Experiences and Considerations for BSG

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Experiences and Considerations for BSG
ITU-T FORUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WTSA-08
DECISIONSAND WORKSHOP ON BRIDGING THE
STANDARDIZATION GAP (Nadi, Fiji, 16-17
September 2009)

• Jongbong PARK
• Director / TTA

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Contents

• What has TTA been doing?
• What has TTA observed?
• What will TTA be doing?

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Part I

• What has TTA been doing?
• A Consultation Programme on ICT Standardization
  for Developing Countries
• A Measurement Tool for Standard Capabilities of
  Developing Countries
• What has TTA observed?
• What will TTA be doing?

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Consultation Program1

• Background
• Countries in Asia-Pacific region face
  difficulties in procedural and technical
  expertise in ICT standardization
• Consultation programme on ICT standardization is
  recognized as an important action by Resolution
  44 of WTSA
• Objective
• Enriching standardization capabilities of
  developing countries by providing procedural and
  technical consultation

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Consultation Program2

• Consultation Procedure
• Step 1 Select a beneficiary country (1 per year)
• Step 2 Identify requirements
• Step 3 Setup task force groups (both parties)
• Step 4 Begin consultation (45 times)
• Step 5 Study visit (to Rep. of Korea)
• Step 6 Report Master Plan
• Composition of Task Force Group
• Procedural topics TTA staff (about 10 experts)
• Technical topics TTA member companies
  (about 10-15 experts)

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Consultation Program3

• Topics for Procedural Consultation
• Legislation framework of ICT standardization
• Diagnosis on current standard setting process,
  and suggestions
• Suggestions for topics for RSD
• Role of government and industry
• Guide for setting up standard setting body
• e.g. Government committee ? Task Group ? Industry
  Forum ? SDO
• Corresponding system to international
  standardization activities, like ITU, APT, etc.
• All the above topics include case studies of
  various foreign countries

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Consultation Program4

• Topics for Technical Consultation
• Year 2008 NGN in General
• Year 2008 NGN in Detail
• Business Experiences for Deploying IPTV, M.Wimax,
  SoIP
• Considerations for IMS Implementation and
  Deployment
• Considerations for deployment of NGN Application
  Service

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Consultation Program5

• Topics for Technical Consultation
• Year 2009 Business Experiences and
  Considerations for implementation

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Measurement Tool-SCI1

• Background
• Standardization Ladder developed by TSB is
  intuitive, but needs further examinations, in
  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-SCI2

• Components
• Legislation and Policy
• Standardization System
• Research and Development (RD)
• Human Resources
• International Standardization Activities
• ICT Infrastructure.

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Part II

• What has TTA been doing?
• What has TTA observed?
• Insufficient resources
• Mandatory vs. Voluntary Standard
• Need for training programmes
• What will TTA be doing?

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Insufficiencies

• Developing countries with insufficient
• Human and Financial resources
• Industry participation
• Recognition of the importance
• People are major element
• Standardization Technology People
• Making people meet togetheris the key
• Incentive for participating a meeting is also
  needed

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Mandatory Standard vs. Voluntary Standard

• No need for voluntary standard or no distinction
• Mandatory standards (Technical Regulation)
  regulate the market
• Need to consider the agreement of WTO/TBT and
  the era of liberalization of telecom. market
  Technology Neutrality

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Training Programme

• Recognizing needs for training programs on
• Participating international standard meetings
• General introduction of ITU, APT, ETSI, IEEE,
  etc.
• Their working methods
• Way to acquire information at SDOs websites
• Way to draft and present contribution
• Way to convene a meeting, etc.
• Adopting international standards into national
  standards
• Which elements need to keep vs. which elements
  need to be modified
• Relationship between technical regulation and
  standards
• Any other considerations

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Part III

• What has TTA been doing?
• What has TTA observed?
• What will TTA be doing?
• Consultation programme with SCI
• Training programmes

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Future Directions

• Need to combine the Consultation Programme and
  SCI (Standard Capability Index)
• Measure standard capability by SCI tool and
  identify the real gap
• Then provide consultation programme to fill the
  gap together with ITU-T
• Consultation topics will be enriched and
  conducted in practical manner
• Provide Training Programmes
• Ways to participate international std. meetings
• Ways to adopt international std. to national std.

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Thank you !
Contact information

• Mail jongbong_at_tta.or.kr
• Phone [phone]