New ITU-T study group leadership was appointed during the World...

New ITU-T study group leadership was appointed during the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, a blog post said (http://bit.ly/RlFoB3). Sherif Guinena of Egypt will replace Marie-Therese Alajouanine of France as chair of the ITU-T study group on numbering. Alajouanine had been appointed to a second and final term four years ago. Vice chairmen come from South Korea, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Brazil, the U.K. and China. Seiichi Tsugawa of Japan will replace Kishik Park of South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute as chairman of the ITU-T study group on economic and policy issues. Park was also chairman for two four-year terms. The study groups are the two most involved in policy issues. Vice chairmen come from Argentina, Ivory Coast, South Korea, Tanzania, Egypt, France and Russia. Leslie Martinkovics of Verizon became vice-chairman, it said. Ahmed Zeddam of France was named chairman of the ITU-T study group on environment and climate change, it said. Arthur Webster with the NTIA was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the study group on broadcast cable and TV, the blog said. Wei Feng of China’s Huawei Technologies was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the study group on protocols and test specifications. Kwame Baah-Acheamfour of Ghana was appointed chairman of the study group on performance and quality of service and experience. Chae-Sub Lee was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the study group on future networks. Steve Trowbridge of Alcatel-Lucent in the U.S. was appointed chairman of the study group on transport and access. Yushi Naito was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the study group on multimedia. Arkadiy Kremer of the Russian Association of Networks and Services was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the study group on security. Bruce Gracie of Industry Canada was appointed to a second four-year term as chairman of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group. China won the most leadership posts with 10. South Korea had nine, Japan eight, followed by the U.S. with seven. Russia, France and the UAE each got five. Egypt, the U.K. and Germany each won four slots. Other countries won a lesser number of slots. Sudan won two leadership slots, including one in the ITU-T study group on security.