Thirty of the world`s top chief technology officers (CTO) meeting in Geneva have cited global standards as being one of the most vital elements in future information, communications and technology (ICT) development.
CTOs from some of the world`s most prominent ICT suppliers and developers today drafted a statement` outlining their thoughts on the future of ICT. The statement will be input into later stages of the World Summit on Information Society process, which starts today in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Houlin Zhao, director of ITU`s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), and organizer of the event says: "This meeting of minds has the potential to have real influence on the development of ICT. Consensus at this level stands to benefit not just industry but the whole of society."
The CTOs expressed growing confidence that the telecoms industry is emerging from a tough period and that this is being driven by the market pull for services that comes from a real convergence of information, computing and telecoms technologies. They agreed that ITU is in a unique position to drive the overall framework and the globalisation of standards.
The CTOs were from Alcatel, Amena, Apnic, Belgacom, Broadcom, BT, China Mobile, China Netcom, China Unicom, Coptac, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, ETRI, France Telecom, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Ikanos, Infineon, Intel, Korea Telecom, Lucent Technologies, Maltacom Group, Nokia, Nominum, Nortel Networks, NTT, NTT Comware, Orange, RAD Data Communications, Rostelcom, Samsung, Siemens, Softbank, Sotelma, Sun Microsystems, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Thuraya, Vodafone and ZTE.
Government representatives from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ecuador, Syria and Malaysia were also present.
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