ITU Workshop on
“Bridging the Standardization Gap”
(Vientiane, Lao People
People’s
s Democratic Republic, 30-31
30 31 July 2012)
TTA’s Activities on
Bridging Standardization Gap
Kihun Kim,,
Deputy Director, TTA
channel@tta.or.kr
@
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Contents
Who is TTA?
Observations?
Experiences of TTA
F t
Pl
Future
Plan
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Contents
Who is TTA?
Observations?
Experiences of TTA
F t
Pl
Future
Plan
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
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Telecom. Technology Association
a W-class organization for ICT Technologies
Planning and setting ICT standards
Testing and certifying ICT products
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Contents
Who is TTA?
Observations?
Experiences of TTA
F t
Pl
Future
Plan
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Insufficiencies
Developing countries insufficient with:
Government Policy;
Government R&D budget;
Personnel in government and/or SDOs;
Standardization expert; and
I d
Industry
participation,
i i
i
etc.
i short,
h t llow llevell off recognition
iti
in
off it
its
importance
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Mandatory Standard
vs Voluntary Standard
vs.
No need for voluntary standard
or no distinction
d
Mandatory standards (Technical Regulation)
regulate
l t th
the market
k t
Need to consider the agreement
of WTO/TBT and the era of
liberalization of telecom. market
: Technology
gy Neutrality
y
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Training or Consultation
Recognizing needs for training programs on:
Adopting
d
internationall standards
d d into nationall standards
d d
Which international standards should be chosen
Which elements need to keep vs. which elements need to be
modified
Relationship between technical regulation and standards
Any other considerations
Participating international standard meetings;
General introduction of ITU, APT, ETSI, IEEE, etc.
Their working methods
Way to acquire information at SDOs
SDOs’ websites
Way to draft and present contribution
Way to convene a meeting, etc.
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Contents
Who is TTA?
Observations?
Experiences of TTA
F t
Pl
Future
Plan
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ITU Initiatives::1
Measuring standardization gap
Standardization
St
d di ti
D
Development
l
tL
Ladder
dd
Standards Capability Index (w/ TTA)
Tools for Assessing Standards Capability
Entering proposals at WTSA
on future study questions
and work programmes
N i ti representatives
Nominating
t ti
as study group chairs, vice
chairs. rapporteurs , focus
group chairs etc
Gi i contributions
t ib ti
Giving
att
Study Groups and
related meetings
Attracting
g ITU meetings
g
and/or regional groups
(Res 54)
Going to Study
Groups and related
meetings
ITU Sector or Associate
Membership
National training and
capacity -building in use of
ITU Recommendations
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Growing usage of ITU
Recommendations
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ITU Initiatives::2
Case study and Best practices
St d di ti
Standardization
W/S & Tutorial
T t i l
(e.g.) ITU-T Workshop on Bridging Standardization
Gap and Interactive Session in AP countries
organized by ITU and TTA
supported by Korean Communication Commission (KCC)
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Measurement Tool-SCI::1
Background
Standardization
S
d d
Ladder
dd developed
d
l
db
by TSB
S
is intuitive, but needs further examinations,
in p
particular,, activities at national level
If we could measure and quantify standardization
capability, we could understand where the gap comes
from
Objective
Identifying components involving in standardization
activities
Indexing standardization capabilities
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Measurement Tool-SCI::2
Components
Legislation and Policy;
Standardization System;
Research and Development (R&D);
Human Resources;
I
International
i
lS
Standardization
d di
i
A
Activities;
i ii
ICT Infrastructure.
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Consultation Program::1
Background
Countries
C
t i iin A
Asia-Pacific
i P ifi region
i
fface diffi
difficulties
lti
in procedural and technical expertise in ICT
standardization
Consultancy project is recognized as an
important action plan by ITU WTSA Resolution
44 & ITU PP Resolution
Resol tion 123
Objective
Enriching standardization capabilities in terms of
p
gy
procedures and technology
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Consultation Program::2
Consultation Procedure
St
Step
1:
1
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Select a beneficiary country (1 per year))
Identify requirements
Setup
p task force g
groups
p (both parties)
Conduct consultation
(2-4 times, depending on requirements)
Step 5:
Step 6:
Spot visit (to Rep
Rep. of Korea)
Final Report
Composition of Task Force Group
Procedural topics : mainly TTA staff (about 5-10 experts)
Technical topics : TTA members
(about 5-10 experts)
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Consultation Program::3
Topics for Procedural Consultation
Legislation
L
i l ti
fframework
k off ICT standardization
t d di ti
Diagnosis on current standard setting process,
and suggestions
Suggestions for topics for R&SD
Relationship
p between mandatory
y and voluntary
y
standard
Guide for setting up standard developing body
C
di
t
tto iinternational
t
ti
l
Corresponding
system
standardization activities, like ITU, APT, etc.
* All the above topics include case studies of various foreign
countries
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Consultation Program::4
Topics for Technical Consultation
Year 2008 : NGN in General
Topics
ITU T NGN and
d
ITU-T
Applications
Sub items
hit t
d Framework
F
k
NGN A
Architecture
and
Standardization Trend for NGN Application
Service (IPTV,
(IPTV VoIP
VoIP, MoIP)
IMS
Introduction to IMS (IP Multimedia
Subsystem)
NGN S
Standardization
d di
i
and Field Trial
NGN S
Standardization
d di
i
R
Roadmap
d
NGN Service Field Trial
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Consultation Program::5
Topics for Technical Consultation
Year 2009 : Business Experiences and
Considerations for implementation
Topics
Mobile
Comm.
Sub items
Technology Roadmap of Mobile Communication
Business Experiences for Deployment of Mobile Comm.
IPTV
Standardization Roadmap of (mobile) IPTV
: Global trends,, Standardization Items,, Government policy
p
y direction,, etc
Implementation of IPTV Content Delivery network and
NG-CD Technology
NGN
Standardization Roadmap of NGN
: Global trends, Standardization Items, Government policy direction, etc
Considerations for Implementation of NGN
An Experience
A
E
i
ffor Development
D
l
t off NGN Application
A li ti
S
Services
i
i
in
Korea
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Consultation Program::6
Topics for Technical Collaboration
Year 2010 : Business Experiences and
Considerations for implementation
Topics
Mobile
Comm.
Sub items
Business experiences in implementation of WiMax
: Service Providers’ perspectives
Business experiences in implementation of WiMax
: Vendors’ perspectives
Digital
Broad
Broadcasting
Implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television System Software
Upgrade Standard and 3D technology in Korea
Business experiences in implementation of Mobile TV and SDMB
IPTV
Business experiences in implementation of IPTV
Implementation of IPTV Content Delivery network and
NG CD Technology
NG-CD
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Consultation Program::6
Topics for Technical Collaboration
Year 2011 : Business Experiences and
Considerations for implementation
Topics
Sub items
Conformance assessment activities in Korea
Emergency
Comm.
Emergency Communication and Disaster Management
Broadband
Technology
NGN Deployment and Its Consideration
Broadband Applications including VoIP
Mobile
Comm
Comm.
4G Technologies and spectrum issues
Mobile Wimax service experience
LTE and Network Evolution
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Contents
Who is TTA?
Observations?
Experiences of TTA
F t
Pl
Future
Plan
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Future Plan
Procedural Consultation
spot visit (to Korea)
develop final report
Continue to provide consultation program to
AP country
Collaboration program with AfDB(Africa
p
Development
Bank))
ICT training program
ICT expert
dispatch
program
p
p
p
g
Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
Thank you !
Contact information
Mail
M il
: channel@tta.or.kr
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l@tt
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Phone : +82 31 724 0071
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