Visit Univ. 16 April 2010 Committed to Connecting the World WTSA-08 Resolution 76: A snap view on Conformance and Interoperability Paolo Rosa Workshops.

Visit Univ. 16 April 2010

Committed to Connecting the World

WTSA-08 Resolution 76: A snap view on

Conformance and Interoperability

Paolo Rosa Head, Workshops and Promotion Division Workshops and Promotion DivisionTelecommunication Telecommunication Standardization Standardization BureauBureau

Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State UniversityBusiness Information Technology

ITU, Geneva April 2010

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•Always on•Anytime, anywhere and in any form

•Voice and multimedia•Self service, intuitive•Simple for the end user•Secure, trusted and reliable

Converged new services: desire for Interoperability

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INTEROPERABILITY

The most complex project ever implemented by mankind is arguably

the phone network.

It couldn’t have been done without interoperable

standards of ITU



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Anybusiness

Anytechnology

Anyequipment

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AnyData, voice,

video



Why the Res. 76

Addressing interoperability as a reason for founding ITU

Major concerns were raised at WTSA-08:lack of conformance poor quality counterfeit equipment

Need of developing countries to be assisted in deploying testing facilities and building capacity facilities in the regions

Other standards bodies have already introduced a number of activities to address conformity and interoperability and are far ahead of ITU.



Open Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability Testing

Geneva, 20-21 July 2009

Arena to express concerns about the lack of conformity and interoperability of products

Consider possible testing ( interoperability) activities to be put in place by ITU

Provide a picture of the existing scenario about the best practices performed by leading organizations worldwide

Potential implementation of the ITU mark programme

Provide elements useful to the implementation of Res. 76



Contents Consultation meetings

Discussions also based on contributions:

Why Conformity ad Interoperability ? Resolution 76 : a short review The action lines decided by the Council-09 Impact on developing countries: benefits of the ITU C&I Programme,

costs of lack of conformity and/or interoperability Impact on industry, testing, MRAs, associated costs, time to market Improvements to the ITU pilot database Encouraging interoperability testing

AudienceIndustry / VendorsAdministrations Operators/service providers Standards developers RegulatorsLaboratories Civil society



TSB studies in progress with…

Experts and External Organizations IEC, ISO, Regulators, Laboratories, Training institutionsGovernmentsUNIDO, WTOAccreditation bodies (ILAC, IAF, BIPM)Private sector, members and non-members of ITU



Council-09 endorsement

Recommendations recalling Res. 76 instructions:

TSB to establish a conformity database

TSB to investigate industry’s interest in participating in interoperability events

TSB and BDT to cooperate on capacity building on establishment of test centres in developing countries

Development of a long-term business plan



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ITU-T Recs & test suites

Supplier’s conformity

routedecision

Test lab (certification body

responsibility)

1st 2nd or 3rd party accredited lab

(ISO/IEC 17025)

ITU Conformity Database

Test results(ITU-T X.290)

1st partyEvaluation

Supplier’s ConformityDeclaration

(ISO/IEC 17050)

Test results(ITU-T X.290)

Accredited(ISO/IEC Guide 65) Certification body

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Supplier’s Declaration / Certification – Risk relationship

3rd partyCertification

RISK

Need of 3rd party independent testing

Supplier’sDeclaration

Low

High

Moderate



Business Plan a first approachNEED OF TEST SUITES in ITU and / or in other SDOs Forums/Consortia

EVALUATION OF RISK OF ACTING/NOT ACTING ON RES 76 RECOMMENDATIONS:

PROS Ability to test for conformity assessment and interoperability in view as new tools to assist developing countries CONSTo not be able to do the above and risking the leadership positioning in the ICT panorama Interoperability concerns of developing countries remain unaddressed, challenge of remaining cost neutral

ROADMAPDevelop definitive understanding of what exactly characterizes the “interoperability problem”: substandards products, policy vacuum in regulation, fill standards gaps, facilitate test events, criteria, confidentiality, schedule, publication of results test labs choice, legislative issues, specification, calibration, costs and revenues, others



Addressing interoperability is one of the very reasons for founding ITU

Study Groups and Membership engaged in producing Recommendations suitable for

testing

“there is no point in developing test suites if ITU does not give some recognition to

manufactures having their equipment tested to ITU-T Recommendations”



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Paolo ROSA

Head, Strategy, Workshops and Promotion Division ITU - Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

Mr. Paolo Rosa graduated in physics the 1974 in Rome, Italy worked in the R&D Inst. PT Ministry 1974 - 1996.He worked on optical communications and represented the Italian administration in national and international standards organizations becoming expert and senior advisor for the Italian Foreign Office, the UNDP and ITU He is author of several papersIn 1997 he joined the ITU-T secretariat in Geneva as Counselor for Study Groups 6 and SG 15. Since 2005 he is the Head of the Workshop and Promotion Division of the ITU-T in Geneva.

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