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ITU-T Technology Watch reports explore emerging
ICT trends and associated demands on international
standardization, determining how these trends can be
supported by the ITU-T work programme.

Technology Watch has been successful in assessing the impact of
new technologies on developed and developing countries, as well
ITU-T Technology Watch surveys the ICT landscape
to capture new topics for standardization activities.
in analyzing related implications for international standardization
Technology Watch Reports assess new technologies
with regard to existing standards inside and outside
activities. ITU-T and their likely impact on future standardization.
Previous reports in the series include:
Technology Watch reports in 2013 and 2014 – developed in part by
ICTs and Climate Change
staff of the ITU secretariat, in language accessible to non-specialists
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks
Remote Collaboration Tools
– covered topics including the Tactile Internet; Big Data; Spatial
NGNs and Energy Efficiency
Distributed Computing: Utilities, Grids & Clouds
standards for IoT; Mobile Money; and the smart-city innovations of
The Future Internet
Seoul, Korea. Biometrics and Standards Big Data:
Decreasing Driver Distraction Big today, normal tomorrow
The Optical World
Technology Watch reports in 2015 and 2016 adopted a new approach,
Trends in Video Games and Gaming
Digital Signage
written by subject-matter experts in a format more relevant to the ITU-T Technology Watch Report
Privacy in Cloud Computing
work of experts participating in ITU standardization work. Reports in November 2013
E-health Standards and Interoperability
E-learning
this new format have covered topics including LTE-WiFI aggregation;
Smart Cities
Mobile Money
trust provisioning for future ICT infrastructures and services; telco This Technology Watch report looks at different examples and applications associated with the big data
Spatial Standards
paradigm, identifies commonalities among them by describing their characteristics, and highlights some of the
over web; the future of video; future social media and knowledge technologies enabling the upsurge of big data. As with many emerging technologies, several challenges need
to be identified and addressed to facilitate the adoption of big data solutions in a wider range of scenarios. Big data
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/techwatch
standardization activities related to the ITU-T work programme are described in the final section of this report.
society; secure over-the-air software updates for connected
vehicles; the current status of networks in Africa; and the relevance
of ITU-T standardization work to the pursuit of the UN Sustainable Printed in Switzerland
Geneva, 2013
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Development Goals (SDGs).
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