ITU members should retain the ability to join...
ITU members should retain the ability to join a single sector rather than the organization as a whole, the U.S. ITU Association said in comments that will be considered during an ITU Council meeting in June. ITU’s three sectors deal…
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with radiocommunication, development and telecom standardization. ITU could encourage members to join all three sectors by offering a three-for-two discount, said the association. It supported efforts to ensure that certain sector member privileges are not inadvertently being accorded to academia or associates. Free memberships to ITU, such as those with reciprocity arrangement with some regional or international organizations, should be reduced, unless there is a clear value to ITU for such an arrangement, it said. Fee exemption arrangements cover more than 150 sector memberships from nearly 100 entities, it said. IEEE falls under the category of free membership, an executive told us. ITU should retain membership rates based on the voluntary choice of class of contribution, using currently defined contributory units, said the U.S. ITU Association. It’s a group of 45 telecom companies, law firms, satellite operators, software manufacturers and others.