Brazil wants a “joint coordination activity” (JCA) between ITU-T study groups “to...
Brazil wants a “joint coordination activity” (JCA) between ITU-T study groups “to deal in a centralized and coordinated manner with the technical aspects of telecommunication networks to support Internet, the appropriate management of its critical resources and all other technical…
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matters related to Internet Governance,” we've learned. The proposal was made for a Sept. 11-14 meeting in the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, and deals with a 2010 decision from the top ITU policy-setting conference on its role in “organizing the work on technical aspects of telecom networks to support the Internet.” The matter was discussed by correspondence in an ITU-T steering group. One of the main subjects of steering group contention was the idea of ITU’s “pre-eminence” with regard to the 2010 decision. Standards bodies in China, Japan and South Korea pushed the idea in various ITU submissions. Steering group differences focused on a variety of legal, national treatment and historical factors that opponents said preclude the concept or its practical implementation. A new ITU-T study group to address the 2010 decision during the 2013 to 2016 time frame would be the least optimal approach, a steering group meeting report said, citing cost, efficiency, expertise and disruption of current activities. A draft proposal from the steering group calls for the JCA to coordinate and identify ITU-T work on aspects of “telecommunication networks to support the Internet” that help advance network evolution, capacity, continuity, interoperability and security through contribution-based work; and to coordinate the ITU-T submission on implementing the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society. The JCA’s aim would be to identify, collect and analyze the related technical standardization being studied, and any other relevant activity, in the ITU-T. It would also aim to spur coordination with and to identify and understand the scope of activities of relevant recognized forums, standards development organizations and international Internet organizations, in particular, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force, World Intellectual Property Organization and the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. No consensus appears to have been reached on any of the draft text.