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Study Groups 1 and 2

Mandate

 

  • The mandate of STUDY GROUP 1 on "Enabling environment, cybersecurity, ICTapplications and Internet-related issues" is:

    National telecommunication policies and strategies which best enable countries to benefit from the impetus of telecommunications/ICTs as an engine of sustainable growth, employment creation and economic, social and cultural development, taking into account matters of priority to developing countries. The work will include access policies to telecommunications/ICTs, in particular access by persons with disabilities and with special needs, as well as telecommunication/ICT network security.

    Tariff policies and tariff models for next-generation networks, convergence issues, universal access to broadband fixed and mobile services, impact analysis and application of cost and accounting principles, taking into account the results of the studies carried out by ITU-T and ITU-R, and the priorities of developing countries.

  • The mandate of STUDY GROUP 2 on "Information and communication infrastructure and technology development, emergency telecommunications and climate-change adaptation" is:

    Methods and approaches that are the most suitable and successful for service provision in planning, developing, implementing, operating, maintaining and sustaining telecommunication services which optimize their value to users. This work will include specific emphasis on broadband networks, mobile radiocommunication and telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas, the needs of developing countries in spectrum management, the use of ICTs in mitigating the impact of climate change on developing countries, telecommunications/ICTs for natural disaster mitigation and relief, conformance and interoperability testing and e-applications, with particular focus and emphasis on applications supported by telecommunications/ICTs.

    The implementation of information and communication technology, taking into account the results of the studies carried out by ITU-T and ITU-R, and the priorities of developing countries.

 

Events in 2012

 

 

Events in 2011

 

 

Questions under study

 

  • Question 7-3/1: Implementation of universal access to broadband services
  • Question 10-3/1: The impact of the licensing and authorization regime and other relevant regulatory measures on competition in a converged telecommunication/ICT environment
  • Question 12-3/1: Tariff policies, tariff models and methods of determining the costs of services on national telecommunication networks, including next-generation networks
  • Question 18-2/1: Enforcing national policies and regulations on consumer protection notably in a converging environment
  • Question 19-2/1: Implementation of IP telecommunication services in developing countries
  • Question 20-1/1: Access to telecommunication/ICT services by persons with disabilities and with special needs
  • Question 22-1/1: Securing information and communication networks: best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity
  • Question 23/1: Strategies and policies concerning human exposure to electromagnetic fields
  • Question 24/1: Strategies and policies for the proper disposal or reuse of telecommunications/ICT waste material
  • Question 9-3/2: Identification of study topics in the ITU-T and ITU-R study groups which are of particular interest to developing countries
  • Question 10-3/2: Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas
  • Question 11-3/2: Examination of terrestrial digital sound and television broadcasting technologies and systems, interoperability of digital terrestrial systems with existing analogue networks, and strategies and methods of migration from analogue terrestrial techniques to digital techniques
  • Question 14-3/2: Information and telecommunications/ICTs for e-Health
  • Question 17-3/2: Progress on e-government activities and identification of areas of application of e-government for the benefit of developing countries
  • Question 22-1/2: Utilization of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster preparedness, mitigation and response
  • Question 24/2: ICT and climate change
  • Question 25/2: Access technology for broadband telecommunications including IMT, for developing countries
  • Question 26/2: Migration from existing networks to next-generation networks for developing countries: technical, regulatory and policy aspects
  • Resolution 9: Participation of countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management
 

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