“Standardization in ETSI – To build the Information Society for All” KEYNOTE talk 1

1. 20th International Symposium onHuman Factors in TelecommunicationsSophia Antipolis, France, 20-23 March, 2006 “Standardization in ETSI – To build the Information Society for All” KEYNOTE talk 1 Karl Heinz Rosenbrock ETSI Director General

2. Table of Contents • Learning from the past • The Information Society (for All) • The role of (open) standards • What is ETSI? • ETSI in the world • ETSI TC Human Factors • Standardization – for whom? • Future generation • Quo vadis ETSI? • Conclusions

3. Five technological revolutions in 200 years The age of Information Technology 1971 The age of oil, the automobile, petrochemicals and mass production 1908 The age of steel, electricity and heavy engineering 1875 Courtesy Carlota Perez The age of railways, coal and the steam engine 1829 The Industrial Revolution in England 1771 Each brings major changes in the world economy

4. The infrastructure networks of each revolution Are the platforms for competitiveness The age of Information Technology Global digital ICT support networks The age of oil, the automobile, petrochemicals and mass production Electricity, telephone, highways and airways The age of steel, electricity and heavy engineering Transcontinental communications Steamships, railways & telegraph The age of railways, coal and the steam engine Railways, penny post and telegraph Courtesy Carlota Perez The Industrial Revolution in England Canals, turnpike roads and mail coaches

5. What it takes to build a prosperous economy? • Capital • Labor • Ground In addition: Infrastructures for: • Utilities (water, electricity…) • Transports • …Communications & Information/knowledge

6. Development of the Information Society (for All )is ALWAYS the ObjectiveWhat does it mean?

7. Depends on the point of view: • Good chances for everybody • No discrimination • Fair competition • User satisfaction • Connectivity • Excellent ICT infrastructure • Fight the digital divide • Information at the fingertip • Accessibility for all • Business • Etc., Etc.

8. What is an “Information Society” • A society that believes in knowledge and education • …and intends to empower its citizens • Every citizen has access to at least basic connectivity • Every citizen has access to communications services (voice, data, broadcast and entertainment) • Incremental growth and development • An economy that bets on ICT to prosper • ICT increase productivity • Pervasiveness of ICT across sectors • Strong ICT sector = FDI

9. Developing the Information Society is not (only) a question of bits & bytes

10. Also touches upon: Policy makingRegulationTrade policiesInvestment & Financial issuesMarket access related issues (Certification & TA…)Business practicesEtc., Etc.and indeed: STANDARDS

11. Look, how many new players: Industrial players (new businesses, new entrants) Regulatory bodies Standards making organizations (formal or not) More policy makers Industry associations Organizations involved into market access issues Etc…

12. In spite of this plethora,One assumption is shared globally: Liberalization/deregulation is the way! (the « Invisible Hand »)

13. The big plea for freedom! WITHOUT LIMITATION?

14. Without rules, freedom is merely « the freedom of a free fox in a free henhouse »

15. What about STANDARDS in order to bring some order in this business?

16. Will any standards do? (we don’t believe so)

17. In ETSI, there are i.a. three strategic tracks: 1/ Open Standards level the playing field and are a tool for fair competition 2/ Technical standards for business and market benefits 3/ Future is built through Partnerships

18. 1/ Open Standards, a balance of powers • Representation of all market players • Decisions by consensus • Standards are voluntary • Contribute to market openness • A fight against technical barriers to trade

19. 2/ Why invest in standardization?b) Regulators & policy makers’ perspective • Reference to standards & recommendations for: licencing schemes, tenders, optimum spectrum usage, numbering, dispute resolution etc. • To structure the market on a long term basis with a view to cater to the end user interests. • In that perspective, standardization’s agenda is ahead • Regulators & policy makers: • Identify potential regulatory issues embedded in standard-making • Impact on elaboration of standards to fulfill: competition rules, obligations provided by Directives optimum use of scarce resources, etc.

