Experiences and Considerations for BSG

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

2. Contents • What has TTA been doing? • What has TTA observed? • What will TTA be doing?

3. Part I Experiences Considerations Directions • 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?

4. Consultation Program::1 Experiences Considerations Directions • 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

5. Consultation Program::2 Experiences Considerations Directions • 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 (4~5 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)

6. Consultation Program::3 Experiences Considerations Directions • Topics for Procedural Consultation • Legislation framework of ICT standardization • Diagnosis on current standard setting process, and suggestions • Suggestions for topics for R&SD • 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

7. Consultation Program::4 Experiences Considerations Directions • 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

8. Consultation Program::5 Experiences Considerations Directions • Topics for Technical Consultation • Year 2009 : Business Experiences and Considerations for implementation

9. Measurement Tool-SCI::1 Experiences Considerations Directions • Background • Standardization Ladder developed by TSB is intuitive, butneeds 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

10. Measurement Tool-SCI::2 Experiences Considerations Directions • Components • Legislation and Policy; • Standardization System; • Research and Development (R&D); • Human Resources; • International Standardization Activities; • ICT Infrastructure.

11. Part II Experiences Considerations Directions • What has TTA been doing? • What has TTA observed? • Insufficient resources • Mandatory vs. Voluntary Standard • Need for training programmes • What will TTA be doing?

12. Insufficiencies Experiences Considerations Directions • 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

13. Mandatory Standard vs. Voluntary Standard Experiences Considerations Directions • 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

14. Training Programme Experiences Considerations Directions • 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

15. Part III Experiences Considerations Directions • What has TTA been doing? • What has TTA observed? • What will TTA be doing? • Consultation programme with SCI • Training programmes

16. Future Directions Experiences Considerations 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.

17. Mail : jongbong@tta.or.kr • Phone : +82 31 724 0061 Thank you ! Contact information