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Work item:
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Technical Report
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Subject/title:
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Technical Report on Use of ITU-T Recommendations by Developing Countries
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Status:
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Agreed on 2020-07-31
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Approval process:
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Agreement
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Type of work item:
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Technical report
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New
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Summary:
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The International Telecommunication Union's standardization arm, the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (also known as ITU-T), is one of the world's leading standardization development bodies in in telecommunications. The ITU-T produces standards covering a wide range of aspects of telecommunication. The ITU-T standards are known ITU-Recommendations, owing to the fact that they are voluntary and it's up to a member to use them or not.
The ITU membership took a decision to make their standards free of charge, a decision that saw increase in the use of the standards among members, who hitherto had to pay for them before using them. Different category of people use these standards, majority of them include, equipment manufacturers, network operators, innovators, Research and Development, Application Developers, Solution providers Academicians, Regulators, policy makers etc.
Countries with more developed ICT industries and sectors, use standards much more than those with a less developed ICT industry and sector. It would follow that the more sophisticated the ICT sector is the more the need for standards to make it work well.
In general Developed Countries are evidently seen to be using standards more than Developing Countries and this is also true with ITU-T Recommendations.
Developing Countries are now becoming more aware of the importance of using standards in the development of a well-functioning ICT industry and sector. There is therefore increased use of standards by Developing Countries. By virtue of being members of the ITU, it is expected that Developing Countries should be using ITU-T standards more than standards from other standardization bodies, especially where they exit.
This Technical Report seeks to examine the extent to which Developing Countries use ITU-T standards compared to those of other Standardization Development Organizations (SDO).
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First registration in the WP:
2019-10-21 13:49:47
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Last update:
2020-08-10 16:12:29
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