20. In case you think standardization is for idealists… ICT sector is a 650 billion US $ per annumglobal industry, the largest sector in the world, accounting for more than 2%of world GDP andrepresenting nearly 20% of world trade. (lirne.net) Up to 80% of trade (equivalent to $4 trillion annually) is affected by standards or associated technical regulations (Estimate OECD)

21. 3/ Future is built through partnership • From a technical point of view: Do-it all alone strategy, a recipe for disaster! Let’s become partner with the most relevant players in every domain. • From a regional point of view: Build bridges to other regions In order to increase market relevance and market reach of ETSI’s deliverables. • Combination of both: the partnership project model

22. http://www.etsi.orghttp://portal.etsi.org What is ETSI? • A European standards organization • Officially recognized by the EU & EFTA • Setting globally-applicable standards for • Telecommunications, in general • Radio communications, especially mobile • Broadcasting, and • Related topics • Active in all areas of ICT • An independent, non-profit organization, created in 1988 • Offering direct participation of all members • We have more than 16,000 publications → available for free!

23. ETSI We are the home of the GSM™ standards… … and of a lot of others, e.g. ISDN, DECT, DAB, DVB …

24. ETSI …and a founding Partner in The 3rd Generation Partnership Project

25. History of ETSI (1) • We grew out of the European conference ofPost and Telecoms administrations (CEPT) • Established in 1988 • 10 countries were proposed for location of premises: • 3 rounds of voting eventually chose Sophia Antipolis • 1st Director General: Professor Diodato Gagliardi • Accommodation provided by France Telecomcompleted in 1990 and extended in 1991/92 main building

26. ETSI’s Vision (April 2005) ETSI is the preferred organisation for the ICT industry and other stakeholders, to develop standards and specifications for the global market, and to support regional initiatives as appropriate.

27. ETSI’s Mission • The mission of ETSI is to develop globally applicable deliverables meeting the needs of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) community, whilst supporting EU and EFTA regulation and initiatives. • In order to achieve its mission, • ETSI favours international collaboration.

28. ETSI’s Three Primary Roles 1 (3) • As a European Standards Organization (ESO) • Only ETSI can produce Harmonized Standardsin the area of telecommunications used to satisfy EC Directives • ETSI is directly involved in EC,(RSCOM, RSPG and TCAM)influencing spectrum allocation and requirements to place radiocommunications products on the market • ETSI is directly involved in CEPT ECC(influencing spectrum harmonization)

29. ETSI’s Three Primary Roles 2 (3) • Standards for the Global market place • ETSI prepares standards intendedto meet international and global needs (e.g., GSM, UMTS (IMT2000), DECT, DVB) • ETSI works in close collaboration with other worldwide standardization bodies via specific agreements, Global Standards Collaboration, and Partnership Projects. • Global market acceptance is proof of ETSI’s international success

30. ETSI’s Three Primary Roles 3 (3) • ETSI as a Service Provider (SP) • Providing an interoperability servicePlugtestsTM is open to all • Providing forum hosting and secretariat services (Forapolis) • Etc.

31. Changes during ETSI's lifetime • Monopoly  Competition • Hardware & Technology Software & Applications • Telecommunications Internet • Subscriber Client • Separate disciplines  Convergence/Integration

32. How to create standards in an environment characterized by permanent change?

33. ETSI’s innovations • Direct representation in standards-making • Specialist Task Forces (Project Teams) • An open and due process • ISO 9001:2000 certification since 1994 • Standards for free • Products matched to market needs • Competence Centres • Electronic workingsince 1996

34. Positioning ETSI • Globalization, convergence • The International Telecommunications Union ITU) remains ETSI’s global partner of choice • ETSI is ready for international partnerships • ETSI is ready to broaden its scope, preferably in good partnerships • "Time to market" remains a critical issue

35. ETSI's fixed network work includes… • Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) • Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) • Fax, modems, etc • Telecommunications networks • XDSL (ADSL, etc) • Cable distribution systems • Exchange equipment • Protocols • Power line telecommunications • Safety • Speech recognition • SMS/MMS for fixed networks • Next Generation Networks

36. ETSI's wireless work includes… • Mobile • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS • Railway communications, PMR • Cordless (DECT) • Spectrum matters & electromagnetic compatibility • Wireless Local Area Networks • TETRA & other public safety systems • Broadcasting • Satellite communications • Short range radio devices • Aeronautical and marine radio • Wireless medical devices • Ultra wideband (UWB) • Intelligent Transport Systems • RFID

37. Four types of Member • Full Members • Established in geographical area of Europe (as defined by CEPT) • Committed to ETSI Statutes and Rules of Procedure • Associate Members • Committed to ETSI’s work, but without a presence in the geographical area of CEPT Europe • Observers • Entitled to be full Member, but not wishing to participate in ETSI’s technical work • Counsellors • Representatives of European Commission and EFTA Secretariat

