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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  November  9,  2004  Jacki  Ponti  at  202-  418-  0436 
 INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU  REPORTS  ON  THE  2004  ITU  WORLD  TELECOMMUNICATION  STANDARDIZATION  ASSEMBLY 
 Washington,  D.  C.--  Today,  the  International  Bureau  reported  to  the  Commission  on  the  2004  International  Telecommunication  Union  (ITU)  World  Telecommunication  Standardization 
 Assembly  (WTSA)  and  the  next  steps  for  the  Commission  resulting  from  the  conference. 
 The  WTSA  is  held  every  four  years  to  establish  the  objectives  and  work  plan  for  the  ITU  Telecommunication  Standardization  Sector  (ITU-  T).  The  International  Bureau  led  the  FCC  team 
 within  the  U.  S.  delegation  to  the  WTSA,  which  concluded  on  October  14,  2004  in  Florianopolis,  Brazil. 


 The  conference,  among  other  things,  adopted  the  work  plan  for  the  ITU-  T  over  the  next  four  years  which  focuses  on  communications,  network  security,  and  maintaining  interoperability 
 between  current  and  next-  generation  networks.  In  addition,  the  WTSA  addressed  communications  issues  challenging  countries  around  the  world,  including  the  transition  from 
 traditional  communications  networks  to  new  technologies. 


 International  Bureau  Contact:  Chris  Murphy  at  202-  418-  2373 
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 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found 
 on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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