New ITU-T Study Group 5 Structure and Deliberations

The NTT Group is participating in the international standardization activities in the International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group (SG) 5 to protect telecommunication facilities from electromagnetic interference and lightning surges, assess the impact of information and communication technologies on climate change, address the issue of a circular economy that enables sustainable development, and contribute to improving the reliability of telecommunication services and reducing the environmental impact of its business activities. In this article, we introduce the study structure of ITU-T SG5 for the new study period (2022–2024), which has finally started due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the latest discussion trends at the first meeting held in June 2022. © 2022 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.. All rights reserved.

Report on WTSA-20 (World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly)

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20), which was scheduled to be held in 2020, was held locally and online in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 1 to 9, 2022. This article provides an overview of WTSA-20 and the main deliberations. © 2022 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.. All rights reserved.

Meeting report on ITU-T FG-AI4EE-ICT applications using artificial intelligence in climate change countermeasures and their standardization trends

Although emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, are expected to improve service availability and work efficiency in various fields, they consume a large amount of energy during data collection from many sensors, learning, and data analysis. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the environmental impact as well as other effects of introducing such technologies. A short-term focus group in the International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), Focus Group on Environmental Efficiency for Artificial Intelligence and other Emerging Technologies (FG-AI4EE), was established in May 2019 to conduct a preliminary study of the environmental efficiency of AI and other emerging technologies and held its first meeting in December 2019. This article describes not only what FG-AI4EE is and what was discussed at its first meeting but also how NTT has been working on environmental issues based on the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN), including the response to crises such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. © 2020 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.. All rights reserved.