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Standardization Market ITU-T role Presented at
the Seminar on Future Network Evolution14 May
2001, Caracas, Venezuela by Houlin
ZHAO Director, Telecommunication Standardization
Bureau (TSB) International Telecommunication
Union, Geneva Place des Nations - CH-1211 Geneva
20 - Switzerland Tel [phone] Fax 41
22 730 5853 E-mail houlin.zhao_at_itu.int ITU Home
page address http//www.itu.int
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1837 Invention of the first electric
telegraph 1844 Samuel Morse sent his first public
message over a telegraph Iine between Washington
and Baltimore 1865 Foundation of the
International Telegraph Union by twenty States 17
May with the adoption of the first Convention.
First Telegraph Regulations. 1876 Alexander
Graham Bell patents his invention of the
telephone 1924 Paris - Creation of CCIF
(International Telephone Consultative
Committee) 1925 Paris - Creation of CCIT
(International Telegraph Consultative
Committee) 1927 Washington - Creation of the CCIR
(Intl. Radio Consultative Committee) 1932 Madrid
- Plenipotentiary Conference. Telegraph Union
changes name to International Telecommunication
Union 1947 ITU becomes a Specialized Agency of
the United Nations 1956 Geneva - CCIF and CCIT
merged into CCITT (International Telegraph and
Telephone Consultative Committee) 1992 Geneva -
Plenipotentiary Conference. Creation of 3
Sectors ITU-T replaces CCITT, ITU-R replaces
IFRB, CCIR, and ITU-D replaces TCD 1999/7 ITU
becomes a founding Member of PSO of ICANN
ITU Landmarks
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New Structure of the ITU
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CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone
Consultative Committee) 1956 1st Plenary
Assembly 1960 2nd Plenary Assembly Red
Books 1964 3rd Plenary Assembly Blue
Books 1968 4th Plenary Assembly White
Books 1972 5th Plenary Assembly Green
Books 1976 6th Plenary Assembly Orange
Books 1980 7th Plenary Assembly Yellow
Books 1984 8th Plenary Assembly Red
Books 1988 9th Plenary Assembly Blue
Books ITU-T (International Telecommunication
Union - Telecom. Standardization Sector) 1993
1st World Telecommunication Standardization
Conference (WTSC-93), Helsinki 1996 2nd World
Telecommunication Standardization Conference
(WTSC-96), Geneva 2000 3rd World
Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
(WTSA-2000), Montreal
CCITT and ITU-T
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"The functions of the Telecommunication
Standardization Sector shall be, bearing in
mind the particular concerns of the developing
countries, to fulfill the purposes of the Union
relating to telecommunication standardization,
as stated in Article 1 of this Constitution, by
studying technical, operating and tariff
Questions and adopting Recommendations on them
with a view to standardizing telecommunications
on a worldwide basis"
Functions of ITU-T
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(Others such as ISO, IEC, ISOC/IETF, INTELSAT,
INMARSAT, EUTELSAT,ETSI, CEPT)
ITU-T Members
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Organizational Structure of ITU-T
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Study Group 2 Operational aspects of service
provision, networks and
performanceStudy Group 3 Tariff and
accounting principles including related
telecommunications economic and policy
issuesStudy Group 4 Telecommunication
management, including TMN Study Group 5
Protection against electromagnetic environment
effectsStudy Group 6 Outside plantStudy
Group 7 Data networks and open system
communications Study Group 9 Integrated
broadband cable networks and television and
sound transmission Study Group 10
Languages and general software aspects for
telecommunication systems
NEW STRUCTURE (1)
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Study Group 11 Signalling requirements and
protocolsStudy Group 12 End-to-end
transmission performance of networks
and terminalsStudy Group
13 Multi-protocol and IP-based networks and
their internetworkingStudy Group 15
Optical and other transport networksStudy Group
16 Multimedia services, systems and
terminalsSpecial Study Group IMT-2000 and
beyond TSAG
NEW STRUCTURE (2)
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Approval of new and revised Recommendations
- Sequence of events (TAP)
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AAP Sequence of Events
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Approval and publication time of Recommendations
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Note 1. Approx. 300 texts per year during
1997-2000 2. About 180 common texts
between ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1 3.
