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Chaesub Lee

b. 1901

Korean telecommunication executive

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About Chaesub Lee

Born 1901. Chaesub Lee was a South Korean.

Chaesub Lee PhD (Korean: 이재섭) is a telecommunication executive who served as the Director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, the permanent secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) from 2015 until 2022.

Early career In 1986 Lee started working at Korea Telecom, where he worked for 17 years. Following this, Lee worked at Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) for eight years.

ITU involvement Lee was the Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group Next-Generation Networks (FG-NGN), as well as the Vice-Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group IPTV. At the 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai, Lee was elected to a second term. As Director, Lee oversees the Standardization work undertaken by the ITU-T Study Groups, such as ITU-T Study Group 13 on network standards, ITU-T Study Group 16 on multimedia standards, and ITU-T Study Group 17 on security standards, as well as the various Focus Groups, such as the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health and the Focus Group on Machine Learning for 5G, which developed Y.3172.

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Important facts

Born
1901
Birth century
Employers
International Telecommunication Union, KT Corporation, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Frequently asked questions

Who was Chaesub Lee?

Korean telecommunication executive

When was Chaesub Lee born?

Chaesub Lee was born in 1901.

What nationality was Chaesub Lee?

Chaesub Lee was South Korean.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Chaesub Lee

· Wikidata: Q58303287

· DBpedia: Chaesub Lee

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