5. About ITU

    The International Telecommunication Union (ITU; French: Union internationale des télécommunications, German: Internationale Fernmeldeunion, Spanish: Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones, simplified Chinese: 国际电信联盟; Russian:Международный союз электросвязи; Arabic:الاتحاد الدولي للاتصالات) is an international organization established to standardize and regulate international radio and telecommunications. It was founded as the International Telegraph Union in Paris on May 17, 1865. Its main tasks include standardization, allocation of the radio spectrum, and organizing interconnection arrangements between different countries to allow international phone calls — in which regard it performs for telecommunications a similar function to what the UPU performs for postal services. It is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, next to the main United Nations campus.

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    2. The ITU-T Pushes Towards MPLS-TP Answer

      Explore Light Reading (Nov 29 2011) IETF , Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , Heavy Reading

      The ITU-T Pushes Towards MPLS-TP Answer The International Telecommunication Union, Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is satisfied with an option for handling the dispute over MPLS-TP operations, administration and... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   OAM   ITU   International telecommunication Union

    3. MPLS-TP Camp States Its OAM Case

      Explore Light Reading (Jun 24 2011) Managed Data Services

      MPLS-TP Camp States Its OAM Case In a one-sided debate, Webinar participants explained why they think the ITU's renegade OAM effort is a bad idea MPLS-TP Camp States Its OAM Case June 24, 2011 | Craig M... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   OAM   ITU   ITU-T

    4. APAC Exec's $20B Optical Vision

      Explore Light Reading (Jun 23 2011) Middle Mile , Asia , Metro Ethernet , Wholesale , Other analysts

      APAC Exec's $20B Optical Vision ...unicAsia on Wednesday during a session due to be attended by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré, who could be a key ally (the Asia highway is a United Nations... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IBM   Broadcom   ITU

    5. New testing standard helps enhance Carrier Ethernet service launches

      Explore CEN Feature (Jun 21 2011)

      New testing standard helps enhance Carrier Ethernet service launches Ratified in March 2011, the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Y.1564 Services Activation Test Methodology provides Carrier Ethernet industry players enhanced ca... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU   Overture Networks   IETF

    6. Standards key to carrier Ethernet growth

      Explore Connected Planet Online (Jun 13 2011) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Wholesale

      Standards key to carrier Ethernet growth ... Planet: Why did MEF founders opt to create a new group rather than work through something like the ITU or the IEEE? Chen: The IEEE at the time was primarily focused on bits and bytes and the frame itsel... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU   IEEE   Metro Ethernet Forum

    7. Cyan mobile backhaul platform targets wholesale market needs

      Explore Connected Planet Online (Jun 6 2011) Mobile Backhaul

      ...so can be used to provide SLA performance reporting for approved third-party devices supporting the ITU Y.1731 Ethernet OAM standard, such as network interface devices from Accedian Networks and Overture... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cyan   SLA   Frank Wiener

    8. MPLS-TP Still on the Brink

      Explore Light Reading (Jun 1 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Heavy Reading

      MPLS-TP Still on the Brink MPLS-TP began as an unprecedented effort by two major standards bodies -- IETF and ITU-T -- to set aside parochial differences and develop a common standard for the necessary OAM tools t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IBM   OAM   ITU

    9. Next-Generation Ethernet Standards Pose New Challenges

      Explore CEN Feature (May 26 2011)

      Next-Generation Ethernet Standards Pose New Challenges ...al layer connections are largely the domain of IEEE and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and both organizations are already starting to think about the next generation of Ethernet standa... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU   IEEE

    10. Verizon field trial charts 400G, 1T speeds

      Explore CEN Feature (Apr 7 2011)

      Verizon field trial charts 400G, 1T speeds ...he same pace of adoption for 400G networks between technology maturation and standardization in the ITU and IEE. "Let's say that in three to five years, 400G and 1T Ethernet standardization is done," Cv... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU

    11. G.8032 Gains Momentum

      Explore CEN Feature (Apr 5 2011)

      Comment "Thank you for the comment. I believe that link has been repaired. - Mark" - Carrier Ethernet News

      G.8032 Gains Momentum Deployments of Ethernet rings based on the ITU G.8032 standard have been rising steadily since the standard was finalized in 2008. Initially the p... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU   Overture Networks   Scott Knox

    12. Carrier Ethernet Service Providers Happy about a Cloudy Forecast

      Explore CEN Feature (Mar 15 2011) Cloud

      Carrier Ethernet Service Providers Happy about a Cloudy Forecast ...ovides tools for end-end connectivity and performance monitoring with IEEE802.3ah, IEEE802.1ag, and ITU Y.1731. The connections within the cloud are already Carrier Ethernet 1GigE and 10GigE today, and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ITU

    13. MPLS Argument Leads to Split OAM Standard

      Explore Light Reading (Feb 28 2011) Business Ethernet , Managed Data Services , Cable / MSO , Heavy Reading

      MPLS Argument Leads to Split OAM Standard ...from an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Internet Society (ISOC) statement denouncing the ITU-T decision, and from a happy but vague e-mail sent to us by Huub van Helvoort, a Huawei representat... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cablevision   ITU   Time Warner Cable

    14. Spirent Communications Validates Advanced Carrier Ethernet Interconnects Across Eight European Service Providers

      Explore businesswire.com (Apr 12 2010) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Global , Heavy Reading

      ... and diagnostic, and performance monitoring solution that is fully compliant with standards such as ITU Y.1731 and IEEE 802.1ag. To learn more about how to put Carrier Ethernet Interconnects to the test,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   SLA   Heavy Reading   ITU

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