ITU-T publishes handbooks and Operational
Bulletin
Recommendations in force
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Series A Organization of the work of the
ITU-T Series B Means of expression definitions,
symbols, classification Series C General
telecommunication statistics Series D General
tariff principles Series E Overall network
operation, telephone service, service operation
and human factors Series F Non-telephone
telecommunication services Series G Transmission
systems and media, digital systems and
networks Series H Audiovisual and multimedia
systems Series I Integrated services digital
network
ITU-T Recommendations Series (1)
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Series J Transmission of television, sound
programme and other multimedia signals Series
K Protection against interference Series
L Construction, installation and protection of
cables and other elements of outside
plant Series M TMN and network maintenance
international transmission systems, telephone
circuits, telegraphy, facsimile and leased
circuits Series N Maintenance international
sound programme and television transmission
circuits Series O Specifications of measuring
equipment Series P Telephone transmission
quality, telephone installations, local line
networks
ITU-T Recommendations Series (2)
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Series Q Switching and signalling Series
R Telegraph transmission Series S Telegraph
services terminal equipment Series T Terminals
for telematic services Series U Telegraph
switching Series V Data communication over the
telephone network Series X Data networks and
open system communication Series Y Global
information infrastructure Series Z Programming
languages
ITU-T Recommendations Series (3)
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2000 - Best selling texts (in the order of sales
number) H.323 (09/99) G.703 G.723.1 Q.931 G.71
1X.690 G.704 G.723 Annex A V.90 E.164X.680 H
.323 (02/98) G.692 H.263 G.729G.826 G.957 H.2
25.0 G.729 Annex A V.34
Some other well-known Recommendations E.190 E.212
G.720-series G.990-series (xDSL) G.982H.245 H.
248 H.324 H.450I.365 I.432 I.731 J.112 J.11
7M.3000 M.3200 M.3210Q.1700-series T.30 T.37
T.38V.44 V.59 V.92X.25 X.36 X.208 X.509
X.840-seriesY.1310 Y.1540
Best Sellers
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Three major items - IP-related
issues - IMT-2000 - Accounting rates Other
items - Multi-media, access networks (xDSL),
optical transmission, security, numbering and
addressing, inter-operabilities, IPR,
etc. Promotion
ITU-T's main work areas
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Intergovernment ITU-T
NGOsISO,IEC,IEEE, ETSI, ECMATTC, Committee
T1,ARIB, TIA, SCTE
Task Force IETF
Forums Consortia
1394TA 3GPP 3GPP2 AIM AMF AMI-CAOEMA AOW ATMF BIN
TERMS Bluetooth Cable ModemsCBOP CDG CIF CII Comm
erceNet CommerceNet JCOS CTFJ DHF DISA DOPG DSLF
ECE ECHONET ECOM ECTF EDIFICE EEMAEIDX EMA EMF ER
TICO EWOS FCIAFCIA-J FIPA FRF FSAN GSM
Assoc. HNFHome API HomePNA HRFWG IDB
Forum IFIP IFSAIMTC IMWA IrDA ITS America ITS
UK JAVAJCTEA JECALS JEDIC JEMA JICSAP JIMMJMF LO
NMARK MCPC MDG.org MITF MMCFMobile
Web MOPA MPLSF MSForum MWIF OASISODVA OIF OMG OSG
i PCCA PCISIGPCMCIA PHS MoU PICMG POF Salutation
SCFSDR SSIPG STA TINA-C TMForum TOGTSC UMTS USBI
F UWCC W3C WAPWDF Web 3D WfMC WIN Forum WLIF XTP
Forum
ITU-T position in the market
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(Note Cisco 13)
Top Members participation (07/98-08/00)
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World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
(WTSA-2000) Montreal /Canada 27 September - 6
October 2000 _____________________________________
__________________________
Chairman of the Assembly Mr. M. Israel
(Canada) Vice-Chairmen of the Assembly Mr. B.
Horton (Australia) Mrs. M.-T. Alajouanine
(France) Mr. Y. Pavlenko (Russia) Mr. M.
Marouf (Syria) Mr. G. Adanusa
(Ghana) Vice-Chair of Committee 2 Mrs. S.
