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• Foreword

• Acknowledgements

• Glossary

• Chapter One: Background on ITU

  • 1.1     Introduction

  • 1.2     An Evolving Role

  • 1.3     ITU Structure and Activities

  • 1.4     World Telecommunication Policy Forum

  • 1.5     ITU TELECOM

• Chapter Two: Understanding Telecommunication Network Trends

  • 2.1     Mobile and Internet: Two Innovations

  • 2.2     Mobile: from 2G to 3G

  • 2.3     3G Systems or IMT-2000

  • 2.4     The Internet in Transition

  • 2.5     Mobile and Internet Demographic Trends

  • 2.6     Internet Connectivity Trends

  • 2.7     Mobile Overtakes Fixed

  • 2.8     Mobile Internet

  • 2.9     Ubiquitous Networks

  • 2.10   Fixed Wireless Technologies

  • 2.11   Birth of Broadband

  • 2.12   Telecommunication Sector Reform

  • 2.13   Where Are We Heading?

• Chapter Three: Overview of ITU Activities Related to Internet Protocol (IP) Networks

  • 3.1     Introduction

    • 3.2     Extracts of Selected ITU Plenipotentiary Resolutions

    • 3.2.1     ITU Plenipotentiary 1998 Resolution 101: Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks

    • 3.2.2     ITU Plenipotentiary 2002 Resolution 102: Management of Internet domain names and addresses

    • 3.2.3     ITU Plenipotentiary 2002 Resolution 123: Bridging the standardization gap between developing and developed countries

    • 3.2.4     ITU Plenipotentiary 2002 Resolution 130: Strengthening the role of ITU in information and communication network security

    • 3.2.5     ITU Plenipotentiary 2002 Resolution 133: Role of administrations of Member States in the management of internationalized (multilingual) domain names

  • 3.3     Other Related ITU Decisions, Resolutions and Declarations

    • 3.3.1     ITU Council 2003 Decision to Develop IP Policy Manual

    • 3.3.2     World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2000 Resolution 20: Procedures for allocation and management of international numbering resources

    • 3.3.3     World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) Istanbul Action Plan (IsAP) Programme 3

    • 3.3.4     Declarations of ITU Member States at IP Symposia

• Chapter Four: Internet Protocol-Related Activities in the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

  • 4.1     Introduction and Mission

  • 4.2     Activities

  • 4.3     Products

  • 4.4     Structure

  • 4.5     Accelerated Working Methods

  • 4.6     Cost of Membership

  • 4.7     Brief Overview of ITU-T IP Networks and Internet related Activities

  • 4.8     ITU-T Study Group 2

  • 4.9     ITU-T Study Group 3

  • 4.10   ITU-T Study Group 4

  • 4.11   ITU-T Study Group 9

  • 4.12   ITU-T Study Group 11

  • 4.13   ITU-T Study Group 12

  • 4.14   ITU-T Study Group 13

  • 4.15   ITU-T Study Group 15

  • 4.16   ITU-T Study Group 16

  • 4.17   ITU-T Study Group 17

  • 4.18   Special Study Group IMT

  • 4.19   MoU on Electronic Business

• Chapter Five: Internet-Protocol (IP) Related Activities in the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector

  • 5.1     Introduction

  • 5.2     Cost of Membership

  • 5.3     The Istanbul Action Plan (ISAP)

  • 5.4     Brief Overview of ITU-D IP Networks and Internet related Activities

• Chapter Six: Internet-Protocol (IP) Related Activities in the ITU Strategy and Policy Unit

  • 6.1     Introduction

  • 6.2     Workshops

  • 6.3     Publications and Reports

• Chapter Seven: Case Study—How ITU’s Broadband Standards Improve Access to the Internet

  • 7.1     Introduction

  • 7.2     What is Broadband?

  • 7.3     Fixed-line infrastructure

  • 7.4     Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technologies

    • 7.4.1     ADSL(G.dmt) – (ITU-T G.992.1)

    • 7.4.2     ADSL(G.lite) – (ITU-T G.992.2)

    • 7.4.3     SHDSL - Single pair high-speed DSL (ITU-T G.991.2)

    • 7.4.4     Symmetrical DSL (SDSL)

    • 7.4.5     ADSL2/ADSL2plus (ITU-T G.992.3/G.992.4)

    • 7.4.6     VDSL - Very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (ITU-T G.993.1)

  • 7.5     Cable Modem Technologies

    • 7.5.1     IPCablecom Project

    • 7.5.2     Established and Currently planned IPCablecom Recommendations

  • 7.6     Summary

• Chapter Eight: Case Study—How ITU’s Internet Training Centre Initiatives Provide Capacity Building in Developing Countries

  • 8.1     Introduction

  • 8.2     Why

  • 8.3     Objectives

  • 8.4     Who

  • 8.5     Cisco Networking Academy Program

  • 8.6     Enhancing Employability

  • 8.7     ITU Internet Training Centre Initiative at a Glance

  • 8.8     How Learning Institutions Can Qualify

  • 8.9     Current ITU Internet Training Centres Initiative Locations

• Chapter Nine: World Summit on the Information Society and ITU Activities

  • 9.1     Introduction

  • 9.2     Related Excerpts from the WSIS Declaration of Principles and Action Plan

    • 9.2.1  From the Declaration of Principles

    • 9.2.2  From the Plan of Action

  • 9.3     Matrix of ITU Activities in Relation to WSIS Plan of Action Relating to Internet Governance Issues

• Chapter Ten: Summing Up

  • 10.1   Summing Up

• Annex 1: Council Reports on Management of Internet Domain Names and Addresses

  • 11.1   Report On Management Of Internet Domain Names And Addresses To ITU Council 2002

  • 11.2   Report On Management Of Internet Domain Names And Addresses To ITU Council 2003

• Annex 2: ITU-T Cooperation with Standardization Development Organizations (SDOs), Forums and Consortia

  • 12.1   Introduction

  • 12.2   Forums/Consortia Under Evaluation and/or Approved for Communication Process under Rec. A.4

  • 12.3   Organizations Qualified for Including References in ITU-T Recommendations under Rec.  A.5 Procedures

  • 12.4   Organizations Qualified for Including References in ITU-T Recommendations under Rec. A.5 Procedures