FORUM ON NEXT GENERATION STANDARDIZATION (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-10 April 2009)
Overview of ITU-D Sector: Participation in NGN Standardization Activities
Sameer Sharma
Senior Advisor ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
1 Agenda
ITU Global Development Programs Status of ICT in Asia Pacific NGN Concepts and Drivers ITU-D Initiatives on NGN Standardization Conclusions References
2 ITU in Brief
Founded in 1865 ITU worldwide presence Leading United Nations Agency for ICTs HQ in Switzerland, 5 Regional Offices & 8 Area Offices 191 Member States, 700 Sector Members ITU has three sectors ITU-R (Radiocommunication) ITU-T (Standardization)
ITU-D (Development) ITU America Region ITU Africa Region ITU Arab Region
ITU TELECOM Events ITU Europe & CIS Region ITU Asia Pacific Region
3 ITUITU VisionVision && StrategicStrategic GoalsGoals 2008 -2011
Vision: By connecting the world and fulfilling everyone’s fundamental right to communicate, we strive to make the world a better and safer place.
Strategic Goals ITU Initiatives
Extending International, regional, Emergency sub-regional cooperation Communication
Bridging the digital divide Connect the World
Widening membership – Global especially from the industry Cybersecurity ITU Agenda Safeguarding networks Initiatives Capacity Building Improving efficiency and effectiveness Enabling Disseminate information and Environment know-how of ICT Climate Change Promote an enabling environment
4 ITU Global Development Programs WTDC-06, Doha
Delivery Mechanisms Six Major Development Programs
Program 1: Regulatory reform Seminars & Program 2:Technologies and Workshops telecom/ICT network development - Infrastructure Direct Country Program 3: E-strategies and ICT Through Assistances applications Program 4: Economics & finance PPP Program 5: Human Resource Human Capacity Development Building Program 6: Special program for least Trainings / developed countries (LDC) + SIDCs Fellowships
Special Initiatives: e.g., Indigenous, Deployment of disabilities, youth, gender etc. Infrastructure
5 Global ICT Market on the Move
Growth in fixed lines, mobile cellular subscribers and estimated Internet users worldwide, 1996-2007
7.0 160
6.0 140 Competition in mobile 120 5.0 Competition in fixed-line 100 4.0 80
billionsbillions 3.0
60 nb of countires nb of countires 2.0 40
1.0 20
0.0 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Fixed lines Mobile subscribers Internet users
6 Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database and ITU World Telecommunication Regulatory Database Status of Distribution of ICT
Asia Pacific is the biggest ICT market but is ICT distributed evenly within Asia Pacific? Mobile Subscribers 2007 Fixed Subscribers 2007
Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers 2007
7 Broadband Divide in Asia-Pacific Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants, 2007 ion/ICT Indicators database. database. Indicators ion/ICT
8 Source: ITU World Telecommunicat Source: ITU World Paradigm Shift!
9 Drivers Changing Licensing Framework
Policy & Regulatory Drivers - Introduction of competition
-Lowering barriers to entry and operation -Fostering business innovation and converged services -Promoting ubiquity of services -Recognizing telecommunication networks as a backbone for e-economy -Increasing interests from governments to capitalize on the benefits of telecom networks
Technology Drivers Business Drivers -Switch from copper to wireless and optical fibre Technology - Ability to provide triple & quadruple play -Increasing role of software & -Internet becoming the common delivery platform for all -Increasing capacity to accommodate Service types of content services multiple services Neutral -Increasing capacity to accommodate multiple services -Centralized to distributed network Licensing -Ability of ISPs to provide services closely competing architectures with Telcos Regime -Operator-centric to User-centric -Unlicensed spectrum & spectrum trading - Peer-to-peer arrangements -Standardized to customized -Grey-markets created by disruptive technologies" -- PSTN/PLMN to IP enabled NGN
ITU ASP RO 10 Objectives of NGN
Promote fair competition Encourage private investment Provide open access to networks Reduces cost of infrastructure :Affordability Single billing contact with the consumer Faster roll-out for new services Can enable developing countries to leapfrog and extend broadband connectivity
11 ITU Definition of NGN A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies Enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice Supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users
12 ITU NGN Architecture
Applications ANI
Application Support Functions & Service Support Functions Service stratum
Service User Service Control Profiles Functions
