The creation of a ubiquitous consumer wireless world through strategic ITU-T standardization

The theme of this article is a proposed global wireless communications environment - ubiquitous consumer wireless world - enabled through the strategic creation of International Telecommunication Union standards. Specifics include new consumer identity module cards, new network- independent and location-independent personal IPv6 addresses, new protocol and interface infrastructures underpinning trusted thirdparty authentication, authorization, and accounting services, and new consumer-oriented incoming call connection services.