New ITU-T work to guide regulatory intervention in mobile roaming rates
Standardization experts representing the Latin American and Caribbean region have initiated work on a new standard (ITU-T Recommendation) to outline methodological principles for the definition of mobile roaming charges. The standard will offer administrations the tools necessary to determine and…
ITU guidelines on establishing a national standardization secretariat
ITU-T has launched a set of guidelines for developing countries to establish a ‘national standardization secretariat’ charged with marshaling ICT standardization domestically and representing a country’s interests in the international standardization work of ITU-T. The “Guidelines on the establishment of…
African standardization experts take aim at mobile roaming
African standardization experts have agreed to develop a technical standard (ITU-T Recommendation) establishing a uniform costing model for mobile roaming in the African region. The decision to target a reduction in African mobile roaming rates came of a meeting of…
Introductory video on ITU-T Study Group 3’s work
Lara Srivastava, Study Group Adviser, introduces the work of SG 3, the leading Study Group on Economic and Policy Issues.
IoT Trends and Challenges to be Analyzed in February ITU Workshop
ITU’s workshop on the “Internet of Things – Trends and Challenges in Standardization” will host a side exhibition with four exhibitors confirmed so far. STMicroelectronics will showcase its Smart home concept; EPFL its OpenIOT project. Japan’s National Institute of Information…
New e-Learning Course on the Working Methods of ITU-T Study Groups
The first in a series of new ITU-T e-learning courses is now available on the ITU Academy platform. The course is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.1 “Work methods for study groups of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector”, providing an introduction…
