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The consistent output of ITU-T news content,
coupled with a coordinated social media strategy
led by the ITU General Secretariat, continue to
see news of ITU-T’s work feature in a variety of
mainstream publications.
Communications on ITU standardization that have received
the highest levels of worldwide coverage in the
2013-2016 study period were on subjects including the
ITU-T H.265 “HEVC” video codec; G.fast broadband
access, the implementation of which is the subject of
sustained media attention; the work of ITU-T Study
Group 20 on IoT and smart cities; the work of the ITU-T
Focus Group on IMT-2020 (5G); NG-PON2 40-Gigabit-
capable passive optical networks; XGS-PON 10-Gigabit-
capable symmetric passive optical networks; and OTN
Beyond 100G, the 5th edition of Recommendation
ITU-T G.709/Y.1331 “Interfaces for the Optical Transport
Network”. Communications on ITU-T activities in fields
such as IPR, e-health, intelligent transport systems, and
aviation applications of cloud computing have also
received significant media attention.
A new video clip “ITU Standardization – the technical
foundations of the information society” was released on
24 May 2016 and has since received more than 1600 views.
The video was sponsored by NTT and KT.

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