Network Attachment Control Functions Resource and Admission Transport User Control Functions Profiles End-User Transport Control Functions Other Functions Networks Management FunctionsManagement Transport Functions UNI NNI Transport stratum Control Media Management
13 ITUITU--DD InitiativesInitiatives onon NGNNGN StandardizationStandardization
14 Resolutions at the WTDC-06, Doha “Bridging Standardization Gap”
ITU-D activities related to “Bridging the Standardization Gap”, were carried out, according to Resolution 47 of WTDC-06, Doha. These are in close cooperation with ITU-T implementing Resolution 123 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of PP-06 and Resolution 44 of WTSA-04
15 Resolution 47, WTDC-06
Engage in activities to enhance knowledge and effective application of ITU-T and ITU-R Recommendations in developing countries Introduce best-practice application of ITU-T and ITU-R Recommendations, in fibre-optic transmission technology, broadband network technology and information security, by organizing training courses and workshops especially for developing countries ITU-D in collaboration with ITU-T and ITU-R to: Promote participation in training courses and workshops on best- practice application of ITU-T and ITU-R Recommendations for developing countries; Establish a database containing information on new technologies that are standardized and develop guidelines on applying ITU-T and ITU-R Recommendations 16 ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives Partners & Donors
RI 1: Telecommunication/ICT policy CHINA, AUSTRALIA, and regulatory cooperation in the SINGAPORE, EUROPEAN Asia-Pacific region COMMISSION, THAILAND, RI 2: Rural Communications – MALAYSIA ETC. Infrastructure development ADB, UPU, JAPAN INDUSTRY, ETC. RI 3: Next Generation Networks APT, PITA, PIFS, ESCAP, (NGN) planning Through INDUSTRY ETC. PPP RI 4: The unique AUSTRALIA, telecommunication/ICT needs of EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Pacific islands and small island PITA, APT, ESCAP, WORLD developing states (SIDS) in the Asia- BANK ETC. Pacific region RI 5: Strengthening the APT, ESCAP, INDUSTRY collaboration between ITU-T and ETC. ITU-D 17 Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative 5
Resolution 17 of WTDC-06 called upon BDT to implement regionally approved initiatives at the national, regional, interregional and global levels Asia Pacific Regional Initiative 5 - “Strengthening the collaboration between ITU T and ITU D” - aims at ¾ Assisting, through ITU-D, the developing countries that lack the necessary human resources to understand ITU T Recommendations ¾ Enhancing the application of ITU T Recommendations for telecommunication/ICT services and equipments The expected outcomes : ¾ Close coordination mechanism between ITU-T and ITU-D at the regional level through the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific; ¾ Guidelines for developing countries to understand and apply ITU-T Recommendations for those having policy and regulatory implications
18 1. NGN Guidelines for Network Planning Tools To provide recommended features and evaluation criteria of NGN planning software packages with the following objectives: To meet the requirements in development of next generation networks of domestic and international network operators and service providers. ¾ Forecast of voice and non-voice service demands and market shares. ¾ Forecast of voice and non-voice traffic on converged networks. ¾ Transport technologies: Ethernet/RPR/IP/NGI/MPLS/NGN & NG-SDH/WDM/DWDM/Optical switching ¾ Mobile technologies: 2G/2.5G/3G/4G and converged networks ¾ Access technologies: copper cables, x-DSL, PON, power lines, CATV cables & WLAN, WMAN, WLL 19 1. Guidelines for Network Planning Tools
Planning Domains for top level Requirement specifications
To specify functional requirements To specify non-functional requirements To specify domain requirements link : http://www.itu.int/ITU- D/tech/network- infrastructure/index.html
Network Planning Tools ¾ Application of EXCEL ¾ PLANITU - ITU ¾ STEM ¾ VPIsystems
¾ LStelcom 20 2. ITU / MIC Regional Training on Bridging the Standardization Gap
As a part of the Asia-Pacific RI Second jointly organized 5, ITU and Ministry of Internal training by ITU and MIC on Affairs and Communications, Bridging the Standardization Japan, jointly organized first Gap from 15-19 December training from 18-22 June 2007 2008 in Tokyo Japan in Tokyo, Japan 26 participants from 21 Participated by delegates countries benefited in from 15 countries from Asia enhancing their knowledge on Pacific and Arab region Standardization including NGN gained knowledge on NGN
Presentations by speakers and country delegates as well as group discussion reports can be found at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/tech/network- infrastructure/index.html.