Jalife (Mexico) Participation 650
delegates from 86 countries
WTSA-2000
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• approved the reports for the 1997-2000
  activities
• approved Recommendations
• - Rec. D.140, Annex E (transitional tariff and
  accounting arrangements) -
  Rec. D.iii, now called Rec. D.50 (cost-sharing
  principle
• for internet traffic)
• established a Special Study Group on IMT-2000
  and beyond
• Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of SGs nominated
• Recommendation A.AAP, now called Rec. A.8,
  (Alternative Approval Procedures), quicker, WEB
  consultation
• EDH (Electronic Data Handling)
• e-mail, tele-conferencing, e-consulting,
  paperless meeting
• TSAG (Telecommunication Standardization Advisory
  Group)
• more power

WTSA-2000 results
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• Associate Sfr. 10.500 per year (1/3 of
  Sector Membership fee)
• ? Reform of ITU-T
• Resolution 17 Telecommunication standardization
  in relation to the interests of developing
  countries
• - to cooperate with ITU regional office,
  possibly to hold ITU-T meetings in the
  region
• - to strengthen cooperation with regional
  organizations
• - to provide free electronic access to
  Recommendations if approved by the Council
• - to encourage participation of developing
  countries in ITU-T activities
• - to hold information meetings
• - to assist developing countries with technical
  priority studies.

WTSA-2000 results
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• AAP launched on 29 January 2001 25 out of 26
  technical Recommendations approved by 28
  February 2001 all technical Recommendations
  will follow AAP.
• At its recent meeting in March 2001, TSAG
  decided to merge SG 7 and SG 10 into SG 17.
• Organize SG meetings and workshops in regions.
• Encourage more countries (Member States and
  Sector Members) to participate in the SG
  activities.

ITU-T/TSB activities in 2001
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? WTSA-2000 preparatory briefing, invited by
CITEL to the PCC.I meeting, Margarita,
Venezuela, June 2000 ? TAL meetings in Tobago
(March 1999), Rio de Janeiro (November
1999), one in 2001? ? - ITU-T SG 16 meeting
and workshop, San Diego, Chile, May 1999 - ITU-T
SG 13 meeting and workshop, Caracas, Venezuela,
May 2001 - ITU-T SG 16 meeting and workshop,
Porto Seguro, Brazil, May/June 2001 ? Other
seminars to be organized.
ITU-T/TSB activities in Latin America since 1999
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? 21 Sector Members from 12 countries ? 5
regional organizations (ASETA, OTI CITEL,
COMTELCA, CTU) ? Increasing participation to SG
activities, but still very low level (except
for SG 3), and Brazil is an exception Vice-Chair
men from Latin America SG 2 Mr. E. A. Matarazzo
(Brazil) SG 16 Mr. S.F. de Campos Neto
(Brazil) SSG Mr. B. Ramos (Brazil) Tariff Group
for Latin America (TAL) Chairman Mr. J.
Goncalves Neto (Brazil)
Latin American involvement with ITU-T
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? High quality of ITU Recommendations to
ensure ? global INTERCONNECTIVITY and
INTEROPERABILITY of products ? high quality of
services and systems ? ITU is the unique
global and intergovernmental organization
for global telecom standards, making efforts to
keep its preeminent status to serve its members
(e.g. SSG on IMT-2000 and Beyond)
ITU-T targets
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? Encourage more Sector Members (service
providers) from this Region to participate in
the technical SG activities ? Change mentality
and policy ? under market-driven
principles - market in Latin America you
manage your own markets ? this region has
expertise ? from your contacts with top-level
worldwide experts in the SG activities, to
learn new trends of technology development, to
defend your own interests, to get confidence and
to contribute to the global telecom
standardization with your values.
Latin American participation in ITU-T
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? Problems limited financial resources, and no
fellowships available for technical
SGs ? Solution ? Regional cooperation
? Sharing responsibility on subjects among
countries and representing the regional/groups
at the ITU-T meetings ? E-mail
consultation - free ITU TIES accounts for ITU
Members - free electronic access to ITU
Recommendations for ITU Members ? Contact
TSB directly or through regional organizations
? ITU-T strengthen its presence in this region,
organize meetings in this region ? SEE YOU
MORE AND MORE in ITU-T!

Latin American participation in ITU-T