Transcript International Telecommunication Union Preparation for WTSA-08 Malcolm Johnson Director, TSB ASTAP-12 12 March 2007 Bangkok, Thailand International Telecommunication Union Outline What is WTSA? WTSA-04, Florianópolis, Brazil Interests of developing countries Plenipotentiary Conference 2006 Instructions from PP ‘06 Standardization.

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Preparation for
WTSA-08
Malcolm Johnson
Director, TSB
ASTAP-12
12 March 2007
Bangkok, Thailand
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Outline
What is WTSA?
WTSA-04, Florianópolis, Brazil
Interests of developing countries
Plenipotentiary Conference 2006
Instructions from PP ‘06
Standardization roundtable and coordination
meeting
WTSA-08, venue TBA
Some considerations for 2008
Hot topics for 2008
Getting involved
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World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
WTSA sets direction and structure for ITU-T
Meets every four years
Defines the general policy for the Sector
Establishes the study groups
Approves their expected work programme
Appoints their chairmen and vice-chairmen
WTSA Resolutions are available at:
itu.int/ITU-T/wtsa/resolutions
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Major outcomes of WTSA-04
Interests of developing countries
Telecom’n standardization in relation to
interests of DCs was enhanced (Res.17)
Assistance to regional tariff groups (Res.26)
Regional preparations for WTSA (Res.43)
Action Plan for PP Res.123 on bridging the
standardization gap (Res.44)
Creation of regional groups (Res.54)
Action Plan for TDR and Early Warning
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Res. 17 - Telecom’n standardization
in relation to the interests of DCs
… instructs the Director of the TSB to provide BDT
with all the necessary support with a view to:
encouraging and increasing the participation of DCs
in telecommunication standardization activities;
assisting and advising in the organization and
holding of information meetings concerning the work
of the ITU-T study groups;
assisting DCs with studies in respect of priority
questions, such as VoIP, mobile technology,
multimedia, etc.
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Resolution 43
Regional preparations for WTSAs
… organize… one regional preparatory
meeting per region
… closest in time possible to the next WTSA
… followed by an informal meeting of the
chairmen and vice-chairmen of the regional
preparatory meetings
… not earlier than six months prior to WTSA…
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Annex to Resolution 44
Objective
To improve the standard-making capabilities of DCs
Activities
Developing guidelines to assist developing countries in
their involvement in ITU-T activities.
Developing webcasting systems that enable developingcountry experts to follow study group meetings from their
office workstations.
Conducting a certain number of consultancy projects
designed to support DCs in the development of
standardization plans, strategies, policies, etc.
…outputs should be further transformed into best
practices.
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Resolution 54 – Creation of
regional groups
Instructs the Director of the TSB, in
collaboration with the Director of the BDT
to provide all necessary support for creating and
ensuring the smooth functioning of the regional
groups;
to take all necessary measures to facilitate the
organization of the meetings and workshops of
those groups,
Invites
the regional groups thus created to cooperate
closely with the relevant regional organizations.
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ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
6-24 November 2006, Antalya, Turkey
Top policy-making body of ITU
Sets the Union's general policies
Adopts four-year strategic and financial plans
Elects the senior management team of the organization,
the members of Council and the members of the Radio
Regulations Board
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PP ’06 instructs ITU to…
(1)
Strengthen regional presence
Maximise the benefits of regional presence for the
whole of the Union’s benefit
Bridge the standardization gap between
developing and developed countries
Maintain close coordination among the three sectors
of ITU at the regional level
Build confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Take part in all international discussions relating to
internationalized Internet domain names
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PP ’06 instructs ITU to…
(2)
Continue studies to meet the needs of public
protection and disaster relief
Assist members in deploying NGN effectively
Assist in finding appropriate solutions for
affordable NGN deployment
Highlight the contribution of ICTs to development
Conduct a review of the International
Telecommunication Regulations
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PP ’06 instructs ITU to…
(3)
Continue activities on IP-based networks
Provide a summary of activities relating to
IP-based networks
Organize a Worldwide Standardization Roundtable
and Coordination Meeting
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Worldwide Standardization
Roundtable and Coordination Meeting
A first for WTSA
Builds on the success of the Informal Forum
Summits
Brings together all standards makers, forums,
consortia etc
Correspondence group created
Plan is for 1 day before WTSA
Two or three thematics will be defined, for
major ongoing and future standardization
topics
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Consequences… or why does
WTSA matter ?
Make ITU-T THE most attractive place to do
international standards
Make best use of experts’ time and resources
Avoid duplication and overlap of work
Lower costs to membership and to ITU
A bad structure will slow down or stop work
A good structure can speed up work
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What are the objectives for
restructuring the study groups
Efficiency, relevance, clear mandates
Visibility to outside world
Many different views and objectives have been introduced
by the membership
A correspondence group on restructuring has been set up
Two approaches
Change for change sake vs. if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Balance between: massive consolidation into a few large
Study Groups vs. Study Groups based on specific topics
and expertise
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Some considerations for 2008
Implementation of PP Resolution 123 – Bridging the
standardization gap
Remote participation
TSB support for DC participation
Regional presence
Some consolidation of work will help
Avoid divergent solutions
Share time of experts among study items
Reduce need for liaisons
Too much consolidation of work will hurt
Less time per study item during meeting
Parallel meetings cannot be covered by experts
External liaison relationships become less clear
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ITU-T should have a strong
presence in certain areas
Critical areas for future work must include:
Bridging the standardization gap
Next Generation Network (NGN)
IPTV
Home networking
Cybersecurity
Mobility
Ubiquitous networks
Network infrastructure: optical transport, network
management, signalling, performance and QoS,
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), architecture,
interoperability, etc.
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Get involved
Regional preparatory meetings are a proven platform
for the development of successful proposals by APT
The next two TSAGs will start the review process
Correspondence group on SG structure
Convenor: Haruo Okamura [email protected]
Correspondence group for the Standardization Roundtable
Convenor: Jean-Yves Monfort
[email protected]
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