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Anne Lise Lillebø (52) is Adviser to the Corporate Management of Telenor. Her main responsibilities include general and policy matters related to international organisations. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oslo. anne-lise.lillebo@telenor.com 138 WTSA 2000 ANNE LISE LILLEBØ This article presents an overview of the major results of the ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) in Montreal, 27 September – 6 October 2000. 1 Introduction 1.1 Tasks The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is held every four years by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialised agency of the United Nations, to define general policy for ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T Sector). WTSA adopts the work programme, sets up the necessary Study Groups (SGs), designates chairmen and vice-chairmen of the Study Groups, reviews the working methods and approves Recommendations. The main issues of the WTSA in Montreal were: • Adoption of the ITU-T work programme and new structure of Study Groups; • Establishment of a new Special Study Group to deal with IMT-2000 and beyond; • Appointment of chairmen and vice-chairmen of the 14 Study Groups; • Working methods of the ITU-T, including the so-called Alternative Approval Process (AAP) or fast-track approval process; • ITU Reform; • Rights of Associates; • Cost sharing of international Internet connections. 1.2 Participation The WTSA is open for participation both from Member States and Sector Members (operators and industry) of the T-Sector. Telenor is a Sector Member of the ITU-T and participated in its capacity as Sector Member, whereas Norway was represented by the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority. A number of participants from Sector Members from other countries were included as members of their national delegations and did not represent their companies under their own names. 1.3 WTSA Structure and Management WTSA was skilfully chaired by Mr. Mike Israel, Canada. The work was divided into seven committees: Committee 1 – Steering Committee Committee 2 – Budget control Committee 3 – Working methods of ITU-T Committee 4 – ITU-T Work Programme and Organization Committee 5 – Telecom Network Infrastructure Committee 6 – Telecom Services and Tariff Issues. The discussions in the committees were often dominated by the wish to obtain consensus instead of seeking the majority view. Consensus building is the normal way of work in a Study Group, but a WTSA could also seek a majority view in order to obtain results in a timely manner. Although Sector Members are very active in the work of the ITU-T Study Groups, the discussions at the WTSA were dominated by the Member States. 1.4 Opening Speeches Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, ITU’s Secretary-General, gave a strong opening speech encouraging the WTSA delegates to take bold decisions on reform in order to maintain ITU-T’s position as a recognised world-wide standards body. ITU-T tries to streamline its working methods and image in order to speed up the development of global standards, to keep its present Sector Members and especially to attract new players in the IT field. 1.5 European Preparations For the first time CEPT (“Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et des Télécommunications” – a body of European policy-makers and regulators) had made co-ordinated preparations for the WTSA in co-operation with ETNO (European Public Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association – a trade association for European operators) and EICTA (European Information and Communications Telektronikk 1.2001
Technology Industry Association). Telenor is a member of ETNO and took part in the European preparations together with the Norwegian telecommunications regulator. The work resulted in the submission of five European contributions: • Establishment of an ITU-T Project Group to address IMT-2000; • A draft resolution on ITU Reform; • Proposed amendment to the Alternative Approval Process (AAP) to secure Sector Member participation; • Proposal on improving ITU-T’s consideration of strategic issues; • A revised draft Recommendation on international Internet connection. Telenor co-signed the proposals on IMT-2000, Reform, AAP and Internet. 2 Work Programme and New Study Group Structure Standardisation work is carried out in the various Study Groups (SGs) where Member States and Sector Members of ITU-T develop Recommendations on the basis of the study of Questions (areas for study). The WTSA focused on a large range of topics including Internet Protocol (IP) based networks, international mobile telecommunications, optical network infrastructure and new technologies related to new multimedia systems. WTSA allocated a total of 193 Questions to the Study Groups. ITU-T will have fourteen Study Groups in the next four year period 2001 – 2004 with the general areas of responsibility as shown in Box 1. The new SG structure started on 1 January 2001. WTSA agreed to disband the former SG8 on “Characteristics of telematic systems”. The continuation of SG7 was challenged and Telenor supported the Canadian proposal to amalgamate most of SG7 with SG 11. In addition, Telenor proposed the transfer of certain questions from SG7 to SG10. However, the continuation of SG7 was agreed but the need for coordination between SG7, SG10 and SG11 was emphasised. There was general agreement that SG13 should be responsible for conducting IP-related studies and its mandate now encompasses multi-protocol and IP-based networks and their interworking. Telektronikk 1.2001 Box 1 – New ITU-T Study Groups, Study Period 2001 – 2004 • SG 2 – Operational aspects of service provision, networks and performance Chairman: Mr. R. Blane (Inmarsat, UK) • SG3 – Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues Chairman: Mr. R. Thwaites (Australia) • SG4 – Telecommunication management, including TMN Chairman: Mr. D.J. Sidor (Nortel Networks, USA) • SG 5 – Protection against electromagnetic environment effects Chairman: Mr. R. Pomponi (Cselt, Italy) • SG 6 – Outside plant Chairman: Mr. F. Montalti (Telecom Italia, Italy) • SG 7 – Data networks and open system communications Chairman: Mr. H. Bertine (Lucent Techn., USA) • SG 9 – Integrated broadband cable networks and television and sound transmission Chairman: Mr. R. Green (Cable Labs, USA) • SG 10 – Languages and general software aspects for telecommunication systems Chairman: Mr. A. Sarma (Deutsche Telekom, Germany) • SG 11 – Signalling requirements and protocols Chairman: Mr. Y. Hiramatsu (NTT, Japan) • SG 12 – End-to-end transmission performance of networks and terminals Chairman: Mr. J.-Y. Montfort (France Télécom, France) • SG 13 – Multi-protocol and IP-based networks and their internetworking Chairman: Mr. B.W. Moore (Lucent Techn., UK) • SG 15 – Optical and other transport networks Chairman: Mr. P. Wery (Nortel Networks, Canada) • SG 16 – Multimedia services, systems and terminals Chairman: Mr. P.-A. Probst (Swisscom, Switzerland) • SSG – Special Study Group “IMT-2000 and beyond” Chairman: Mr. J. Visser (Nortel Networks, Canada) 2.1 New Special SG IMT-2000 and Beyond The main objectives of the European proposal on IMT 2000 was to create an entity with efficient working methods meeting the requirements of the market and avoiding duplication of work. The European contribution proposed the establishment of a new type of project group within the ITU-T that could work in a more flexible manner independently from the present working procedures applying to a regular Study Group. It was also proposed that such a group should be authorised to develop a new kind of output, e.g. technical specifications. Duplication of work 139
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