Regional group for countries which in collaboration with relevant regional standardization entities (regional organizations, regional standardization bodies, ITU regional office and so forth) and will facilitate contributions to the ITU-T SG11 meeting on particular subjects which are points of interest of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia countries which are member states of RCC/CIS relating to Signalling requirements, protocols, test specifications, combating counterfeiting and tampering of ICT devices and the use of stolen ICT devices.
A) To encourage the active participation of Administrations, regulators and operators of the region in the activities and efforts of ITU-T Study Group 11 (SG11), as well as in the implementation of ITU-T Recommendations;
B) To act as a forum, using both face to face meetings as well as electronic communications, for information-sharing related to SG11 activities among local and regional experts from the private sector and the Government;
C) To facilitate the broader inclusion and more active participation of the countries from the region in SG11 activities, given the limited abilities to attend SG11 meetings in Geneva;
D) To encourage and coordinate participation of the countries of the region in workshops, SG11 Rapporteur meetings and other SG11-related events;
E) To coordinate and foster the organization of regional events, e.g. workshops, on SG11 selected emerging topics;
F) To reflect the relevant priorities of the study to the ITU-T SG11 mandate – Resolution 2 (Rev. New Delhi, 2024)
G) To strengthen standard-making capabilities of the region’s countries in accordance with Resolution 44 “Bridging the standardization gap between developing and developed countries”; Resolution 54 "Regional groups of study groups of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector", Resolution 65 "Calling party number delivery, calling line identification and origin identification information"; Resolution 76 "Conformance and interoperability testing, assistance to developing countries, and a possible future ITU Mark programme"; Resolution 78 "Information and communication technology applications and standards for improved access to e-health services"; Resolution 93 "Interconnection of International Mobile Telecommunications networks"; Resolution 96 "ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector studies for combating counterfeit telecommunication/information and communication technology devices"; Resolution 97 "Combating mobile telecommunication device theft"; Resolution 101 "Standardization activities of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector on artificial intelligence technologies in support of telecommunications/information and communication technologies"; Resolution 105 "Promoting and strengthening metaverse standardization".
H) To identify needs for training and seminars on current ITU-T SG11 standardization areas, hot topics and future technologies which are points of interest for operators, regulatory authorities, vendors and testing laboratories in the region’s countries, and to coordinate the organization of such technical tutorials in the region on such topics, in coordination with ITU-T SG11;
I) To identify the regional priorities as they relate to the mandate of SG11, focusing initially on conformance and interoperability (C&I) testing for all types of networks, technologies and services, ITU-T testing laboratory recognition procedure and relevant work of the ITU-T conformity assessment steering committee (ITU-T CASC), combating counterfeiting of ICT equipment and mobile device theft, Voice/Video over LTE (VoLTE/ViLTE) interconnection, Voice/Video over new Radio (VoNR/ViNR) interconnection, remote testing including federated testbeds, combating fraudulent communications using digital signatures, as well as for existing technologies (e.g. NGN) and emerging technologies (e.g. Future Networks (FN), cloud, Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Internet of Things (IoT), VoLTE/ViLTE, VoNR/ViNR, IMT-2020, IMT-2030 technologies, augmented reality, telepresence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), etc.).
In particular, the regional group will aim to:
1) foster discussion across the countries from the region and to seek regional consensus on telecommunications ICTs aspects related to the interconnection of IP-based networks (e.g. IMT-2020, IMT-2030 and beyond) especially towards an efficient delivery of services such as voice and video calls, telepresence services;
2) facilitate discussions on accelerating the implementation of metaverse and telepresence services within the scope of SG11, with a primary focus on developing protocols for telepresence suits and related use cases;
3) involve regional certification and accreditation bodies, as well as Testing Laboratories to participate in ITU-T CASC meetings, fostering their proposals on possible ITU-T Recommendations which may become candidate of the certification schemes;
4) support regional contributions on combating counterfeiting and mobile device theft based on inputs provided by different regional parties, e.g. customs, vendors, regulators, certification bodies, testing laboratories, etc.;
J) To identify ITU-T Recommendations which are adopted at National level in the region’s countries and therefore propose to develop relevant test specifications when this need is recognised;
K) To discuss both traditional and emerging topics in SG11, from the region’s countries perspective, aiming at drafting relevant contributions to be submitted to SG11;
L) To coordinate the regional support towards the development of new and revised ITU-T Recommendations focusing on both traditional and emerging areas of interest in SG11;
M) To improve liaison and collaboration between the region’s countries and other world regions, through other regional groups and or the parent group, on relevant standardization matters under the mandate of SG11.
Reference: SG11-TD400/GEN (26 November 2025)