{"id":1546,"date":"2012-12-04T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofcourseimright.com\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2012-12-04T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:25:52","slug":"a-view-from-dubai-and-wtsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"A view from Dubai and WTSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am just back from the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtsa.ae\/\">World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly<\/a> (WTSA) in Dubai, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>.\u00a0 The conference itself sets terms and work plan for the standardization sector of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\">International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/a> for the next four years.\u00a0 This was a political conference, where much jockeying for position ahead of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/wcit-12\/Pages\/default.aspx\">World Conference on International Telecommunication<\/a> will occur this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofcourseimright.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1564\" title=\"Burj Khalifa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofcourseimright.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0076-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Burj Khalifa\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0076-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0076-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>There were debates over seemingly innocuous definitions and terms, like ICT or Operating Authority versus Recognized Operating Authority.\u00a0 I was part of the delegation from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\">ISOC<\/a> as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ietf.org\">IETF<\/a> liaison manager, which meant I mostly observed the proceedings, occasionally speaking with representatives from various countries.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai itself is a lovely city with many activities.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m not sure I could get used to its summer temperatures, in November we enjoyed a pleasant 27\u00b0C, with a bit of a breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Our hosts were quite generous and made us feel welcome.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get a chance to do much sight seeing, but what you are looking at below is my colleague Tony with a friend Mahmoud from Oman, in front of the world&#8217;s tallest building, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burj_Khalifa\">Burj Khalifa<\/a>, one of the most beautiful structures I have ever seen.\u00a0 It is rounded and terraced every 10-15 floors.\u00a0 We were by the Dubai fountains which themselves are an enjoyable spectacle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am just back from the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\u00a0 The conference itself sets terms and work plan for the standardization sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the next four years.\u00a0 This was a political conference, where much jockeying for position ahead of the World Conference on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/?p=1546\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A view from Dubai and WTSA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,87,4],"tags":[455,454,404,456,453],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humanity","category-internet","category-politics","tag-burj-khalifa","tag-dubai","tag-itu","tag-tallest-building","tag-wtsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}