ASTAP

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ASTAP Industry Relations Group-Progress Report
Jin Sung Choi LG Electronics ASTAP Vice
Chairman March 29, 2005
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Review of the last meeting (Aug. 2004)

• Discussed Items
• NGN recommended as a new work area of high
  potential Ubiquitous networking security,
  application platforms and service requirements
  are suggested fields under NGN. Recommended a
  regional NGN Workshop during the 8th ASTAP
  meeting period. gt NGN Workshop was held during
  the 8th ASTAP
• Promotion of industry participationsuggested
  that Standardization based on high interest of
  industry should be considered to promote the
  participation of the industry. Also adaptation of
  already developed conventional technologies for
  developing countries was suggested as a potential
  work area to bring cost effective methods. gt
  should be discussed again in the 9th ASTAP
• Additional potential work items
• User-friendly products and services
• E-Government projects
• Internet-based services

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Vision and Mission of IRG

• As a regional standard body, ASTAP should have
  more close relationships with international
  standard body, ITU
• List up ITU Study Groups closely related with
  ASTAP
• Investigate delegates of Asia Pacific countries
  who attend SGs related with ASTAP
• link appropriate ASTAP Expert Groups with ITU
  SGs/WGs
• Assign an ASTAP(or APT) coordinator between ITU
  SG and ASTAP EG.
• Report annually coordinators activities
• Promotion of ASTAP activities
• Lead to find interest areas for
  manufacturers/operators /academia
• One or two day seminar to promote participation
  from the small industry members
• ASTAP seminar in conjunction with other bodies
  seminar

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Cooperation with Strategic Plan TG

• Participation of the IRG members into SPTG
  meeting
• IRG members should provide IRGs view and
  proposals at SPTG meeting
• Pursuance of official external relationship
• ASTAP achieved MoU with RCC, UMTS Forum, ETSI
  and ATU EG
• Preparatory discussions for ITU-T WTSA shall be
  done in ASTAP
• ASTAP EGs must develop joint contributions to ITU
  to make better influence
• Continuing the establishment of external
  relationships must be done, such as IETF for the
  interest of NGN

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Promoting Industrys Participation

• Incorporate industrys strong interest for new
  work items
• e-government requires significant
  collaboration between governments and industries
• User perspective
• More technical workshops in ASTAP meeting with
  more delegates from industry and academia
• Advertise the activities of ASTAP to the industry
  members by visiting the members countries
• Develop a market report
• Share market information to ASTAP members to all
  ASTAP relevant meetings
• IRG shall collect raw data from members own
  countries

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Action Items

• IRG members shall attend OWMG meeting to
• Submit IRGs views
• Make contribution to the promotion of industry
  participation
• Submit proposals at the plenary meetings

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IRG Action Plan at the Bangkok meeting

• discussion on
• How to cooperate with Strategic Plan Task Group
• External relationships such as ITU
• Interesting work items for industries/operators
• Developing a Market report its contents, if
  agreed