Office Activities related to ITU
ITU has been an intergovernmental public-private partnership organization since its inception and now has a membership of 191 countries (Member States) and over 700 public and private sector companies as well as international and regional telecommunication entities, known as Sector Members and Associates, which undertake most of the work of the Sector.
In 1992, the Plenipotentiary Conference (the top policy-making conference of ITU) saw a reform of ITU, giving the Union greater flexibility to adapt to an increasingly complex, interactive and competitive environment. It was at this time that CCITT was renamed the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), as one of three Sectors of the Union alongside the Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) formerly CCIR and the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D).
The ITU coordinates standards for telecommunications on behalf of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which resides in Geneva, Switzerland.
The international standards that are produced by the ITU-T are referred to as "Recommendations" (with the word ordinarily capitalized to distinguish its meaning from the ordinary sense of the word "recommendation"), as they become mandatory only when adopted as part of a national law.
ITU also publishes number of information documents such as Reports, Handbooks which are available for Member States.
According the Annex of the Governmental Resolution No. 676/2005 Coll., CTO’s experts taking part in following ITU bodies:
RA
– Radiocommunication Assembly
RAG
– Radiocommunication Advisory Group
TSAG
– Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group
TDAG
– Telecommunication Development Advisory Group
RRC
– Regional Radiocommunication Conference
CPM
– Conference Preparatory Meeting
WRC
– World Radiocommunication Conference
WTSA
– World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
WTDC
– World Telecommunication Development Conference
Council
PP
– Plenipotentiary Conference