The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) participated in the second meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) held at ITU headquarters in Geneva from May 30 to June 2, 2023.
The TDRA delegation participated in the preparation and review of the operational and financial plans for the Telecommunication Standardization Sector and the work of the sector's study groups in preparation for the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, which will be held next year.
The TDRA delegation included Abdulla Bin Khadia, Eng. Omar Al Nemer and Shamma Lootah (remotely).
TSAG entered the 2022-2024 study period with a strong mandate to prepare the restructuring of ITU-T study groups. The leaders of ITU’s standardization expert groups (ITU T study groups) are invited to play a central role in this work, highlighting the basis of the future ITU-T study group strategy.
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TSAG aims to act as an advisory body to the study groups, membership and staff of ITU-T, keeping in mind the needs of all members, from developed and developing countries, and from industry and governments. It is responsible for the working procedures defined in the A-series Recommendations and the organization of the ITU-T work program. It performs an extremely important function within ITU-T by following up on the implementation of the work program and advising the Director of ITU-T’s secretariat (the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, or TSB).
TSAG is called on to resolve coordination issues among the study groups, to expand electronic working methods for the ITU-T and to provide advice and procedures on relationships with other standards bodies. Additionally, this group, which meets every nine months, is responsible for reviewing the operational and financial plans of the ITU-T and acts as the preparatory group for the quadrennial World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly.
Recently, much work has centered on the way that NGN work should be coordinated, a key issue for all ITU-T study groups and focus groups.
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