ITU-T is organizing a one day Forum on "Implementation of decisions of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-08)" in Quito, Ecuador on 7 July 2009. This forum will be hosted by Centro Internacional de Investigación Científica en Telecomunicaciones, Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (CITIC) at Hilton Colon Quito Hotel, Amazonas N 1914 y Avenida Patria 1, Quito, Ecuador.

The Forum on "Implementation of decisions of ITU-T World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly-08 (WTSA-08)" will provide an opportunity to highlight and discuss activities undertaken by ITU-T to implement Resolutions approved at WTSA-08.

The forum will bring together leading representatives from governments, regulators, industry, academia, operators and service providers in the Americas region. A key purpose of the event is to raise awareness of Resolutions addressing issues relevant to developing countries for example Resolutions 17 and 44.

Resolutions in which the TSB Director is requested to submit reports on proposals and studies to ITU Council-09, for example for Resolution 74 on a reduced membership fee for sector members from developing countries, Resolution 71 on the admission of Academia in the studies of ITU-T and Resolution 76 on conformity and interoperability testing will also be under discussion.

Sessions will additionally focus on hot topics in ITU-T Study groups such as IPTV, IPV6 deployment, migration to NGN, climate change, accessibility, security, ICTs and climate change. And, there will be opportunities to identify future standardization and development requirements for ITU.

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