They were all jolly good fellows...
...and so said all of us at a farewell party on 28 January 1999 (from left to right): Theodor Irmer, Pekka Tarjanne, Henry Chasia, Robert Jones (who stays on) and Ahmed Laouyane (ITU 990003)
They were all jolly good fellows...
...and so said all of us at a farewell party on 28 January 1999 (from left to right): Theodor Irmer, Pekka Tarjanne, Henry Chasia, Robert Jones (who stays on) and Ahmed Laouyane (ITU 990003)
Yoshio Utsumi (with briefcase in hand) makes his debut as the new Secretary-General of ITU on 1 February 1999 (ITU 990004)
Pekka Tarjanne welcoming Yoshio Utsumi to his new office on the 14th floor of the ITU Tower. With them are: Roberto Blois, the new Deputy Secretary-General (back right) and Don MacLean, chief of ITU's Strategic Planning and External Relations Unit
(ITU 990005)
The new leaders (from left to right): Houlin Zhao (Director TSB); Robert Jones (Director BR), Yoshio Utsumi (Secretary-General), Hamadoun Touré (Director BDT) and Roberto Blois (Deputy Secrtetary-General) (ITU 990006)
Henry Chasia welcoming Roberto Blois to his new office on the 14th floor of the ITU Tower
(ITU 990007)
Pekka Tarjanne saying goodbye (ITU 990008)
Photos: A. de Ferron
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is one of the longest-standing international organizations in Switzerland, but this has in no way prevented it from being both modern and dynamic. It has been able to meet the challenge of globalization and privatization of the telecommunication sector with great success.
That it has done so is thanks to the men and women who work for it, in close cooperation with the membership, both public and private sector. They have worked tirelessly to achieve ITU's outstanding success, but would have been unable to do so without the clear-sighted leadership of Pekka Tarjanne, their [former] Secretary-General.
For the eight years that he was in office, Mr Tarjanne showed an unfailing commitment to ensuring ITU's continuing role as a reference forum in the field of telecommunications. He developed a new strategy aimed at better integration of the private sector. But he also brought about closer cooperation between ITU and developing countries, reflecting a concern for even-handedness, spearheading to that end ITU's efforts to obtain widespread and non-discriminatory access to new information technologies.
It gives me great satisfaction to note that Mr Tarjanne was admirably well integrated in Geneva's international society and in Switzerland. He demonstrated his attachment to ITU's host country on many occasions, particularly in connection with the siting of the TELECOM exhibitions, which Geneva has the honour to host.
It is with gratitude and sadness that we bid farewell to this distinguished servant of the United Nations family in Geneva. We wish him and his own family a happy and fulfilling future.
I should like to take this opportunity to express my very best wishes to Mr Tarjanne's successor, Yoshio Utsumi, who
will take ITU into the third millennium.
Ruth Dreifuss
The State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva has granted honorary citizenship to Pekka Johannes Tarjanne and his wife, Aino, in recognition of their "major contribution to enhancing Geneva's reputation as an international centre". This distinction was conferred on 17 December 1998 under Article 30 of the Geneva Nationality Law of 13 March 1992.
The State Council saluted Mr Tarjanne's work and the significant role he has played as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union since 1 November 1989. It mentioned in particular Mr Tarjanne's efforts to implement and promote universal access to telecommunications and information (a topic he holds dear) and his work to develop the TELECOM exhibitions, enhancing further the distinguished reputation of the Canton of Geneva, to which he is deeply attached.
Thanks to Mr Tarjanne's support, Geneva will be hosting TELECOM 99 and TELECOM 2003.
Since their inception, the TELECOM exhibitions have grown exponentially, from 250 exhibitors and 10 000 visitors in 1971 to more than 1000 exhibitors and 155 000 visitors in 1995.
The economic benefit for Geneva has been considerable, and the Canton's reputation as an international centre much enhanced as a result.
ITU is the only worldwide organization open to all players in the telecommunication sector, be they governments, regulators, industries (broadcasters, operators, service providers and manufacturers) or users. It currently has 188 Member States and some 550 Sector Members, representing the private and public sectors in the infocommunication world.
Pekka and Aino Tarjanne
Photo: A. de Ferron (ITU 930009)
Under Mr Tarjanne's leadership, ITU's relations with the private sector have flourished. He is a great advocate of universal access to telecommunications and information, and it is under his guidance that the Member States have laid the technological foundations for making universal access to basic telecommunication services, an objective set in 1984 by the Independent Commission for Worldwide Telecommunications Development, a reality. Mr Tarjanne wishes to see access for all at a reasonable price. He would also like existing applications to meet all of humanity's diverse development needs, be they individual, social, cultural, political or environmental.
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Thanks to the preparatory work carried out at ITU, mobile telephone and other radiocommunication services such as paging, subscriber sound and television broadcasting via satellite and global radiodetermination systems are witnessing rapid growth in many markets around the world |
Thanks to the preparatory work carried out at ITU, mobile telephone and other radiocommunication services such as paging, subscriber sound and television broadcasting via satellite and global radiodetermination systems are witnessing rapid growth in many markets around the world. Nor must we overlook increasingly sophisticated systems for navigation, air and maritime safety, new mobile data transmission systems using portable computers and dozens of other, at present still embryonic, wireless applications.
Last but not least, Mr Tarjanne also strengthened the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), reflecting his concern to reduce the technological gap between industrialized and developing countries and demonstrating his profound attachment to the future well-being of all mankind.
ITU News, No. 9/98, page 32
The Government of Malawi has ratified the above-mentioned Constitution and Convention as well as the amended Instruments.
The instrument of ratification was deposited with the General Secretariat of the Union on 19 October 1998.