21 3. Regional Development Forum: Series
First time jointly organized by Being organized by ITU-D from three Sectors of ITU-D, ITU-R and 27-29 July 2009 in Indonesia ITU-T from 15-17 September 2008 on NGN and Broadband in Hanoi, VietNam Expected to benefit participants Participated by 102 delegates from 27 countries in enhancing their knowledge on NGN and broadband Outcome of the recommendations was fed to WTSA 2008 Addressing developmental Regional Reflector for exchanging issues and challenges relating the views on standardization was to new technologies created Details of the Forum are Detailed presentations and available at proceedings are available at URL:http://www.itu.int/ITU- www.itu.int/ITU- T/wtsa-08/prepmeet/asia- D/tech/indexevents.html. pacific/programme-rdf.html
22 4. Trainings and Workshops on NGN
ITU and APT held a regional workshop to disseminate information amongst the Membership on NGN Planning Issues (2007) Focusing specifically on the unique circumstances for the Pacific Island Countries, ITU together with APT and Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) organised a Forum on Next Generation Telecommunications for the Pacific Region (2008) which brought together policy makers, service providers and vendors on one platform to share information and experiences A national level training on new technologies was carried out for DPR Korea (2008) benefitting around 100 participants 23 5. Trainings and Direct Country Assistance on NGN Two online courses on “Fundaments of IPv6” were carried out by the Technology Awareness Node of ITU ASP CoE located at Pusan National University Face to face training course was organized at ITI CoE PNU in March 2009 on NGN Planning and Migration benefitting eight countries Direct assistance was provided to Bhutan and Nepal in planning the countries’ broadband infrastructure by making use of appropriate planning tools Regulation on VOIP and NGN for Bhutan (2008) NGN Access Network Planning: TOT Thailand (2009) Workshop on New Technologies and Applications in Iran ( 14-18 June 2009) 24 6. ITU-D STUDY GROUPS
SG1:Telecommunication development strategies and policies
¾ National telecommunication policies and regulatory strategies which best enable countries to benefit from the impetus of telecommunications as an engine of economic, social and cultural development ¾ Finance and economics, WTO issues, tariff policies, case studies, application of accounting principles developed by ITU-T Study Group 3, private-sector development and partnership
¾ http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/study_groups/index.html
25 ITU-D SG-1 Questions Under Study
26 7. ITU-D STUDY GROUP - 2
Development and management of telecommunication services and networks and ICT applications
¾ Methods, techniques and approaches suitable for service provision in planning, developing, implementing, operating, maintaining and sustaining telecommunication services which optimize their value to users ¾ Specific emphasis on telecommunication network security, mobile communication and communications for rural and remote areas and applications ¾ The implementation and technical application of information and communication technology, using studies by the others Sectors, taking into account the special requirements of the developing countries ¾ http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/study_groups/index.html
27 ITU-D SG-2 Questions Under Study
28 SG2 Question Q.19-1/2 : Migration to NGN
Trends of telecommunication Yearly progress report on NGN networks migration towards NGN development Examination of NGN technologies A report of methodologies for ¾ Network management planning NGN (multidimensional ¾ Transport networks planning process, service ¾ Access networks demand, forecasting methods, ¾ Interworking with existing traffic forecasting models, and networks structure and dimensioning Methodologies for planning, with optimization methods taking into account the behaviour A set of guidelines for migration of different existing networks from existing network to NGN Migration solution to NGN
29 8. ITU ASP Key Regional Activities : 2008
Events Date Venue Direct Country Assistance Beneficiary Asia Media Summit 24-28 Malaysia Infrastructure Sharing: TV Hill Top Afghanistan May Emergency communication backup through radio Tonga Gender Balance in Digital Economy of Asia- 7-12 R.O. broadcasting Pacific Jul Korea Radio spectrum management plan Vanuatu
Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on ITU Tariff 15 Jul Australia Feasibility on wireless technology to deliver broadband Philippines Group for Asia and Oceania (TAS) services to lifeline organisations Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on 16-18 Australia Development and deployment of e-Health Nepal Cybersecurity Jul Cost modeling for tariffs and interconnection Kiribati ITU/ABU Workshop on Digital TV 21-24 Malaysia Enhancement of Quality of Service Nepal Jul Rural broadband communication development Nepal ITU/IDA Executive Training Programme 21-25 Singapore Jul Telecommunication institution strengthening Lao PDR Greater Mekong Subregion 2 Thailand ICT Master Plan Thailand Telecommunication Ministerial Forum Sept Establishment of ICT training facility Mongolia Regional Development Forum on Bridging the 15-17 Vietnam Standardisation Gap Sep Concentrated assistance to Small Island Developing Pacific States in rural/outer communication development for Regional Workshop on Strategic HRM Tools 30 Sep – Samoa Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Nauru and Practices for the Pacific 3 Oct Forum on Next Generation 13-16 Australia Telecommunications for the Pacific Region Oct Ad-Hoc Assistance Beneficiary Access to ICTs through donated computers Kiribati Sub-regional Telecommunication Meeting for 24-28 Cambodia CLMV Nov Regulation on VoIP and NGN Bhutan ITU Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence 24-28 Malaysia Training on New Technologies DPR Korea Training Workshop on Effective Use of Nov Interconnection Framework and Pricing Sri Lanka Telecommunications/ICT in Response to Disasters: Saving Lives Interim Determination for Interconnection PNG
ITU/MIC Training on Bridging the 15-19 Japan Telecommunication Licensing Myanmar Standardisation Gap Dec 30 9. ITU-D ASP Major Events : 2009
Events DATE VENUE ITU Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum: Connecting the Unconnected 17-20 Feb 2009 Tonga NGN Workshop 7-10 Apr 2009 Sri Lanka ITU Regional Preparatory Meeting (RPM) for WTDC 2010 5-7 May 2009 Malaysia ICT Measurement Issues, Challenges and Way Forwards 12-14 May 2009 India Asia Media Summit (ITU-AIBD) 25-27 May Macao, SAR, China ITU-MIIT Seminar on Policy and Regulation May 2009 China Workshop on New Technologies and Applications 14-18 June 2009 Iran ITU-ABU Workshop on Digital TV Broadcasting Services 20-23 Jul 2009 Malaysia
ITU-ASEAN M-Commerce Forum 27-28 Jul 2009 Indonesia ITU RDF NGN and Broadband 27-29 Jul 2009 Indonesia ITU Workshop on Gender in ICTs Jul 2009 Rep of Korea ITU-IDA Executive Training Programme for Enabling ICT Frameworks 3-7 Aug 2009 Singapore Workshop on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for People with Disabilities Aug 2009 Thailand (ITU-ESCAP) ITU Regional Forum on National Emergency Telecommunication Plan Sep 2009 Mongolia ITU High-level Meeting for CLMV Countries Oct/Nov 2009 Vietnam ITU Workshop on Telecommunication/ICT Policy and Regulations for Newly Oct/Nov 2009 Vietnam Established Regulators ITU Regional Forum on Human Capacity Development in Asia-Pacific Region Dec 2009 Brunei
31 10. ITU-D ASP Capacity Buildings
Trainings Dates Host, Location Broadband Technologies for Rural ICT Development Jan 21- Feb 26 UUM, Malaysia (Online)
NGN Planning and Migration March 2 - 5 PNU, Rep. of Korea
QoS Parameters for CMT Service (Online) April 6 - May 15 PTA, Pakistan
Spectrum Pricing for IMT Services June 21 - 24 MICT, Iran
Designing National Frequency Allocation Plans (Online) July 4 - Aug 7 MICT, Iran
QoS Parameters for CMT Service Aug 4 - 7 PTA, Pakistan ITU-ACMA International Training Program September ACMA, Australia
Interconnection & Cost Modeling Nov 10 - 13 PTA, Pakistan
Interconnection & Cost Modeling (Online) Nov 23 - Dec 25 PTA, Pakistan
Interaction between market and spectrum management Nov 28 - Dec 1 MICT, Iran
USO and Rural Broadband (NTC) Nov / Dec NTC, Thailand Spectrum Monitoring TBD MIIT, China (PRC)
Updated information available at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/index.asp
32 Conclusions
ITU-D is actively involved in NGN planning and standardization activities taking several steps including ¾ Guidelines on Migration Strategies towards NGN ¾ Regional Development Forums on NGN ¾ Study Group Questions on NGN ¾ Trainings Courses on NGN ¾ Direct Country Assistance on NGN Planning Enhancing role of developing countries in the process and use of standardization through bridging the standardization gap by close collaboration among stakeholders Global standards are only truly global if developing country needs are taken into account Your active participation and contribution is the key to NGN standardization process
33 AdditionalAdditional ReferenceReference
34 1. Benefits of ITU Membership
Benefits of ITU-D Sector Members Participate in all activities of the Influence Visibility ITU-D e.g. WTDC, RPM, TDAG, Study Groups Organizational Data Evolution of Global Access to unique information included in ITU regional telecom related to ITU-D work Global Directory networks Associated with the organization of seminars and workshops Sector Members Member (649) Knowledge States (191) Participate in Financial Conditions ITU Study Groups For the period 2008-2009, the Opportunity For the period 2008-2009, the annual amount of one contributary unit for a Sector Member is 63,600 Swiss ITU Associates Access to ITU Recommendations Francs (127) A member freely decides on its Meet Worldwide Leaders and Experts class of contribution (1/16, 1/8, to exchange views Resource ¼, ½ , 1 upto 40 units 1/16 class of unit (i.e. 3,975 Swiss Francs) is reserved for Partnership Sector Members of developing countries
