Overview of SG12 Regional Group for Africa

1. ITU Workshop on “Workshop on Practical measurement of QoS/QoE Parameters for Regulatory Compliance”(Cotonou, Benin, 16-17 July 2012) Overview of SG12 Regional Group for Africa Kwame Baah-Acheamfuor Chair, SG12 RG AFR kwame.baah-acheamfuor@nca.org.gh

2. OUTLINE • Creation of SG 12 RG AFR • Resolutions to its mandate • Objectives • Progress so far • Current Work Plan • Way forward

3. INTRODUCTION • Created during the SG 12 meeting of May 2008. • As a replacement for the Flagship Group which had been in existence since the year 2006. • Created in accordance to WTSA 2008 Resolution 54 • To address the issue of “bridging the standardization gap between developed and developing countries” within the African Region

4. Roadmap to Bridging the Gap

5. OTHER RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS • Resolution 17 – Telecommunication standardization in relation to the interests of developing countries. • Resolution 59- enhancing participation of telecom operators from developing countries. • Resolution 76- Requires ITU-T to develop conformance and interoperability testing Recommendations as quickly as possible.

6. OBJECTIVES (1/2) • To encourage active participation in the work of ITU-T SG 12 by African Regulators and Operators. • To ensure implementation of the ITU-T Recommendations on the Performance/QoS and QoE. • To boost discussions on QoS challenges facing operators and regulators in the continent. • To encourage participation by African countries in the Rapporteurs meetings, workshops and other SG 12 events. • To encourage African Countries to contribute to the work of ITU-T SG 12 and in particular to the New/Revised Recommendations developed by ITU-T SG 12

7. OBJECTIVES (2/2) • To encourage the African countries to collectively participate in QSDG and other QoS related meetings, particularly when such meetings are organized in the Africa Region. • To ensure that ITU-T SG 12 avails relevant information on standards applicable to telecommunication networks including test equipment for QoS monitoring and measuring. • Act as liaison body between African telecommunication operators/regulators and ITU-T SG 12 in matters relating to QoS/QoE. • Provide a list of major Recommendations made by SG 12 and encourage experts to submit Contributions to these Recommendations

8. PROGRESS SO FAR (1/3) • First meeting held in Accra, Ghana, on 18-19 June 2009 (see SG12 RG-AFR–R1–E): • http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12RG.AFR-R-0001/en • Second meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 28 July 2010 (see SG12 RG-AFR-R2–E): • http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12RG.AFR-R-0002/en

9. PROGRESS SO FAR (2/3) • Two adhoc meetings held in Geneva, Switzerland during the ITU-T SG 12 meeting of 25- 27 January ,2011 (see TD 433 rev1 (GEN/12): http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12-110118-TD-GEN-0443/en • Third meeting held in Gaborone, Botswana, on 28-29 July 2011 (see SG12RG-AFR-R3-E:http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12RG.AFR-R-0003/en

10. PROGRESS SO FAR (3/3) • Two adhoc meetings held in Geneva, Switzerland during the ITU-T SG 12 meetings; • 3 November 2011 (see TD 722 (GEN/12): http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12-111031-TD-GEN-0722/en • 1 June 2012 (see TD 886 (GEN/12): http://www.itu.int/md/T09-SG12-120529-TD-GEN-0886/en

11. CURRENT WORKPLAN(1/3)

12. CURRENT WORKPLAN(2/3)

13. CURRENT WORKPLAN(3/3)

14. WAYFORWARD • To support amendment to Resolution 26 for TSB to provide support to Regional Groups 5 and 12 as it does for SG 3 Regional Groups. • To consider amendment to Resolution 40 for WTSA to include aspects of QoS and especially QoE in Regulatory aspects of ITU-T work.