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InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
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Conformity and InteroperabilityITU’s Initiatives
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
Con
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Assessm
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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
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Interop tests led to revision of ITU-T Recs
H. 721 Conformity Check List
H. 762 Conformity Check List
H. 770 Conformity Check List
Test results fed into standards development
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Interop events
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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
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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
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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
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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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