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The Future of the ITU-T: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore the challenges and opportunities facing the ITU-T in global standardization efforts amidst rapidly evolving technologies and market environments. Discover key external challenges, strategies for managing internal standards investments, and the importance of timely global harmonization. Gain insights into the telecommunications standards landscape and the ITU-T's role in the industry.

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The Future of the ITU-T: Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. ITU-TSB Informal ConsultationsDocument No.18 Martigny, 28-29 February 2000 Source: Nortel Networks, Canada Title : The future of the ITU-T ___________

  2. The Future of the ITU-TTSB Director’sInformal Consultation MeetingFebruary 28-29, 2000 Roy J. Mills Director, Standards +1 613 763-3111 rjmills@nortelnetworks.com

  3. Challenges in Global Standardization EXTERNAL TO THE COMPANY • Working towards timely global standardization and harmonization in rapidly changing technological, market and standards environments INTERNAL TO THE COMPANY • Managing internal standards investment in a global company to accrue maximum benefit from external standards participation

  4. Key External Challenges • Proliferation of standards bodies • Global harmonization, and the role which the ITU-T should play in this respect • Consensus on which technical areas to address, and in which standards bodies • Different national regulatory and standards environments • Timely availability of high quality (implementable) standards

  5. The Global TelecommunicationsStandards Scene WTO/GATT Privatization/De-regulation G7/OECD Information Technology ACCREDITED BODIES Telecommunications ITU ITU-T/ITU-R • International ISO/IEC 3GPPs APEC • Regional ECMA ETSI CITEL NAFTA U.S. Nat'l Canada – TSACC U.S. – ANSI X3 – IEEE 802 Canada – SCIT Cdn Nat’l Study Groups • National Study Groups Australia ACIF Korea TTA Japan TTC/ARIB U.S. – IEEE U.K. – DTI U.S. – T1 & TIA Canada – SCOT RABC ECTF TeleMgmt Forum Frame Relay Forum ATM Forum SIF IETF FORUMS & CONSORTIA ADSL Forum TINA-C OIF MSF CITEL: Inter-American Telecommunication Commission ECTF: Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum MSF: Multiservices Switching Forum OIF: Optical Internetworking Forum IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force RABC: Radio Advisory Board of Canada SIF: SONET Interoperability Forum TINA-C: Telecoms. Info. Networking Arch. Consortium TSACC: Telecom Standards Advisory Council of Canada 3GPPs: 3rd Generation (Wireless) Partnership Projects

  6. Forums and Consortia – Proliferation 100 90 80 Number of Forums/ Consortia 70 An explosion in the total number of such bodies 60 50 Chart adapted from “Survey report on Telecommunication-related forums’ activities” - issued in March 1998 by Japan’s TTC. 40 30 20 Number in which Nortel Networks participates 10 0 1998 1995 1990 1980 1985 Year Forums and Consortia have been proliferating since the early 1980s;each one can potentially impact our business - either positively or negatively.

  7. Challenges Facing the ITU-T as a leader in Global Standardization • The private sector (Sector Members) should be able to participate as a partner with the Member States in the development and approval of technical Recommendations • Need for a more efficient (timely) Recommendations approval procedure • Establishing and maintaining close collaboration with the 3GPPs, IETF and selected other industry forums/consortia • Identifying and focusing on work areas in which it should lead based on its track record • Move towards increased use of electronic working methods (e.g. Email) for progressing the development of Recommendations The ITU-T’s challenges are OUR challenges IF we believe that the ITU-T should play a leading role in global standards development and harmonization

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