​​Executive Summary of ITU-T Study Group 3 Meeting

Geneva, 3–7 November 2025

General Information

• Preparatory interim activities:
  • Rapporteur Group Meetings for Q1, Q3, Q6, Q9, Q10, Q11
  • Editor's sessions for StudyOTTs (Q9/3) and D.ecosat (Q6/3)
  • Joint RGM with ITU-T SG2 on OTT definitions
• Preparatory regional group meetings:
  • SG3RG-AO (Asia & Oceania), New Delhi, India, 10–12 Sep 2025
  • SG3RG-LAC (Latin America & Caribbean), Montevideo, Uruguay, 8–9 Oct 2025
• Remote participation, interpretation (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian), and webcast available for Plenary meeting

Participation Statistics

• Delegates per Category: Member States, Sector Members, Associates, Academia, ITU Staff
• Council Regions: Americas, Western Europe, Eastern Europe & Northern Asia, Africa, Asia & Australasia
• Development Indicator: Least developed, Developing, Developed countries
• Gender: Male, Female, Not known
• On-site vs Remote: On-site participants, Remote participants
• Countries represented: 34 Member States, 39 total countries

Key Results

• Approval: New Recommendation ITU-T D.1142, Guidelines on economic and policy aspects of Internet of things (Io>Agreement: Draft Technical Report ITU-T DSTROTTReporting “Establishing International Reporting Standards for OTT Applications”
  
• New Work Item: Draft Technical Report DSTRTNOAI “Enabling Environment for Voluntary Commercial Arrangements between Telecommunication Network Operators and AI Service Providerss Group on Cost Models for Affordable Data Services (FG-CD): Final progress report presented; FG-CD activities concluded
• Cooperation: Liaison statements sent to ITU-T SG2, SCV, TSAG, ITU-D SG1, ITU-R
• Progress of Work Items:
  • TRCostAccounting: Cost accounting for telecom operators
  • TRCostSatellite: Cost models for Satellite Internet
  • D.CompIIC: Framework for International Internet Connectivity
  • D.ecosat: Economic/policy aspects of retail satellite operators
  • STUDYTCST: Charging/accounting for cable circuits
  • D.GuidelinesCostContribution: Cost contribution mechanisms between OTTs and telecom operators
  • StudyOTTs: Policy, regulatory, economic aspects of OTTs
  • DSTR-AIstrat: AI Principles for telecom/ICT strategies
  • TRCostAI: Cost-benefit analysis
  • TR_DSTR-ECOM: E-commerce development via mobile
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  Future Activities

  Meeting	Location	Dates	Comments
  SG3RG-AFR Regional Group for Africa	South Africa (TBC)	Jan/Feb 2026 (TBC)	Collocated with ITU-T SG2RG-AFR and SG2RG-ARB meetings
  SG3RG-AO Regional Group for Asia and Oceania	Virtual	10 February 2026
  SG3RG-ARB Regional Group for the Arab Region	Egypt (TBC)	23–26 March 2026 (TBC)	Collocated with ITU-T SG20RG-AFR and SG20RG-ARB meetings
  SG3RG-LAC Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean	TBC	Aug–Sep 2026 (TBC)	Collocated with ITU Policy and Economics Colloquium (IPEC-26)
  SG3 2026	Geneva, Switzerland	14–22 April 2026
  Rapporteur Group Meetings + 1 Day SG3 PLEN	Geneva, Switzerland	RGMs: 30 Nov–3 Dec 2026; PLEN: 4 Dec 2026