ITU-T Highlights 2011 - 2012

1. ITU-THighlights 2011 - 2012 ITU Americas Region Preparatory Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-15 May 2012 Richard Hill Counselor, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU

2. 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 2011: A year in highlights

3. Membership increase • 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

4. ITU-T Study Groups • 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)

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

6. Internet Access through ITU standards • Access: • ADSL: ITU-T G.992 • Powerline Transmission: • ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn) • FTTX (Fibre to the <x>): • GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks) ITU-T G.984 • Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657

7. International Internet Connectivity and Misuse of numbering • 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

8. 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

9. 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 • 1st meeting April 2012 • WHO/ITU Workshop on e-health standards and interoperability

10. Optical transport networksand 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.8113.1 to WTSA-12 (Ethernet based protocol for operations, administration and management (OAM) for MPLS-TP)

11. ICTs and Climate Change • 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

12. Media coding, IPTV andTelepresence Media coding Successor to ITU-T H.264 - 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.

13. 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 Groups • 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

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

15. Workshops • 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

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

17. Cybersecurity & Identity The Economist, July 2010 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)

18. Technology Watch: Identifying the Hot Topics 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. ITU-T Tools • 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 • Email Printing • RFID badges

22. Director’s report to TSAG itu.int/md/T09-TSAG-120110-TD-GEN-0308/en