Regional ITU Workshop on
Bridging the standardization Gap
(Algiers, Algeria, 26-28 September 2011 )
Raising Standardization Culture in
Developing Countries
Tarek Moh. El Ebiary,
Director, Type Approval
NTRA, Egypt
Algiers, Algeria, 26 – 28 September 2011
Agenda
Counterfeit & Non-complying
Equipment;
II. Impact on ICT market;
III. NTRA best practices curbing low
quality products;
IV. Conclusions;
V. Recommendations.
I.
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I. Counterfeit & Non-complying
Equipments
The legal definition under trademark law
describes counterfeit product as a
product bearing a mark that is identical
with or substantially indistinguishable
from a genuine registered trademark
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I. Counterfeit & Non-complying
Equipments (continued)
Not only Counterfeit equipments &
trademarks have reached the ICT sector,
but also “COPY “ , “FAKE” & Noncomplying products.
“Exact Copy”
“misleading appearance”
Low quality materials
Avoid key manufacturing steps
Reduce Cost
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II. Impact on ICT market
Consumer exposed to money, health &
safety risks;
Non-competitive environment:
Disincentive for investors, International &
Domestic, affecting Trade & Manufacturing,
Losing thousands of jobs,
Reduction of Tax revenues.
Extra burden on Service providers;
QoS, After Sales Services,
Ex: Mobile phone handover 900/1800Mhz-(2009),
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III. Egypt Best Practices
2003: Telecom Act: Considering curbing
counterfeit & non-complying ICT products
Monitoring Importation & Customs ---> Issuing
Clearance permit; (Articles 48 - 77)
Monitoring Compliance & Quality ---> Issuing
Type Approval Certificate; (Articles 44 -48)
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
Equipments compliance achieved through:
Declaration of Conformity certificate “DoC” or
“FCC ID”, (USA, Canada, Europe, Japan,
South Korea, Australia), (light regime);
Test reports from accredited international test
labs over the 5 continents, (Other countries
not including China), (tight regime);
Verification of Conformity certificate (VoC) &
Pre-shipment
verification
from
NTRA
accredited labs in China, (Special regime);
 ITU / ETSI / CENELEC / IEC standards adopted.
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
Jan 2005: Labeling requirements directives:
Mandatory FCC-ID / CE-NBID Certification
Marks;
More Involvement of Certification bodies;
July 2005: NTRA Internationally Accredited
Test Labs & Certification Bodies published
on NTRA website;
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
2006: NTRA ICT TE Test Lab:
Wireless TE Test Set (3 MHz to 6 GHZ)
Signalling test Mobile GSM 2G/3G,CDMA 2000
FWT, Cordless Phones .9/2.4/5.8 GHz,
HF/VHF/UHF Transceivers);
1.88-1.9Ghz DECT phones;
Analogue wired phones;
EMC Test system (Immunity/Emission, Semianechoic chamber) (RFP – Jan 2012);
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
2007: Chinese products special arrangement:
CE Verification of Conformity certificate / NTRA
Accredited labs in China;
( BV-ADT, CTTL, Intertek, SGS, TUV )
Based on full testing or issued based on technical evidence
submitted from an internationally recognized lab.
Shipment verification / NTRA accredited Labs in
China;
Manufacturer, importer, Model #, Serial, Qty, Cartons #, …
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III. Egypt Best Practices
USA, EU,
Japan, S.K
Chinese
Equipment
2004 - 2010
Mobile phones
(continued)
2004 2007
2008 2010
1300
19
341
27.69%
920
20
Fixed Phones
639
281
188
73.40%
156
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DECT phones
226
8
54
27.43%
145
19
Wireless Eq.
2282
9
260
11.79%
1881
132
Information
Technology Eq.
1782
15
267
15.82%
1299
201
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2004-2010
2004 - 2010
%
others
2004 - 2010
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
2008: New Market Surveillance Department:
Market Surveillance Plus Type Approval;
Samples collected from market, Cooperation
with Telecom Police;
Market Surveillance policies, strategies,
databases, law enforcement, sales bans, fees
& fines – Coordination with the German
regulator;
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
2010: GSMA Agreement:
White list Weekly update IMEI TAC White list;
2010: Central EIR IMEI database solution:
Combat handset theft issue;
Illegal, Fake, NULL & Cloned IMEIs;
Health & Safety concerns;
5–8% of Handsets developing countries;
3.5M one illegal IMEI (13579024681122)
0.1M Null,0.35M zeros, .5M Fake, .25M Cloned
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III. Egypt Best Practices
(continued)
Central EIR IMEI database solution
NTRA ‘Master’ EIR
“NTRA database”
Develop National
Black list
Management of all
EIR data
Developed
International
White List
ranges
System LVL
GSMA Global Database
(GSMA Agreement)
Lists &
configuration
data
Master/Slave relationship (download-reporting)
Vodafone
‘Slave’ EIR
Etisalat
‘Slave’ EIR
MobiNil
‘Slave’ EIR
Network LVL
Operation /
Authentication
Check IMEI requests with Black, White responses
SS7
MSC
SS7
Vodafone network
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MSC
SS7
Etisalat network
MSC
MobiNil network
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IV. Conclusions
There is market demand for these products due to:
Consumer Standardization awareness &
culture, (20-25%);
Consumer economic status:
•
•
•
•
Low cost / unreliable operational,
High cost / reliable fully functioning,
Small/medium companies,
Ex: Cisco Router 1721,
Counterfeit 250$ , Genuine 1000$
Very weak local manufacturing of ICT TE;
• Reasonable prices for quality products,
•
Support & perform consumer awareness campaigns.
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IV. Recommendations
Adopt balanced Government Policies
encouraging ICT Eq. manufacturing;
towards
Creating manufacturing Competitive environment;
Subsidizing initiation of ICT Eq. Test labs;
Proactive testing training activities;
Aggressive Market surveillance activities;
Raising consumer awareness through campaigns &
introducing Certification Marks,
Regulators R&D departments to work & coop with
research & academic institutes,
Membership & participation in international &
regional standardization meetings, workshops; STGs
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Thank you for your attention
Any Questions?
telebiary@tra.gov.eg
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