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Focus Groups

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ITU-T Focus Groups​​

Focus Groups are an instrument created by ITU-T that follow ITU-T A.7 to augment the Study Group work programme by providing an alternative working environment for the quick development of specifications in their chosen areas. Focus Groups are now widely used to address industry needs as they emerge, and when they are not covered within an existing Study Group. The key difference between Study Groups and Focus Groups is the freedom that the latter have to organize and finance themselves​. Focus Groups can be created very quickly, are usually short-lived and can choose their own working methods, leadership, financing, and types of deliverables.
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​​ Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence Native for Telecommunication Networks (FG-AINN)
(in operation since 2024-07)​​
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The ITU-T Focus Group on AI-Native Networks (FG AINN) was established by ITU-T Study Group 13 to explore and define the fundamental changes needed in network architecture to fully harness the potential of AI. This focus group, launched in July 2024, seeks to identify the requirements, challenges, and opportunities that AI-native networks will bring to the global communications landscape.

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FG-CD​​
​​ ITU-T Focus Group on cost models for affordable data services (FG-​CD)​
(in operation since 2023-03)​​
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FG-CD provides a collaborative platform for studying and exploring the various costing models for providing affordable data services and was established by ITU-T Study Group 3 at its meeting of 1-10 March 2023.​

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