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Self-Assessment
Remember ITU’s Work
Exercise on Broadband
1. ITU-T and ITU-D are two sectors
in the International
Question?? Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Identify the functions of ITU-T
and ITU-D.
Answer!!
ITU-T
Defining Operation and Interoperability of Technologies
That Underpin Global Communications Network.
Standards enable global communications by ensuring ICT
networks and devices speak the same language globally.
ITU-T is performing standardization in several other areas
related to the broadband Internet, such as IPTV, Internet
of Things, cloud computing, IPv4 to IPv6 transition, and so
on.
ITU-D
Spread equitable and affordable access to telecommunications to help
stimulate social and economic development.
Human capacity-building in developing and least developed countries
(LDCs).
Assistance to countries in the creation of broadband strategies and policies,
as well as the regulation of broadband networks and services.
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