template for submitting CAMERA-READY papers to the itu journal:
Ict discoveries (use style - title 1)

Author’s name1, second author’s name2, etc. (if applicable)
1First author’s affiliation, 2Second author’s affiliation, etc. (if applicable) (use style - Author’s name)

(Use line style)

Abstract – This template provides detailed instructions for submitting camera-ready papers to the ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries. Papers must be in American English and in black font. The abstract should appear in italics at the top, about 1.2 cm/0.5 inch below the title and author’s area. The abstract should normally contain 100 to 150 words, and in no case shall it exceed 200 words. All abbreviations and acronyms used in the abstract should be defined, and in the text the first time used. Do not cite references in the abstract. Use syle - Abstract paragraph.

Keywords – One, two, three, four, five (List approximately five keywords in alphabetical order, separated by commas.) - Use style - Keywords.

NOTE: Title, abstract and keywords must be identical to the ones submitted electronically in EDAS – Editor’s Assistant. Use Cambria, 9-point for notes if needed. Spacing before 12 pt. Use style – Note.

INTRODUCTION (Use style - heading 1)

This template provides detailed instructions for submitting camera-ready papers to the ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries. The next sections describe style, fonts and spacing to adopt. Please use this Microsoft Word template for your paper. Additional instructions on submitting your camera-ready paper can be found in the Author’s Guidelines. Please upload the revised version of your paper directly to the EDAS system in PDF format, and send the original file (in Word format) via email to the ITU Editorial Team at journal@itu.int. Enquiries or suggestions about this template should also be addressed via email to the ITU Editorial Team.

formatting paper

Papers must be within three to eight pages, including abstract, figures, tables and references. Each paper must contain an abstract, which should approximately be between 100-150 words, and in no case, should it exceed 200 words.

All text, illustrations and charts must be kept within a print area of 17.5 cm/6.9 inches wide by 24.4 cm/9.6 inches high. Do not write anything outside the print area. The top margin must be 2.5 cm, and the left and right margins must be 1.5 cm. All text must be in a two-column format. Columns are to be 8.5 cm wide, with a 1 cm space between them. Text must be fully justified, A4 size (21 cm wide by 29.7 cm long, or 8.27 inches by 11.7 inches). If the last page of your paper is only partially filled, arrange the columns so that they are evenly balanced if possible, rather than having one long column.

Title page section

The paper title should be in Cambria, size 12-point, bold face. Use style - Title 1.

The authors’ name(s) and affiliation(s) are to appear below the title in capital and lower case letters, use Cambria font, size 10-point. Use style - Author’s name.

TYPE-STYLE AND FONTS

Text should appear in Cambria font, size 11-point, apart from headings. Paragraph spacing, please use single line spacing, with 12-point before.

MAJOR HEADINGS

Major headings (for example, “1. INTRODUCTION”) should appear in Cambria font, size 12-point, all capital letters, bold face, at the left margin. Use a period (“.”) after the heading number, not a colon. Use Heading 1 style for all major headings.

Subheadings

Subheadings should appear in Cambria font, size 12-point, in lower case (initial word capitalized). They should be aligned at the left margin.

Sub-subheading

Sub-subheadings, as in this paragraph, are discouraged. However, if you must use them, they should appear in Cambria font, size 12-point, in lower case (initial word capitalized), and in italics. They should be aligned at the left margin.

Images

Images (figures and tables) can be either in color or black and white. Images must appear within the designated margins. Caption and number every image. Figure captions must be placed on the bottom, not top, of the figure. Use style Figure title. Table captions must be located on the top of the table. Use style Table title. Use the abbreviation “Fig.” but do not abbreviate “Table”. Figures and tables should be numbered numerically. Figure and table captions and text should appear in Cambria font, size 9-point, single spaced. Keep titles with images using column breaks if necessary. For equations, use Equation style.

Fig. 1 – ECI Host - Hardware

And for a table:

Table 1 – Character entity reference

Character	Entity Reference
&	&amp;
<	&lt;
>	&gt;
“	&quot;
‘	&apos;

And an equation

PL(D) = PL(D ) + 10log	(1)

(2)

FOOTNOTES

Use footnotes sparingly (or not at all!) and place them at the bottom of the column on the page on which they are referenced1. Use Cambria font, size 9-point. To help your readers, avoid using footnotes altogether and include necessary peripheral observations in the text (within parentheses, if you prefer, as in this sentence).

USING REFERENCES

List and number all bibliographical references at the end of the paper. Use the provided “References” style for formatting it. The references should be numbered in order of appearance in the document. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1].

Page numbering

Please remove page numbers in the camera-ready version.

AUTHORING RECOMMENDATIONS

Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the text, even if they have already been defined in the abstract. Abbreviations and acronyms should be avoided in the title.

Units should be expressed as much as possible in international units, and a dot (“.”) should be used to express decimal points (not “,”).

CONCLUSION

The main conclusions may be presented in a short final section.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (use style heading when no number is required)

You may list here colleagues, sponsors and financial supporter that you wish to acknowledge. This section is not required.

REFERENCES

[1]	Line spacing is 6 pt before with no other measures.

[2]	The margins are 1.2 left and right.

[3]	The body of the document has font Cambria, 11 with variation in the headings and captions.

[4]	Martin Adolph (2013). Big Data: Big today, normal tomorrow. ITU-T Technology Watch Report. https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/23/01/T23010000220001PDFE.pdf

1 Footnote to appear at bottom of the column on the page. Use Cambria font, 9-point. Footnotes are not to be automatic.