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Foreword -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Setting the standard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
Broadband ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13
Multimedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17
IoT, Smart cities & Green ICTs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21
Cybersecurity and numbering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31
Economic & Policy Issues --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35
Bridging the standardization Gap ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39
Performance, Quality and interoperability -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
Standardization innovation and cooperation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49
The ITU standardization platform ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57
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