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Survey Report on ICT Related Fora Activities

This report provides an analysis of the activities of information and communication technology related fora, including a special focus on home networks. It covers new fora, changes in forum names, and forum activities by objective field, purpose, and number of members. The report also identifies trends and barriers in standardization activities and proposes collaboration among different standardization organizations.

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Survey Report on ICT Related Fora Activities

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  1. gsc11_open_19 Survey Report on Activities of Information and Communication Technology Related Fora(Version 12) Fumio ONIMARU Leader Technology Research Advisory Group The Telecommunication Technology Committee May 2006

  2. Technology Research Advisory Group 1. Name: Technology Research Advisory Group (TAG) 2. Objectives: • To advise TTC for its activities directions and work efficiency by conducting studies and analyses of the world movement in the information and communication standardization, which leads to the improvement of TTC’s attractiveness as well as member fee effectiveness. (2) To make the survey report available on the TTC web site for free and effective utilization by the industry and improve presence of TTC in general.

  3. Technology Research Advisory Group 3. Activities • Forum Survey:Survey and report on fora’s activities (annually) • Study on a special issue:Per request basis from inside or outside of the group • To study feasibility of collaboration with similar activities of other PSOs of GSC members. 2006 2007 2008 Forum survey Report version 15 ▽ Report version 14 ▽ Report Version 13 ▽ △ GSC11 Other activities

  4. Profile (1) • Published the first version of report both in Japanese and in English in 1995 (Version 12 is published this year) • Investigation consignment work at the beginning from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications • Starting Web publication from FY 2000 both in Japanese and in English • http://www.ttc.or.jp/e/inv/index.html • http://www.ttc.or.jp/j/forum/index.html

  5. Profile (2) • Survey reports has been quoted by many people and organizations such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Japan Fair Trade Commission and private research institutes • University professors widely referred in their academic books and reports • De facto standardization part was contributed in TTC’s 20th Anniversary Memorial Publication (March, 2006)

  6. Outline of 12th version of Fora Survey Report(Contents) 1. Introduction 2. Analysis of Forum Activities 2.1 New fora, fora with their names changed and deleted fora in fiscal year 2005 2.2 Analysis by objective field 2.3 Analysis by purpose of activities 2.4 Analysis by number of participating members 3. Topics – Home Networks Related Fora 4. Conclusion 5. List of fora

  7. Outline of 12th version of Fora Survey Report(Analyses and Results) 1. New fora, fora with their names changed and deleted fora in FY 2004 • 94 fora were surveyed • 4 fora have been newly surveyed; 4 fora have changed their names; 9 fora have stopped their activities 2. Analyses from viewpoints of objective field, purpose of activities and number of members • To investigate change of market needs analyzing number of fora by objective fields • To investigate change of market needs analyzing purpose of activities • Number of forum members is a barometer of forum activities. Changes of each forum vitality and market needs can be found.

  8. Outline of 12th version of Fora Survey Report(Analyses and Results) 3. Topics – Home Networks Related ForaAnalysis on standardization of home networks • As a topic for this year we extended forum surveillance to home network area. About 50 fora were picked up and surveillance and analysis were given. • Results of Analyses • Similar tendencies were found between home NW fora and ordinary fora in the analyses of objective field, purpose of activities and number of members • Every time at drastic change of internet access methods the number of forum members increased remarkably • New comers such as electric power, broadcasting, AV apparatus and house equipment venders • Relationship with home network related SDOs • Obstacles in standardization in CEs and infrastructures in houses seems to have being removed from lower layers through recent steady standardization activities.

  9. Outline of 12th version of Fora Survey Report(Analyses and Results) 4. Conclusion Standardization activities will be implemented considering following items directly or indirectly; • Diversification of standardization players • Existence of key players • Consideration for end consumers; i.e. accessibility, easy version-up, safety and security • Consideration for joining of new players; review of Rules of Procedure, IPR policy, etc. • Globalization of activities; utilization of ICT technologies

  10. Expectations for collaboration in fora surveillance • Following up the discussions in GSC 10, TTC proposed a collaboration framework in fora surveillance among CCSA, TTA & TTC in April, 2006 and it was agreed. • TTC will propose and prepare; • Implementation schedule • Practical procedures for collaboration • Template for individual forum surveillance • Comprehensive explanation on analyzing method TTC has used and improved for ten years • First report of the collaboration will be provided in GSC 12

  11. Thank you for your attention!

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