  WHO/ITU Workshop on e-health standards and interoperability

Committed to connecting the world Optical transport networks and MPLS–TP  Optical transport networks  Network synchronization and time distribution performance the fastest growing Question  MPLS-TP  Extensive discussions ITU-T and IETF  First vote in an ITU-T study group meeting  ITU-T G to WTSA-12 (Ethernet based protocol for operations, administration and management (OAM) for MPLS-TP) 10

Committed to connecting the world  Recommendations  Universal charger and methodologies  Best practices for Green Data Centers  Ongoing standards work  Intelligent transport systems; Virtualization; Smart Grid; Smart Water; Telepresence  Environmental sustainability guidelines  Guidelines for the recycling of rare-metals  Global survey on e-waste (w/UNEP)  ITU Green ICT Application Challenge  Joint task force on submarine cables  6th ITU Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change ICTs and Climate Change

Committed to connecting the world Media coding, IPTV and Telepresence  Media coding  Successor to ITU-T H H.HEVC, is expected to reach Consent in early 2013  1000 contributions to November 2011 meeting  IPTV  Specifications on conformance testing of IPTV implementations  IPTV Application Challenge  Telepresence  Plans to organize Telepresence Interop events. 12

Committed to connecting the world 13 Focus Groups  FGs on Smart Grid and Cloud Computing completed work (New WP 6/13 + ID and security in SG17 on Cloud Computing)  FG CarCOM  Speech recognition in cars  FG on Driver Distraction  1.2 million people dying annually  Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility  Focus on digital media (TV, IPTV and mobile phones).  Proposal from CTO group to create new FGs on e-Health (M2M service layer) and Resilient Networks

Committed to connecting the world 6 Focus Groups  Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards  Focus Group on M2M Service Layer Focus Group on M2M Service Layer  Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery  Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility  Focus Group on Driver Distraction Focus Group on Driver Distraction  Focus Group on Car Communication Focus Group on Car Communication 14

Committed to connecting the world 15  34 events, 1885 participants  Increased use of remote participation and new standalone virtual events  Topics included:  … standards gap  IPR  IPTV  Optical systems  Conformity and Interoperability  Green ICTs  Accessibility  Digital signage  Intelligent Transport Workshops

Committed to connecting the world 16 Conformance and Interoperability Testing  Conformity database  Major task to increase number of test suites  Interoperability events  For IPTV and G.hn in Geneva; Rio de Janeiro and Dubai  Capacity building  In cooperation with BDT  Assistance in the establishment of test facilities  In cooperation with BDT  Questionnaire issued  Business plan being developed with KPMG

Committed to connecting the world Cybersecurity & Identity  Strengthen the confidence and security in the use of ICTs  Strengthen cybersecurity and combat cyber threats  Identity Management  Child Online Protection  Cybersecurity Information Exchange Framework (CYBEX) The Economist, July 2010

Committed to connecting the world  Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups, Study Group Questions, workshops, discussions, etc.  Widely recognized inside and outside ITU  Open to contributions and topic proposals Technology Watch: Identifying the Hot Topics

Committed to connecting the world Four Technology Watch Reports Issued  Standards and e-Health  Optical World  Trends in Video Games and Gaming  Digital Signage: the right information in all the right places Topics in progress:  privacy in cloud computing  e-health standards and interoperability 19

Committed to connecting the world Bridging the Standardization Gap  BSG Fund contributors: Nokia Siemens, Microsoft, Cisco and the Korea Communications Commission  2 Members have taken advantage of reduced fees  Handbook on Testing  Standards Q&A Online Forum  Mentoring programme for SG newcomers  BSG Workshops: Fiji, Algeria and Moldova.  14 workshops in developing countries including Tutorial on Optical Fibres, Cables, and Systems 20

Committed to connecting the world 21  Direct Document Posting  90 per cent of SG 15’s (400) contributions  New ICT Security Standards Roadmap  Meeting Documents Sync Application  Remote participation  SG Plenary Audiocast  E-lockers  Printing  RFID badges ITU-T Tools

Committed to connecting the world 22 Director’s report to TSAG itu.int/md/T09-TSAG TD-GEN-0308/en itu.int/md/T09-TSAG TD-GEN-0308/en