ITU standards ensure ICTs around the world speak the same language
Standards are critical to the interoperability of ICTs and whether we exchange voice, video or data messages, standards enable global communications by ensuring that countries’ ICT networks and devices are speaking the same language.
ITU’s standardization work comprises telecommunications standards (ITU-T Recommendations) and radiocommunications standards (ITU-R Recommendations).
ITU-T Recommendations
ITU approved 255 new and revised ITU-T Recommendations and related texts in the reporting period (July 2022 to April 2023), as of 20 March 2023. For all ITU-T Recommendations in force, see the catalogue of ITU-T Recommendations. Executive summaries of ITU-T study group (SG) meetings can be found on their respective homepages.
More than 20 ITU-T study group meetings were held in the reporting period.
As related work, during the 2022-2024 study period there have been a series of ITU-T focus groups (FGs). Information on the activities and deliverables of each group can be found on their respective homepages. See also the ITU-T focus groups homepage. In the corresponding sections of this report, reference to the relevant FGs is provided. Other active FGs are, for example, Costing models for affordable data services (FG-CostingData); and Testbeds Federations for IMT-2020 and Beyond (FG-TBFxG).
ITU-R Recommendations
During the period of July 2022 to April 2023 the ITU-R approved more than 35 new or revised ITU-R Recommendations, as listed below. The full set of ITU-R’s recommendations is available at: https://www.itu.int/pub/R-REC.
