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							| 2G | Second-generation mobile communications | 
						
							| 3G | Third-generation mobile communications | 
						
							| AATSR | Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer | 
						
							| ADSL | Asymmetric digital subscriber line | 
						
							| BDT | Telecommunication Development Bureau | 
						
							| BR | Radiocommunication Bureau | 
						
							| BT | British Telecom | 
						
							| CD | Compact Disc | 
						
							| CEB | Chief Executive Board (of the United 
							Nations system) | 
						
							| CO2 | Carbon dioxide | 
						
							| DP | Diagonalizing Precoder | 
						
							| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc | 
						
							| ESA | European Space Agency | 
						
							| ETNO | European Telecommunication Networks 
							Operators’ association | 
						
							| EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation 
							of Meteorological Satellites | 
						
							| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of 
							the United Nations | 
						
							| GEO | Group on Earth Observations | 
						
							| GeSI | Global e-Sustainability Initiative | 
						
							| GDPS | Global Data Processing System | 
						
							| GHG | Greenhouse gas | 
						
							| GOS | Global Observing System | 
						
							| G-PON | Gigabit passive optical network | 
						
							| GTS | Global Telecommunication System | 
						
							| ICT | Information and communication technologies | 
						
							| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
							Change | 
						
							| ITS | Intelligent transport systems | 
						
							| ITU | International Telecommunication Union | 
						
							| ITU–D | ITU Telecommunication Development Sector | 
						
							| ITU–R | ITU Radiocommunication Sector | 
						
							| ITU–T | ITU Telecommunication Standardization 
							Sector | 
						
							| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | 
						
							| kW | kilowatts | 
						
							| kWh | kilowatt-hour | 
						
							| LAN | Local area network | 
						
							| MIC | Ministry of International Affairs and 
							Communications (Japan) | 
						
							| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 
						
							| NGN | Next-generation networks | 
						
							| NGO | Non-governmental organization | 
						
							| NMS | National meteorological service | 
						
							| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 
						
							| NTT | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 
						
							| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian 
							Affairs | 
						
							| PP | Plenipotentiary Conference | 
						
							| PSTN | Public switched telephone network | 
						
							| RA | Radiocommunication Assembly | 
						
							| RRC | Regional Radiocommunication Conference | 
						
							| RSA | Russian Space Agency | 
						
							| SFCG | Space Frequency Coordination Group | 
						
							| SG | Study group | 
						
							| TSAG | Telecommunication Standardization Advisory 
							Group | 
						
							| TSB | Telecommunication Standardization Bureau | 
						
							| UN | United Nations | 
						
							| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme | 
						
							| UWB | Ultra-wideband | 
						
							| VDSL | Very-high speed digital subscriber 
							line | 
						
							| WEF | World Economic Forum | 
						
							| WMO | World Meteorological Organization | 
						
							| WP | Working party | 
						
							| WRC | World Radiocommunication Conference | 
						
							| WTDC | World Telecommunication Development 
							Conference | 
						
							| WTSA | World Telecommunication Standardization 
							Assembly | 
						
							| WWF | World Wide Fund for nature | 
						
							| WWW | World Weather Watch |