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NEED FOR INTEROPERABILITY TO CREATE UNFRAGMENTED MARKETS An Industry View

NEED FOR INTEROPERABILITY TO CREATE UNFRAGMENTED MARKETS An Industry View Georg Lütteke, Philips CE Chairman EICTA Interoperability Task Force. Presentation outline. About EICTA EICTA White Paper on interoperability Market and business impact of interoperability EICTA definition

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NEED FOR INTEROPERABILITY TO CREATE UNFRAGMENTED MARKETS An Industry View

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  1. NEED FOR INTEROPERABILITY TO CREATE UNFRAGMENTED MARKETS An Industry View Georg Lütteke, Philips CE Chairman EICTA Interoperability Task Force ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  2. Presentation outline • About EICTA • EICTA White Paper on interoperability • Market and business impact of interoperability • EICTA definition • Interoperable multivendor environment – based on open standards • Role of governments ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  3. About EICTA • Founded in 1999, is the voice of the Information and Communications Technology and Consumer Electronics Industry in Europe. • Mission • EICTA is dedicated to improving the business environment for the European ICT and CE sector, and to promoting the information and communication technology industry’s contribution to economic growth and social progress in the European Union. • In all, EICTA represents more than 10,000 companies all over Europe with more than 2 million employees and EUR 200 billion in revenues ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  4. Direct Company Members 52 major multinational companies • Adobe • Accenture • Agilent • Alcatel • Apple • Bang&Olufsen • Blaupunkt • Brother International • Bull, • Canon • Cisco • Corning • Dell • EADS • Epson • Ericsson • Fujitsu • Hitachi • HP • IBM • Infineon • Intel • JVC • Kenwood • Konica-Minolta • Lexmark • LG Electronics • Loewe Opta • Lucent • Marconi • Microsoft • Motorola • NEC • Nokia • Nortel • Océ • Panasonic • Philips • Pioneer • Qualcomm • Samsung • Sanyo • SAP • Sharp • Siemens • Sony • Sun Microsystems • Symantec, • Texas Instruments • Thales • Thomson • Toshiba ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  5. National Trade Associations 32 national associations from 24 European countries. • Austria: FEEI; • Belgium: AGORIA; • Czech Republic: SPIS; • Denmark: ITEK, ITB; • Finland: SET; • France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC; • Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI; • Greece: SEPE; • Hungary: IVSZ; • Italy: ANIE, ASSINFORM; • Ireland: ICT Ireland; • Latvia: LITTA; • Lithuania: INFOBALT; • Malta: ITTS; • Netherlands: Nederland-ICT; • Norway: ABELIA, IKT Norge; • Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT; • Slovakia: ITAS; • Slovenia: GZS; • Spain: AETIC; • Sweden: IT Företagen; • Switzerland: SWICO, SWISSMEM; • United Kingdom: INTELLECT; • Turkey: ECID, TESID. ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  6. EICTA and Interoperability • EICTA has long advocated interoperability in specific contexts: eEurope, software, mobile communications, digital broadcasting • Interoperabiliy Task Force set up in September 2003 • Task force produced generic “White Paper on Interoperability” approved by Executive Board on June 21, 2004: systematic analysis, policy summary ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  7. EICTA White Paperon Interoperability • Useful input to a wide range of policy issues • www.eicta.org (look under “Positions”) • Content • Significance of interoperability • Definition • Ways to achieve interoperabilty: Open Standards,…. etc • Role of governments • Conclusions ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  8. Interoperability more important than ever • User satisfaction and confidence • user not actually interested in technology utilized • can services, devices be assumed to work together ? • Richer possibilities -growing risk of fragmentation • more and more functionality – and complexity • Highest stakes: will mass market be achieved ? • Network effects -> Growth, innovation, employment • When will we get there – if ever ? ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  9. Multimedia Value Chain - competition content production content aggregation (services) .... Integration of in value chain technology providers Hardware Software ............. Security In value chain ITC & CE industries as content distribution content presentation user of electronic services business, private ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  10. Business in a convergent environment • End-to-end interoperability makes value chains happen • Convergence caused by digital technologies offers new opportunities • terminal devices becoming hybrids [instead of special purpose] • content and services spilling over borders of traditional vertical “islands” Interoperability is among key factors on how rapidly we get to mass market benefits of convergence ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  11. EICTA definition: Interoperability The ability of two or more networks, systems, devices, applications or components to exchange information between them and to use the information so exchanged • EICTA focus here: technical capability • note: other important factors influence actual ability • to access and consume a service ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  12. Interoperable multivendorenvironment • Main alternative to single vendor based interoperability – or “islands of interoperability” (noninteroperable services) • Independent implementations (devices, services) • Following an available interface specification • “Openness” criteria of specification process (standards organization) for level playing field OPEN STANDARDS BASED INTEROPERABILITY PREFERRED ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  13. Open standard criteria • Control: the evolution of the specification should be set in a transparent process open to all interested contributors • Completeness: the technical requirements of the solution should be specified completely enough to guarantee full interoperability • Compliance: there is a substantial standard-compliant offering promoted by proponents of the standard • Cost:fair reasonable and non-discriminatory access is provided to intellectual property unavoidably used in implementation of the standard ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  14. Governmentsand interoperability • Promote interoperability in procurement • Make government IT systems interoperable • Provide interoperable technologies for use by citizens accessing e-government • Technology neutral approach: Evaluate open source and commercial software solutions objectively • reject mandates for particular development method for ICT products ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

  15. Conclusions • Industry is providing interoperable solutions; effort is increasing to meet growing challenge • Interoperability brings positive impact to innovation, growth, employment and competitiveness • Interoperability is in the interest of all stakeholders – it will not happen by itself – actions needed • Biggest impact: time to mass market benefits • Open standard specifications are key for competitive multivendor environment, including proprietary and open source products • Government procurement to promote open standard based interoperability ETSI Interoperability Workshop 26-05-2005

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