The Government of Canada has ratified the above-mentioned Acts.
ICS France (Paris), Saudi Telecommunication Company (S.T.C.) (Riyadh) Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Rome) and WorldSpace do Brasil (Brasilia) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
Saudi Telecommunication Company (S.T.C.) (Riyadh) and Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Rome) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
Airtel Móvil, S.A. (Madrid), European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications GmbH (EURESCOM) (Heidelberg, Germany), Libertel B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands), NTT Worldwide Network Corporation (Tokyo), Saudi Telecommunication Company (S.T.C.) (Riyadh) and Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Rome) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
Koninklijke PTT Nederland N.V. (KPN) (The Hague) which participates in the work of the Development, Radiocommunication and Standardization Sectors has changed its name. The new denomination is: Royal KPN NV.
Nortel (Canada) (Ottawa) which participates in the work of the Development, Radiocommunication and Standardization Sectors has changed its name. The new denomination is: Nortel Networks (Canada).
Rockwell International Corporation (Newport Beach, CA) which participates in the work of the Standardization Sector has changed its name. The new denomination is: Conexant Systems, Inc.
Circular letters (via facsimile) which have been sent to all Member States and Sector Members of the Union announce the following vacancies:
Detailed applications with ITU personal history form should be submitted to the General Secretariat of the ITU, Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 (Switzerland), not later than the final dates mentioned above.
Vacancy notices and personal history forms are available on the ITU Web site, under the "ITU General Secretariat" section: http://www.itu.int/.
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ITU-T Recommendation D.140 (07/98)
Accounting rate principles for international telephone services
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ITU-T Recommendation D.170 (06/98)
Monthly telephone and telex accounts
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ITU-T Recommendation D.180 (06/98)
Occasional provision of cirucuits for international sound- and television-programme transmissions
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ITU-T Recommendation D.225 (12/97)
Charging and accounting principles to be applied to frame relay data transmission service
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ITU-T Recommendation I.358 (06/98)
Call processing performance for switched Virtual Channel Connections (VCCs) in a B-ISDN
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ITU-T Recommendation I.366.1 (06/98)
Segmentation and Reassembly Service Specific Convergence Sublayer for the AAL type 2
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ITU-T Recommendation I.375.1 (06/98)
Network capabilities to support multimedia services: general aspects
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ITU-T Recommendation I.375.2 (06/98)
Network capabilities to support multimedia services: Example of multimedia retrieval service class — Video-on-demand service using an ATM-based network
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ITU-T Recommendation J.1 (03/98)
Terminology for new services in television and sound-programme transmission
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ITU-T Recommendation J.132 (03/98)
Transport of MPEG-2 signals in SDH networks
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ITU-T Recommendation K.41 (05/98)
Resistibility of internal interfaces of telecommunication centres to surge overvoltages
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ITU-T Recommendation K.42 (05/98)
Preparation of emission and immunity requirements for telecommunication equipment — General principles
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ITU-T Recommendation K.43 (05/98)
Immunity requirements for telecommunication equipment
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ITU-T Recommendation M.1370 (06/98)
Bringing-into-service of international data transmission systems
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ITU-T Recommendation M.1375 (06/98)
Maintenance of international data transmission systems
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ITU-T Recommendation M.1400 Amendment 1 (06/98)
Designations for international networks
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ITU-T Recommendation M.3016 (06/98)
TMN security overview
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ITU-T Recommendation P.341 (02/98)
Transmission characteristics for wideband (150-7000 Hz) digital hands-free telephony terminals
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.1290 (05/98)
Glossary of terms used in the definition of intelligent networks
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2723.6 (05/98)
Extensions to the Signalling System No. 7 B-ISDN User Part — Signalling capabilities to support the indication of the Statistical Bit Rate configuration 2 (SBR 2) and 3 (SBR 3) ATM transfer capabilities
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2725.1 (05/98)
B-ISDN User Part — Support of negotiation during connection setup
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2725.4 (05/98)
Extensions to the Signalling System No. 7 B-ISDN User Part — Modification procedures with negotiation
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2766.1 (05/98)
Switched virtual path capability
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2934 (05/98)
Digital subscriber Signalling System No. 2 — Switched virtual path capability
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2961.6 (05/98)
Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 2 — Additional traffic parameters: Additional signalling procedures for the support of the SBR2 and SBR3 ATM transfer capabilities
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.2963.3 (05/98)
Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 2 — Connection modification: ATM traffic descriptor modification with negotiation by the connection owner
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ITU-T Recommendation T.37 (06/98)
Procedures for the transfer of facsimile data via store-and-forward on the Internet
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ITU-T Recommendation T.38 (06/98)
Procedures for real-time Group 3 facsimile communication over IP networks
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ITU-T Recommendation T.90 Amendment 3 (06/98)
Characteristics and protocols for terminals for telematic services in ISDN
Amendment 3: Cause value for a G4 Fax fall-back
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ITU-T Recommendation T.120 Annex C (02/98)
Data protocols for multimedia conferencing
Annex C: Lightweight profiles for the T.120 architecture
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ITU-T Recommendation T.125 (02/98)
Multipoint communication service protocol specification
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ITU-T Recommendation T.128 (02/98)
Multipoint application sharing
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ITU-T Recommendation T.172 (02/98)
MHEG-5 — Support for base-level interactive applications
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ITU-T Recommendation V.34 (02/98)
A modem operating at data signalling rates of up to 33 600 bit/s for use on the general switched telephone network and on leased point-to-point 2-wire telephone-type circuits
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ITU-T Recommendation V.253 (02/98)
Control of voice-related functions in a DCE by an asynchronous DTE
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