35 Further information on Sector Membership can be found at http://www.itu.int/members/index.html 2. ITU-D Sector Members (ASP)
1. Afghan Wireless Communication co.- Afghanistan 33. Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion 2. Asia Pacific Network Information Centre - Australia 34. National Internet Development Agency of Korea 3. Bhutan Telecom - Bhutan 35. Samsung Networks Inc., R.O. Korea 4. China Netcom (Group) Company Ltd. - China 36. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union – Malaysia 5. China Telecommunications Corporation - China 37. Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development – 6. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.- China Malaysia 7. ZTE Corporation - China 38. Global Knowledge Partnership – Malaysia 8. Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat - Fiji Green Packet Berhad – Malaysia 9. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. - India 39. 10. Bharti Airtel Limited - India 40. Maxis Communications Bhd. – Malaysia 11. Cellular Operators Association of India 41. Telekom Malaysia Berhad - Malaysia 12. ITU-APT Foundation of India 42. TM International Berhad - Malaysia 13. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. - India 43. U Mobile – Malaysia 14. Reliance Infocomm Ltd. - India 44. CyberSecurity, Malaysia 15. Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal - India 45. Allied Digital Infonety Berhad, Malaysia 16. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 46. Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia 17. RailTel Corporation of India Limited, India 47. MobiCom Corporation – Mongolia 18. PT. INDOSAT Tbk. - Indonesia 48. Information Communication Network Company – Mongolia 19. PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk - Indonesia 49. Nepal Telecommunications Authority – Nepal 20. Telecommunication Company of Iran 21. Export and International Cooperation Institute - Israel 50. Nepal Telecom, Nepal 22. Fujitsu Limited - Japan 51. National Telecommunication Corporation – Pakistan 23. Hitachi, Ltd. - Japan 52. Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited - Pakistan 24. KDDI Corporation - Japan 53. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited - Pakistan 25. NEC Corporation - Japan 54. e Worldwide Group – Pakistan 26. National Institute of Information and Communications 55. Smart Communications, Inc. – Philippines Technology - Japan 56. Philippine Global Communications, Inc. - Philippines 27. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation – Japan 57. Dialog Telekom Limited – Sri Lanka 28. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation – Japan 29. Nomura Research Institute Ltd.- Japan 58. Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd. – Sri Lanka 30. The ITU Association of Japan 59. Advanced Info Service Public Company Ltd. – Thailand 31. Tokai University - Japan 60. Asia-Pacific Telecommunity – Thailand 32. KT Corporation – R.O. Korea 61. Total Access Communication PLC – Thailand 62. True Corporation Public Co., Ltd. – Thailand 63. Viettel Corporation, VietNam
36 Membership Application at http://www.itu.int/members/sectmem/Form.pdf 3. Capacity Building Initiative – ASP CoE
Policy Technology Rural Spectrum Business & Awareness ICT Management Management Regulation (Rep. of Development (Iran) (Thailand) (Pakistan) Korea) (Malaysia)
Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence (ASP CoE) 5 Hosts & Partners
International Telecommunication 37 Sep, 2008 Union 4. Road to Next-Generation Regulation Regulators Roadmap to address NGN migration and meet the WSIS goals
“An enabling regulatory regime can foster innovation, investment and affordable access to NGNs and facilitate migration to NGNs”
Establish forward-looking regulatory regimes Recognizing the need for regulatory flexibility and technology neutrality Removing undue regulatory barriers to competition and innovation Establish investment-friendly regulation while maintaining a level playing field and protecting consumer interests
The best practice guidelines cover as well authorization, access, interconnection, numbering and NGN identification systems, universal access, quality of service, consumer awareness, security and protection. GSR 2007 Best Practice Guidelines for Next-Generation Networks Migration 38 5. More Information on NGN
39 6. Upcoming Event…
ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 Open Networks… Connected Minds What? Comprehensive ICT Event with Exhibition & Forum Where? Geneva, Switzerland When? 5 to 9 October, 2009 Why? Develop and advance the ICT industry globally How? Participate in a variety of ways to influence all stakeholders • Brand and advertise with sponsorship and other visibility options • Engage industry experts and thought leaders as Forum speaker
• Exhibit on showfloor and meet all participants • Invite key clients to Telecom Village • Network through the VIP Programme • Partake in debates and demos in the Forum • Obtain more information online at: • www.itu.int/world2009
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