38. Five Categories of Member • Administrations, Administrative Bodies and National Standards Organizations • Network Operators • Manufacturers • Users • Service Providers, Research Bodies, Consultancy Companies/Partnerships, and others

39. 39 104 Full Members 501 Associate Members Observers ETSI membership (March 2006) • 501 Full Members from 37 European countries • 104 Associate Members from 21 non-European countries • 39 Observers -------------------- 644 TOTAL from 58 countries

40. GeneralAssembly Board IMPACT ES FC ETSISecretariat Financecommittee International Marketing & Promotional Activities SpecialCommittees "Technical Organization" Joint ETSI-ECMACommittee "TechnicalBodies" JEEC EPPs SAGE TCs EPs Security Algorithms Group of Experts ETSI Projects ETSI Partnership Projects TechnicalCommittees Operational Co-ordination Group OCG EMTEL USERS User Group Emergency Telecommunications ETSI Structure

41. Technical Organization • Produces and approves technical standards • Work programme determined by ETSI Members • Consists of Technical Bodies (TB) • Technical Committees (TC) • ETSI Projects (EP) • ETSI Partnership Projects (EPP) • More than 200 groups • More than 3500 experts

42. ETSI Secretariat • Mission: • To serve ETSI Members and help them maximize the return on their investments in standardization, by anticipating their needs and responding rapidly and efficiently to their requests • Around 100 staff, based in Sophia Antipolis • Providing technical, project, administrative and logistical support to the ETSI community

43. ETSI Secretariat • Supports all activities of the Institute • Around 100 staff, which comprise: • ‘Mobile Competence Centre’ • ‘Fixed Competence Centre’ • ‘Radio Competence Centre’ • ‘Protocols and Testing Competence Centre’ • Plugtests™ service • Forapolis service • Additional technical experts on a full time basis in Specialist Task Forces (STF) • based at ETSI headquarters • at any time, about 30 STFs, 100 experts

44. ETSI Deliverables • ETSI Technical Specifications (TSs) • ETSI Technical Reports (TRs) • Approved by the TC or Project concerned • Traditional approvalor web-based voting • ETSI Standards (ESs) • ETSI Guides (EGs) • Approved by the full ETSI membership • Web-based voting tool • European Standards (ENs, telecommunications series) • Approved by National Delegations, through the National Standards Organizations (NSOs) • Web-based voting tool Fast to publish Fast + approved by all Members Wide, formalacceptance

45. ETSI in the World

46. GTSC GRSC ETSI’s relations with ITU, IEC & ISO and Standards Bodies International bodies ITU-T ITU-R JTC1 Fora / Consortia Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) • DECT Forum • DVB Project Group • EBU • GSM Association • IEEE • IMTC • IPv6 Forum • TETRA Forum • UMTS Forum • & 50+ others CENELEC CEN

47. Global Standards Collaboration Interregional collaboration on selected standardization subjects between ARIB(Japan) TTC(Japan) ISACC (Canada) TTA(Korea) TIA (USA) ITU(International) ATIS (USA) ACIF(Australia)

48. ETSI Partnership Projects • 3rd Generation Partnership Project • specifying a W-CDMA system based on an evolution of the GSM core network, a member of the ITU’s IMT-2000 family • Organizational Partners: • ARIB (Japan), CCSA (China), ETSI, TTA (Korea), TTC (Japan), ATIS (USA) • Market Representation Partners: • GSA, GSM Association, UMTS Forum, IPv6 Forum, 3G Americas, TD-SCDMA Forum • http://www. 3gpp.org

49. ETSI Partnership Projects • Mobile Broadband for Emergency and Safety ApplicationsFormerly: Public Safety Partnership Project • initiated by ETSI Project TETRA (under the name of DAWS) • and by TIA and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) under APCO's Project 34. • Organizational Partners: • ETSI, TIA (USA) • Observers: • ISACC (Canada), TTA (Korea) • http://www. projectmesa.org

50. Co-operation with EC and EFTA • EC: Green Paper on Telecommunications (1987) • Counsellors of ETSI • Contribution to the ETSI Work Programme • ETSI’s official recognition by the EU & EFTA in Summer 1992 • General Guidelines (for co-operation) • Partnership Framework Contract • "Mandated" (contracted) work in support of European regulation and legislation