Talk:International Telecommunication Union/Archives/2014

Disambiguation page move
See Talk:ITU (disambiguation). --Usgnus 18:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Controversy
If anyone's seen google lately, it looks like some controversy is arising on this organization. Might be a good idea to include that... --JDHuff185 (talk) 02:10, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Digital Opportunity Index
As far as I know, the Digital Opportunity Index is NOT a standard - it's not published as an ITU Recommendation, which is what the ITU does when it publishes what the rest of the world calls "standard". The reference I've found on the ITU website is to a study paper by invited experts that the ITU provided as input to a meeting in Korea -. So I'm moving it out of the "standards" section again. --Alvestrand 07:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Oldest International Organization?
I find this claim very unlikely at best, regardless of what they say, unless they have a strangely narrow definition of "international organization". How about the Catholic Church? Or the International Committee of the Red Cross, which was founded two years earlier?

I am removing the claim. If anyone wants to put a much more qualified statement (oldest international telecom organization?), feel free. mkehrt 02:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The ITU is the oldest organization in the UN family. It is not the oldest telecommunication union, there have been predecessors of the International Telegraph Union (as the ITU was called in 1865): The start of international action to regulate and develop communication can be traced back to 1849, date at which a first treaty was signed between Prussia and Austria, designed to link the telegraph systems of the two states and providing for a telegraph line running along a then existing railroad. Two Telegraph Unions were direct predecessors of the ITU : the Austro-German Telegraph Union, created in 1850, and the Western European Telegraph Union, created in 1855. Kristine.clara 17:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

translations
Why is the Spanish translation given? Does the ITU have any special relation to any Spanish-speaking countries? Lfh 19:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Why is the French name given? It seems irrelevant as it isn't known as the UTI. For an organisation like FIFA it would be relevant as the commonly used acronym is FIFA and not IFAF. Anon 15:35 21/11/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.32.246.170 (talk) 04:37, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

History?
Given how early this organization was formed I am curious about its history, a short paragraph or two would I think be appropriate and useful.
 * See --Gautier lebon (talk) 14:10, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Directors and Secretaries-general of ITU
Anyone dislike the bright blue color or am I alone? AQ 01:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

The link for Henri Etienne is incorrect. It sends you to an article about Henri Estienne a 16th century printer. Pretty sure its not the same guy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.97.212.26 (talk) 09:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Straight from the ITU's PR department?
"Through membership of the world’s largest, most respected and most influential global telecommunication organization, government and industry alike can ensure their voice is heard, and make an important and valued contribution to the developments reshaping the world around us.", "forging a new world for a new millennium.", "members benefit from unique networking opportunities and a universal meeting ground where they can debate issues and forge deals and partnerships. ITU Sector Members also develop the technical standards which will underpin future telecommunication systems and shape tomorrow’s networks and services."

I could go on an cite the whole article... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.113.112.197 (talk) 09:57, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

PR type reverted and I re-edited
DaveBurstein (talk) 05:14, 15 July 2010 (UTC) I removed stuff that was pure pr and unimportant but did not change substance. When I got to the talk page I discovered similar was done in May but was undone. I hope that the editing was not by the organization's representatives.

Updating
Since is data (both population and usage) in the list is for 2010, when will the list incorporate latest data? The statistics page of International Telecommunication Union indicates that the latest data is non-free. How and when would be the list updated? Anir1uph (talk) 01:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

IMT and 1 Billion subscribers
It's probably a gross overstatement to say that the ITU had much to do with the proliferation of mobile standards that led to 1 billion subscribers. Many other standards bodies had their hands in this pie, including 3GPP, the IEEE, IETF, and ETSI (to name a few). The ITU-R does facilitate spectrum coordination, and the ITU-T does standardize codecs as well as E.164 numeric country assignments, but IEEE provides for allocation of EUI-64 addresses, while ICANN and the RIRs allocate IP addresses, W3C standardizes HTML, and wireless signal processing has been advanced by 3GPP.Pigdog234 (talk) 13:48, 17 September 2012 (UTC)