[governance] ITU definition of "telecommunication" and importance of "Best Bits"

[John Curran]

On Aug 17, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> My main point is about "clarifying" that the ITRs apply only to
> classical telecommunication services... but
> not including ICTs and the Internet in general.
> 
> The term telecommunications has evolved and instead of telecommunications, some prefer to say Communications. For eg. within the United Kingdom, see UK Communications Act 2003 shows the evolution of what you classify as traditional telecommunication services to "electronic communications" which encompasses what you segment as traditional telecommunication services and ICT and internet. 

Salanieta - 
 
   I am not certain that I understand your point; in particular, I believe we 
   are agreed that many organizations and governments are making use of 
   the term "Telecommunications" today with greater scope than it was used 
   in the ITR's, but is it your assertion that the present ambiguity that results 
   should not be corrected?

Thanks!
/John

Disclaimer:  My views alone.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein 
have the meanings assigned to them based on my neural patterns (which 
are included by reference in this message)

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