Telecommunications is the major enabler of new ways of working in the 21st Century. There have been dramatic changes in network architecture, service capabilities, and business models in response to emerging needs and applications.

The World Telecommunications Congress(WTC) brings together leading experts from industry, academia and government to map out the future requirements for telecommunications technologies, applications and policy.

WTC builds on the traditions of quality, timeliness and open interaction from its origins in the ISS (International Switching Symposium) and ISSLS (International Symposium on Services and Local Access). Authors are cordially invited to submit papers to WTC 2012, to be held in Miyazaki, Japan.Particularly relevant topics for papers are suggested below: