1. International Telecommunication Union GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T Highlights since GSC-8 reinhard.scholl@itu.int Deputy to the Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/ITU-T

2. 2 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Outline 1. ITU-T – Best in class 2. ITU-T highlights since GSC-8

3. 3 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) 1. ITU-T – Best in class

4. 4 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) How ITU-T has changed o ITU-T has undergone dramatic changes in the last years … o … though not everyone noticed: o ITU-T is fast To start work To develop work To approve work To publish work o ITU-T standardizes hot topics o ITU-T is very flexible & unbureaucratic

5. 5 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Fast: Starting ITU-T Work o Old days: 2 - 4 years o Today: 1 day to a few weeks

6. 6 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Fast: Developing Content and Reach Agreement o Old days: 2 – 3 years o Today: Weeks to 2 – 3 years

7. 7 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Fast: “Speedy Gonzalez” Approval Procedure o Old days: Before 1988 4 years 1997-20009 months o Today: NEW: Alternative Approval Process via email (except regulatory Recommendations) 95% of all Recommendations use AAP Average approval time: 9 weeks (arguably one of the fastest approval procedures in the market)

8. 8 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Fast: ITU-T’s Speedy Publication Procedure o Old days: 2-4 years o Today: Recommendations available on web a couple of days after approval! (so-called pre-published version) Published Recs: 3-9 months

9. 9 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T’s Easy Online Access for Recommendations o Old days: Paper o Today: Website, CD-ROM, Paper Free online access since Jan. 2001 one free access/member; 3 free downloads for public

10. 10 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Flexible: ITU-T Focus Group Concept o Create forum-like entities as an “arms- length” organization under ITU-T Study Group. o Goal: Encourage participation of members of other organizations / nonmembers Advance the work of ITU-T parent Study Group. o Very flexible, e.g. Focus group can establish its own rules of approval

11. 11 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Strengths of ITU-T o Unique partnership of industry & government o Truly global o Consensus decisions guarantee wide acceptance o Excellent, transparent, fast procedures o Very flexible to collaborate with fora and standards organizations o Brand name o IPR Policy o World-class meeting facilities o Excellent Secretariat staff

12. 12 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T Membership 12/00Delta12/01Delta12/02Delta12/03 Admins 189- - - Operat or-ROA 164 +15 179 -9 170 -7 163 Manuf.- SIO 213 +9 222 -15 207 -34 173 Asso- ciates 3 +27 30 +27 57 +25 82 Other entities 54+15-5 Other orgs 33+235+136+642

13. 13 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004)

14. 14 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) 2. ITU-T highlights since GSC-8

15. 15 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU Highlights o World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) 1 st Phase 10-12 Dec 2003 (+ earlier Prepcoms) o Council, May & October 2003 o Radio Assembly (RA), Geneva, 2-6 June 2003 o World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), Geneva, 9 June-4 July 2003 o Telecom World 2003, Geneva, 12-18 October 2003

16. 16 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T Standards Highlights o Quadrupling fibre optic transmission capacity (10 Gbit/s to 40 Gib/s): ITU-T Rec. G.959.1 o Fat pipes get fatter through Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (ITU-T Rec. G.695) o Novel video coding algorithm (with ISO/IEC) - expected to be deployed in all future DVD players, 3G phones and video-conferencing equipment (ITU-T Rec.H.264) o Opening up world for interactive TV providers (ITU-T Rec. J.202)

17. 17 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) NGN moves forward o ITU-T workshop on NGN catalyzes work o NGN-Meetings every other month o NGN working definition exists o NGN Project description exists o Increasing number of participants in respective ITU-T Study Group meetings o About a dozen Recs in development o Consent on first set of Recs in June 2004 o Two open (to non-members) NGN mailing lists

18. 18 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T Workshops Highlights o Telecoms for Disaster Relief, Feb 03 o Workshop on ccTLDs, March 03 o Standardization in E-Health, May 03 New Question created; new Rapporteur o Challenges, perspectives and standardization issues in E- Government, June 03 o Next Generation Networks, July 03 Catalyzes NGN work in ITU-T

19. 19 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Workshops Highlights, cont. o Development of a Recommendation to clarify the management of ".int", September 03 o End-to-End Quality of Service, Oct 03 o Accessibility II: Communication by all means, Telecom 2003 Forum, Oct 03 o Standardization in telecommunication for motor vehicles, November 03 New Questions created

20. 20 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Upcoming Workshops o Convergent regulation – is it becoming technology-neutral?, 17 May 04 o All Star network access, 2-4 June 04 o Home networking and home services, 16-18 June 04

21. 21 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T “Security Manual” o Some 90 pages; 1 st edition Dec. 03 o Collaboration ITU-T security experts & TSB o www.itu.int/ITU-T/edh/files/security- manual.pdf www.itu.int/ITU-T/edh/files/security- manual.pdf o Goals: Offers a bird’s eye view of the numerous ITU-T Recs on security Describes how ITU-T Recs help solve security problems Focuses on completed work

22. 22 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) WSIS and Standardization o “Standardization is one of the essential building blocks of the Information Society” o “The core competences of the ITU in the fields of ICTs - … standards development … - are of crucial importance for building the Information Society” (from WSIS Declaration of Principles)

23. 23 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T Fosters Cooperation o 2 nd Informal Forum Summit San Francisco, July 2003 Close to 60 leaders from close to 40 fora o Focus Group concept successful: Full Service VDSL- Forum & ITU-T SG16: Specifications completed TeleManagement Forum & ITU-T SG 4 Set up in August 2003 Goal: To draft ITU-T Rec. on ETOM (Enhanced Telecom Operations Map) OCAF (= Open Communication Architecture Forum) Focus Group – in negotiation

24. 24 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) ITU-T’s CTO-meeting o Chief TechnicalOfficers (CTOs), 8-9 Dec 2003 o CTO Statement: 1.Growing confidence in telecomms industry; 2.Convergence of the information, computing and telecomms technologies; 3.Demands for a coherent framework for standard development; 4.ITU in a key position to facilitate overall framework and globalisation of standards because of its: 1.global reach 2.traditional relationship with telcos and vendors 3.links to governments 5.ITU to cooperate with SDOs and fora

25. 25 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) WTSA o World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 5 – 14 October 04 Among major topics: ITU-T Study Group Restructuring o Cybersecurity Symposium 4 October 04 o Both events: Florianópolis, Brazil

26. 26 GSC-9, Seoul, Korea (9-13 May 2004) Preparing for WTSA o Final ITU-T Study Group meetings: finished by June 2004 o Various preparatory meetings – excerpts: Africa: 23-25 June (Zimbabwe) Americas: 3-6 August (Paraguay) Asia-Pacific, 2-6 August (India) Arab States: 9-12 August (Syria) Europe: 7-8 Sept (CEPT; Switzerland) o TSAG 12-16 July

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