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    | Objective and Working Methods |  
    | Scope: The objective of the Focus Group was to develop a new set of requirements and specifications to help advance the work of the ITU-T SG12, mainly Questions 4/12 and 12/12 and to encourage the participation in this activity of members of other standards organizations involved in car and Telecommunications/ICT industries, including experts and individuals who may not be members of ITU. The main focus was on wideband communication in cars.
 
 Terms of reference:
 The following areas were addressed in the activity of the Focus Group:
 
		In car communication: Quality parameters and testing methodsInteraction of car hands free systems with the radio channelExtension of the work to wideband car hands-free systemsRequirements and testing procedures for super-wideband systems, interaction with the other audio components and systems in the carSpecial requirements/testing procedures for speech recognition systems in carsQuality models: what and how can be applied for the car environment?  Charter |  |  
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    | Management and contacts |  
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The Focus Group will appoint any other leadership, as needed.Chairman: Hans W. Gierlich (HEAD acoustics) Vice-Chairman: Jean-Yves Monfort ( France Telecom) ITU/TSB: Judit Katona-Kiss 
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Sixth and last meeting, 3 - 4 September 2009Göteborg, Sweden
 
 
Fifth meeting, 17 - 18 June 2009Paris, France
 
 
Fourth meeting, 6 March 2009Geneva, Switzerland
 
Third meeting, 18 - 19 December 2008Aachen, Germany
 
Second meeting, 8 - 9 September 2008Lannion, France
 
First meeting, 12 June 2008Naerum, Denmark
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