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Standardized digitized image set on CD-ROM - (ITU-T Recommendation T.24)
This digitized test chart set is an integral part of Recommendation T.24 and is published with it. This set of 409 Mbytes of images digitized with different resolutions includes:
- eight black and white ITU-T reference pages (the "CCITT images");
- test chart No. 4 (BW01);
- one legibility test chart;
- seven bi-level half-tone images made by processing gray-scale images with different algorithms;
- test chart No. 5 (CT01);
- two gray-scale images;
- test chart No. 6 (4CP01);
- 14 colour images with different resolutions and in different colour spaces (YUV, CMYK, RGB, CIELAB);
- low-contrast gray-scale images.
(Paper + CD-ROM)

ITU-T K.91 - Guide on electromagnetic fields and health

Radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure levels from mobile and portable devices during different conditions of use

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for wireline telecommunication network equipment

Guidance for assessment, evaluation and monitoring of human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields

Monitoring of electromagnetic field levels

Electromagnetic field compliance assessments for 5G wireless networks

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for power equipment in telecommunication facilities

Electromagnetic field strength inside and outside of electric vehicles using wireless power transfer technology

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for DC power ports of telecommunication network equipment in frequencies below 150 kHz

Guide for the application of electromagnetic security requirements - Overview

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for digital cellular mobile communication base station equipment

Electromagnetic field compliance assessments for 5G wireless networks

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for electrical equipment in telecommunication facilities

Case studies of radio frequency- electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) assessment

Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for radio telecommunication equipment

Emission levels and test methods for wireline telecommunication networks to minimize electromagnetic disturbance of radio services

Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances

Case studies of radio frequency- electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) assessment

Guidance for assessment, evaluation and monitoring of human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields

Monitoring of electromagnetic field levels

Operating telecommunication facilities using lightning strikes data obtained from lightning location systems

Resolution 72 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Measurement concerns related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields

Resolution 74 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Enhancing participation of Sector Members from developing countries in the work of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Resolution 79 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - The role of telecommunications/information and communication technologies in handling and controlling e-waste from telecommunication and information technology equipment and methods of treating it

Resolution 89 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Promoting the use of information and communication technologies to bridge the financial inclusion gap

ITU-T E.800 series - QoS/QoE framework for the transition from network oriented to service oriented operations

Speech communication requirements for emergency calls originating from vehicles

Migration scenarios from legacy networks to NGN in developing countries

Monitoring of electromagnetic field levels in Latin America

U4SSC - Circularity to Promote Local Businesses and Digitization

U4SSC - City Snapshot - More og Romsdal, Norway

U4SSC - City Snapshot - TROMSØ, NORWAY

U4SSC - Verification Report - TROMSØ, NORWAY

Relaxing IMPORTS clause to allow importation of definitions from new versions of a given module

LS/i on draft new Report on production, emission and exchange of closed captions for worldwide language character sets (Latin and non-Latin) [from ITU-R WP6B]
Source: ITU-R WP6B
Study Questions: Q26/16

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Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription, social media company Meta said Tuesday, bowing to pressure from Brussels over privacy and digital competition concerns.

Meta Platforms has been offering European Union an ad-free subscription option for about a year to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules, but regulators had accused the company of giving people a false choice.

The company said in a blog post that while people will still be able to choose between the subscription and existing free versions, it would also start giving free users an extra option over the coming weeks to see digital ads that are less personalized.

This means ads will be targeted at users based only on what they see during their current session on Facebook or Instagram going back no more than two hours, plus minimal personal information such as age, location, gender as well as how they engage with ads.

Data from all of a user’s previous time spent on Facebook or Instagram, which is typically combined to precisely target an individual with tailored ads, won’t be used.

“While this new choice is designed to give people an additional control over their data and ad experience, it may result in ads that are less relevant to a person’s interests,” Meta said in a blog post. “That means people will see ads that they don’t find as interesting. This drop in relevance is inevitable given that drastically reduced data is being used to show these less personalized ads to people.”

People who choose the new option will see ad breaks that can’t be skipped for a few seconds, Meta said.

European Union regulators had accused Meta of breaching the 27-nation bloc’s digital rules when it gave user the option to pay a monthly fee to avoid being targeted by ads based on their personal data.

The U.S. tech giant had rolled out the option after the European Union’s top court ruled Meta must first get consent before showing ads to users, in a decision that threatened its business model of tailoring ads based on individual users’ online interests and digital activity.

The company also said Tuesday it’s slashing monthly subscription prices for the ad-free option. Web users will pay 5.99 euros ($6.36), down from 9.99 euros previously, while iPhone and Android users will be charged 7.99 euros instead of 12.99 euros, which includes commissions charged by the Apple and Google mobile app stores.

Meta’s new subscription model could hit the company’s lucrative digital ad business in one of its biggest markets. The company said it has already factored the new offering into its most recent business outlook and financial guidance.

The options are available to users 18 and older in the EU’s 27 member countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

—Kelvin Chan, Associated Press business writer

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