1. AN Capabilities: Service and Applications Perspective
Pierre-André Probst
Senior Telecommunication Adviser, Swisscom/Switzerland
Chairman ITU-T/ SG 16 “Multimedia Services, Systems and Terminals”

2. AN capabilities: a Service and Application perspective
Evolution of advanced digital telecommunications techniques and technologies opens new opportunities in « e-Everything » in our private/business environment
Customers needs are becoming more complex and are evolving very fast
These new trends have a major impact on the work program and on the working methods of the ITU-T

3. AN capabilities: a Service and Application perspective
Major present trends:
All kind of communications between customers/computers (“4A”)
Multimedia
Convergences (services, platforms)
Broadband
Mobility
IP-based platforms
Intelligent homes …

4. MM Service trends: ubiquitous computing
“RFID Chef”
RFID Chef is a prototype application in the household domain that is used to experiment with various technical and methodological aspects in ubiquitous computing. It uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to connect real-world artifacts, like groceries, to a digital representation.
Source: ETH Zürich/Switzerland (