Revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations ITR Anders Jönsson Purpose and Scope of the ITR ITR establish general principles which relate to the provision and operation of international telecommunication services offered to the public as well as to the underl ID: 1042519
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1. World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12)Revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR)Anders Jönsson
2. Purpose and Scope of the ITR“… [ ITR] establish general principles which relate to the provision and operation of international telecommunication services offered to the public as well as to the underlying international telecommunication transport means used to provide such services. They also set rules applicable to administrations. …”2
3. Cooperation3
4. Preparatory work 4Final draft of the future ITR:sand Report to WCIT-12Adoption of ECP and Draft BriefECP to be sent to ITU midOctober 2012Adoption of Second set ECP and Final BriefECP to ITU before 16 Nov 2012Revised ITR:sEnter into force ?Information about proposals from regionsEUEUEUCouncil decision
5. Guiding criteria for the revision of the ITRsCEPT has agreed on a set of guiding criteria for the revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). Criterion 1: As an International Treaty, the ITRs should address high level strategic and policy issuesCriterion 2: Consistency with ITU Constitution, in particular the Preamble and Article 1 Status of ITU Recommendations and enforcement of ITU provisions.5
6. Criterion 3: Consistency with International agreements / legislation adopted by CEPT membersExample: the WTO Agreement and the European Union Criterion 4: Exclusion of Areas related to Member States' application of legal or policy principles which are within their sovereign rights National defence, national security, content, cybercrime in the context of Resolution 130 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010)Criterion 5: Exclusion of areas not related to the Purpose and Scope of the ITRs National telecommunication services or national transport means should not be included in the ITRs.6
7. European proposalsChanging historical referencesDeletion of obsolete definitionsprovisions regarding routingreference to collection chargesreference to accounting rates and settlement of accountsprovisions on dissemination of informationAdditionTariff transparency (pending ROA/OA)7
8. Unresolved issue:Recognised Operating Agencies or Operating AgenciesRobustness and securityNo European proposal to add text to the ITR on:Fraud Dispute resolutionInternet connectivityQuality of serviceSpamRouting of traffic 8
9. Regional groups9ITUCEPTRCCAPTATUArab groupCITEL
10. Regional meetingsAPTfirst set of proposals published last meeting 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2012ATU last meeting 25-26 Sep 2012Arab grouplast meeting 8-13 Sep 2012CITEL first set of proposals publishedlast meeting 11-14 Sep 2012RCClast meeting 17-18 Sep 201210
11. Thank you for your attention.11
12. Abbreviations CEPT European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications AdministrationsCom-ITU [CEPT] Committee for ITU PolicyECC [CEPT] Electronic Communications CommitteeECP European Common ProposalITR International Telecommunication RegulationsITU International Telecommunication UnionPP Plenipotentiary Conference12
13. AbbreviationsWATTC World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988)WCIT World Conference on International Telecommunications (Dubai, 2012)WRC World Radiocommunication ConferenceWTSA World Telecommunication Standardization AssemblyWTDC World Telecommunication Development Conference13