14 October 2004	Assembly outlines future global standards-setting
04 October 2004	Industry And Government Ask ITU To Address Cybersecurity Symposium Calls For Accelerated Development Of Security Standards
September 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH No. 8 Defining Standards Activity Beyond 2004; Patent Holders Given More Choice; Car Workshop Planned For Geneva Motor Show; Focus Groups Explained; Products and Services - Bringing You The News Since 1869
August 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH No. 7 NGN Focus Group starts Release 1; Joint ICANN/ITU ccTLD Workshop; Video Codec's March Continues; OCAF Focus Group Announces Board of Directors, Scope and Operational Structure; Sprint Exec Highlights Operations Challenges; ITU-T Penned Articles Underline VPN Work; ITU-T approves new Recommendation P.1010 on Fundamental Voice Transmission Objectives for VoIP Terminals and Gateways
July 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH No. 6 ITU asked to Coordinate Standards Effort; ITU Group Gives Unbundling Advice; New Specs Pave Way for Fibre in the Home; Regional Group Aims to Keep Call Revenue in Africa; ITU-T Formal Languages Workshop; Productive First Meeting of NGN Focus Group; Cybersecurity Symposium - Details Finalised; Products and Services - Technical highlights
8 June 2004	Ethernet Breaks Free of the Office New Specification Extends Flexibility of the LAN to Carrier Networks
June 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH Issue No. 5 NGN Focus Group Launched; New Group Targets Off The Shelf Components; iTV Made Easy With New ITU Recs; Telco Operating Systems Get Standards Boost; Optical Monitoring Spec Gives New Level of Fault Management; Interoperability Demo Set For Access Event; Products and Services - Patent Resources
20 May 2004	New Group Targets Off The Shelf Components OCAF will design framework for next generation software integration
6 May 2004	Next Generation Network Standards to be Defined at ITU Urgent standards need addressed at leading body
May 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH Issue No. 4 Ethernet Breaks Free Of The Office; Next Generation DSL Brings Operators Closer To ‘Triple Play’; New Standard Lights Up More Fibre; Event Targets Cybersecurity; QoS Work Updated For Multimedia Applications; VoIP QoS Addressed With New Standards; Mobile Beyond 3G; Position Vacant; Products and Services - Jargon Buster
April 2004	‘Triple Play’ of Video, Voice and Internet Services One Step Closer ITU Standard Enables New ‘VDSL’ Playing Field for Telecom Network Operators
April 2004	Ethernet Breaks Free of the Office New spec extends flexibility of the LAN to carrier networks
April 2004	ITU Standard Gives Operators Brighter Future Latest Recommendation Lights Up More Optical Fibre
April 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH Issue No. 3 Security Taken up a Notch; Network Operators Get a Better View on Security; New Standard Gives Operators IP Confidence; NGN Signalling Work Gets Underway; ITU-T to Support ETSI Workshop; To Be or Not to Be...; Products and Services
19 March 2004	Telecommunication Standards Update ITU is a world-wide organization which brings governments and industry together to coordinate the establishment and operation of global telecommunication networks and services. Telecommunication Standards Update, to be issued regularly, aims at keeping media and the corporate world abreast of key developments in the field of global standards-setting.
March 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH Issue No. 2 NGN on the Agenda; ITU Video Coding Specifications Adopted by Leading Organization; Gigabit to the Home a Step Closer; All Star Gathering in Geneva; Standards Organizations Discuss Medical Technologies; Videoconferencing and VoIP Made Easier; Convergent Regulation - Is it Becoming Technology-Neutral?
26 February 2004	ITU Joins Forces to Offer Multimedia Directory Workshop Event aims to bring videoconferencing and VoIP to the masses
February 2004	ITU-T e-FLASH Issue No. 1 Work Continues to Enhance Broadband Cable Offering; Workshop on Home Networks Announced; Group to Tackle Firewall/NAT Traversal; Security Flaw Affects VoIP; Group Works to Protect Networks from Nuclear Threat; Home Networking Safety Threat Addressed; New Standard for EMC Testing ; ITU-T Manual Addresses Security Concerns