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2011 ICT Week and Commemoration of 2011 ICT Week and Commemoration of the World Telecommunication andthe World Telecommunication and

Information Society DayInformation Society Day(WTISD)(WTISD)

12 May 201112 May 2011Dar es Saalam, TanzaniaDar es Saalam, Tanzania

Committed to connecting the world

Today’s situation

Lack of performance and of compliance to conformity and interoperability requirements

Market invaded by counterfeit products

Legacy, regulatory, contractual and legal issues

Developing Countries tied in to one vendor

poor market competition lack of technology neutrality

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Result

ITU Member States from Developing Countries demand help and assistance in addressing these issues resulting in Resolutions adopted at three ITU world conferences:

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, Johannesburg,2008

World Telecommunication Development Conference, Hyderabad, 2010

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Guadalajara, 2010

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Regional Consultation Meetings 2010

Americas – 6 July, Quito, Ecuador

Africa – 30-31 July, Nairobi, Kenya

Asia Pacific – 16-17 September –Sydney, Australia

Continue the discussion to better implement the four action lines adopted by Council 2009.


PP-10 Res 177 Conformance and interoperability

Endorsement of the objectives of Resolutions of WTSA and WTDC and the recommendations of the Director of TSB endorsed by the Council-09

C&I programme to be implemented in parallel without any delay, including the development of a fully functioning conformity database;

Development of a long-term business plan in consultation with each region,

Assist developing countries in establishing regional or subregional conformity and interoperability centres suitable to perform interoperability testing as appropriate

Continue to carry out the necessary studies with a view to introducing the use of ITU Mark for a possible future ITU Mark programme

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Conformity assessment benefits manufacturers, service providers, users and regulators and supports sustainable development.

Conformity gives confidence and facilitates access to world markets.

All successful SDOs have testing specifications; conformance testing to determine compliant products; and interoperability testing.

Conformity and interoperability


ITU’s Conformity and Interoperability Programme

Conformity assessment: The first step to interoperability, Testing: certification / SDOs-Forums recognized labs Creation ITU conformity database

ITU as facilitator for interop events to: identify the interoperability problems develop Interoperability test suites as needed Creation ITU interoperability database

Use of Current international procedures (ISO/IEC 17025, 17050, ISO Guidelines 65 - CASCO toolbox)

Conduct feasibility studies in developing countries for capacity building and test labs in the regions

Develop a long-term business plan


The ITU-T “Pilot” Conformity Database

Enable manufacturers and service providers to make a visible declaration that their equipment conforms to ITU-T Recommendations and to referenced standards, if any, from SDOs recognized by ITU

The database will be open both to members and non-members of ITU

It will contain only information entered directly by companies by means of an on-line tool: the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC).

ITU is not in a position to verify the accuracy of the information submitted by companies, who, thus in signing the SDoC take the full responsibility of its contents.

Committed to connecting the world(*) Rec. ITU-T X.290 - OSI conformance testing methodology and framework for protocol Recommendations for ITU-T applications

ITU Conformity Database

Route 1

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Certifi

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Request to ITU

Tests performed in a lab agreed by an

Accredited Certification Body(ISO/IEC guide 65) (Rec. ITU-T X.290)*

Route 2 Route 3

Supplier’s Declaration of

Conformity(ISO/IEC 17050)

Conformity Certificate issued by

the Certification Body

Tests performed by a lab selected by an

ITU-T agreed SDO/Forum

(Rec. ITU-T A.5)(Rec. ITU-T X.290)*

Tests performed by an accredited lab(ISO/IEC 17025)

(Rec. ITU-T X.290)*

Three routes to populate database

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Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity 1/2

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Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity 2/2

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ITU’s Interop Events: Two parts1st part: Testing – closed event

Two types of testing carried out

Conformance testing: each company tests

against a checklist

Interoperability testing: one-on-one testing

2nd part: Showcasing – open event

Prospective customers invited

Film crew, photographer and media team on site


Interop tests led to revision of ITU-T Recs

H. 721 Conformity Check List



Test results fed into standards development


Interop events


Interop Events1st ITU IPTV Interop Event 20-23 July 2010, Switzerland2nd ITU IPTV Interop Event

23-24 and 27 September 2010, Singapore3rd ITU IPTV Interop Event

14-17 December 2010, IndiaG.hn Interop Event

23-27 May 2011, Switzerland

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Capacity Building

Events planned in each region – ITU Regional Seminar for the Africa Region on Conformance and Interoperability Testing Centres, Accra (Ghana), 4-6 July 2011


Establishment of conformity test centres

ITU assistance in the establishment of test facilities in developing countries in cooperation with international institutions: e.g UNIDO, International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

The pilot project to create a test centre in Tanzania with Sintesio

UNIDO has a programme to assist in establishment of accreditation bodies and conformity test centres in developing countries and has offered collaboration


Business Plan

Council endorsed need to develop a business plan for the long term implementation of the programme

Need to first determine the demand for each of the action lines

Amend programme in light of further consultations


Conclusions

ITU must respond to the needs of Developing Countries regarding conformity and interoperability

ITU fully committed to implementing the Conformity and Interoperability Programme

Conformity one of the tools able to increase probability of interoperability

Created the voluntary based and free pilot conformity database available to ITU members and non members

ITU-T Interop events successfully started

Capacity building activities and creation of regional/sub-regional test centres under way

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