The World Telecommunication Standardization
Assembly is the regular four yearly event that will review working
methods including approval process, the work programme and the
structure of Study Groups for ITU-T. The WTSA-08 will take place in
Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 to 30 October 2008. This will be the
first WTSA preceded by a Global Standards Symposium on October 20,
2008. It will be a high level event bringing together all major ICT
standards makers to discuss bridging the standardization gap and
improving collaboration to achieve this objective.
During the WTSA-08) three side events will be
held from 22 to 24 October 2008, 18:00 to 19:00.The events will focus
on Cybersecurity, ICT Accessibility and ICT and Climate Change. CITEL
has presented inter-american proposals in the three subjects.
The first meeting of the CITEL Rapporteur Group will be held on
October 20 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly I+II meeting room,
located on the first floor of the Convention Center in Johannesburg,
South Africa, the venue for WTSA-08.
We would also remind you that the 40 common
proposals representing the interests of our region have been submitted
to the ITU. Please find attached the updated version regarding the
table of supports.
Status of the
supports to the inter-american proposals
First
group of proposals
Second
group of proposals
Should you require further information, please
contact the Group’s co-rapporteurs:
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