The Strategic Role of ICT Standards in
Fostering the Aviation and Airline
Industries
Mondher MAKNI,
Chief Marketing Officer
TELNET GROUP
Email: Mondher.Makni@Groupe-Telnet.net
Expert Dialogue on Real-time Monitoring of Flight Data,
including the Black Box - the Need for International
Standards in the Age of Cloud Computing and Big Data
26-27 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TELNET GROUP OVERVIEW
 TELNET, an International Product Engineering & Services Group
Specialized in Consulting, Innovation and High Technologies.
 Created in 1994, TELNET has over the years became a Leading
Regional and International service provider in the R&D of High
Technology and Mission Critical Application Development covering many
vertical sectors such as Automotive and Avionics.
 Since its creation, TELNET has continously been expanding its skills in
order to guarantee to its customers a high-quality engineering services
based on ethics and the full compliance of intellectual property right
protection.
 TELNET is considered as a major actor in innovation
and high
technologies in Africa & Middle East and holds a strong reputation and
technological expertise image.
TELNET GROUP OVERVIEW
$ Approximate of $30 million USD annual revenue in 2013
 Average yearly growth rate of 15% for the past 5years
 Listed on Tunis Stock Exchange since April 2011.
 Planned to be listed on major European Stock Exchange in Q4 2014.
Annual Revenu Growth in (M €) 2007-2013
Répartition du CA 2013 par activité
25
POLE TELECOM
(Télécom, DECT, Multimédia)
POLE AVIONIQUE
20
4%
3%
15
18%
10%
16%
POLE SYSTEME D'INFORMATION
POLE MONETIQUE
9%
10
POLE AUTOMOBILE
14%
POLE SECURITE
POLE INDUSTRIE
20%
5
0
2007 2008
2009 2010
2011 2012
2013
6%
POLE MECANIQUE ET SERVICES
PLM
POLE DEPLOIEMENT ET
INTEGRATION RESEAUX
TELNET GROUP OVERVIEW
 Work force of 600 employees with 550 engineers.
 Engineers graduated from the best engineering schools in Tunisia, Europe and North America.
TELNET focus its devolopment on partenerships with its customers as well as skills set
capabilities, personal qualities and the ambitions of it employees.
 Capability of fast ramp-up.
 International mobility.
Head Count Growth between 2007-2013
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2007
2009
2011
2013
TELNET GROUP OVERVIEW
- 2 Front Offices in Europe (France & Germany)

- 1 Branch office in North America (Houston)

- 1 Branch Office in UAE (Dubaï)
- 1 Branch Office in Algeria
- 4 R&D back office facilities in Tunisia
TELNET Global Foot Print
- TELNET legal presence (Branch Offices & Affiliated Companies)
- 3 sites in Tunis and 1 site in Sfax (Presence through projects)
Product Engineering
Services
-
- Hardware & Software Embedded Systems.
- Integrated Systems Development &
Computing Platforms.
- Design and Prototyping in Electronics and
Microelectronics both Analog & Digital.
- Mechanical Engineering.
Application Domains
e-Money & smart cards
Industry
Networks
Information
Systems
Telecommunications
Automotive &
Transportation
Multimedia
Mechanical
Security
Defense & Avionics
Automotive &
Transportation
- Embedded development of ECU engine control & cabin equipments
- ECU engine control for petrol/ GPL / GNV / Flex Fuel.
- ECU for energy management in the Electrical motor(energy converters).
- Embedded development of multimedia equipments.
- Embedded development of automotive Instrument Clusters.
Embedded development for ECU
(petrol drive / Electric drive / GPL /
GNV)
Embedded development for
Suspension Unit / ABS
Defense & Avionics
- Embedded Development & Tests Benches for Avionics Sub-Systems:
-Avionic Reports (A380 – A350).
-Software ECU of braking / steering landing gear .
-Development on control units of inertial units (CDU).
- Hardware Design, Prototyping & Testing (DO-254 & DO-160)
-Creation and execution of unit tests (DO178-B) Simulators for avionics.
-Software development of test benches for avionics ECU.
-Development of tools for analysis of the flight data.
Simulator development
Embedded Devolopment- CDU
Processing of flight data
Biometrics & Security
- Civil Security Systems & border Monitoring .
- Development of civil security systems.
- Development of border Monitoring systems.
- Development of generic components used in sub security systems.
- Sub security systems Validation.
Development of border Monitoring
systems.
Development of civil security
systems.
Product Life-Cycle Management
EXAMPLES
CAD & Simulation : Special
machine design, …
CAM & Industrialization:
Aircraft structures, …
CAE :
Numerical simulation of
aircraft braking systems;
Calculation and simulation in
the field of Energy;
The Strategic Role of ICT Standards in
Fostering the Aviation and Airline Industries
 Multiple Stake Holders are involved for ICT standardization
in aviation and airline Industries:
1.
AirCraft Manufacturers, Tier 1 equipment suppliers
and Service Providers
2.
Airlines Companies; Local & National Civil Aviation
and Airports Authorities
3.
Regional/Sub Regional Air Transportation Agencies,
Air Traffic Controllers & Safety Boards (FAA, EASA,
AATC, EUROCONTROL, NTSB, etc….)
4. Global Aviation Agencies and Standardization Bodies
(ICAO, IATA, ETSI, ANSI, etc…)
The Strategic Role of ICT Standards in
Fostering the Aviation and Airline
Industries
- New mission critical industry standards (D0178, DO254) are been
adopted to develop a new breed of avionics sub-systems in modern
aviation industry
- Non Regression Testing standards (DO160) of onboard equipment
is becoming more and more rigorous to insure compliance and
interoperability with existing systems
-Accreditation, test Labs, Certification, Regulations and Mutual
Recognition Agreements ( MRAs) are becoming more and more
critical.
- New domain specific QMS are imposed by equipments
manufacturers and service providers (CMMi, EN9100, SPICE,
TL9000, ISO27000, etc….)
The Role of ICT Standards
In Fostering New Developments in
Avionics for Industry
Avionics Communications
The ICT standard for airline reservation systems
Professional services
Passenger services
• In-flight entertainment
Audio entertainment
The Embedded
IT systems in new generation
of
Aircraft
Airport / Ground
 Video entertainment
airplanes
 Safety Alerts
 Air traffic control
 Games
 Collision
 Air traffic
 Maps
Avoidance
management
• In-flight connectivity
The ICT standard
for ground operation
in airports
 Flight Control
 Airport surface
 Internal telephony
Systems
movement
 Satellite telephony
 Landing Systems
guidance
 Mobile telephony
The IT standard
in Ground to Air operations
 Navigation
 Navigation
 Data communication
services
services
 Wi-Fi
The IT standard for In-flight Entertainment (IFE)
Systems in airplanes
The
- Service
ITproviders
standard
- Billing
-…
for Online Services used in aircrafts
The Strategic Role of ICT Standards in
Fostering the Aviation and Airline Industries
ITU role in ICT Standards development for aviation and airline
industries can be driven by:
 Airline industry is becoming more and more ICT centric
 Larger population access to air transportation worldwide
driven by global trends in economy thus leading to stronger
demands on new breed of aircarfts (bigger capacity, fuel
efficiency, etc….)
 Growth in airline industry coming from new emerging markets
in Asia, Africa and Middle East.
 Deregulation & Open Sky initiatives leading to the
development of low cost carriers thus putting more pressure on
incumbent airlines to compete on prices but yet offering new
services driven by ICT to improve margins (IFE, Online
applications, TV access, etc…)
The Strategic Role of ICT Standards in
Fostering the Aviation and Airline Industries
Challenges for ICT Standards adoption in aviation and airline
industries are related to:
 Existence of large panel of proprietary applications and
systems in use in the industry for many years
 Issues regarding security, liability, privacy of data related to
aircarfts, passengers and ground systems involving multiple
stake holders
 Interoperability of existing and new systems and applications
 Wide differences over standards implementation readiness in
various regions of the globle (Africa/Asia/Europe/Americas)
Telnet Activity Within ITU-T
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ITU-T Member since 2009.

Active participation in ITU-T SG 15; 16, 17 & M2M eHealth Focus Group

Major ITU-T Event participations:
ITU-T SG 16 participations Geneva 20-23 July, 2010 :
1. ITU-T Inter-operability Event on IPTV
2. ITU-T WP3/SG16 JCT-VC Meeting
ITU-T SG 16 participations Geneva 16-23 March, 2011: ITU-T
WP3/SG16 JCT-VC Meeting .High Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC)
Joint ITU - AICTO Workshop on “Interoperability of IPTV in the Arab
region, Dubai Sept 2011
ITU Telecom World, Geneva Oct 2011
ITU-T SG – 16 Participation Geneva 21-30 Nov, 2011: ITU-T WP3/SG16
JCT-VC Meeting High Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC), :
ITU-T Focus Group M2M for healthcare services, Sept 2012
ITU & CERT Forum on “Conformance and Interoperability” for the
Arab and African Regions, Tunisia Nov 2012
ITU Global Standard Symposium; Dubai, UAE, 19 November 2012
Call for ITU led initiative regarding ICT standardization workshop in
avionics and airline industry, June 2013.
Thank You for Your Attention
TELNET TECHNOCENTRE, Tunisia
Address : TELNET TECHNOCENTRE, Rue du Lac Léman - 1053 Les berges du Lac - Tunis - Tunisia
Tel. : +216 71 860 233
Fax : +216 71 860 069
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