Corresponding system to ITU in Korea ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Asia-Pacific (Jakarta, Indonesia, 27-28 October 2015) Corresponding system to ITU in Korea Kihun Kim (channel@tta.or.kr), Principal Researcher, TTA

KOREA ITU COMMITTEE : STRUCTURE General Assembly Chairman : President of RRA Coordination Committee Chairman : Director of RRA SG9 SG2 SG15 SG12 SG1 SG5 SG16 ITU-T Advisory Committee Chairman : vice-President of TTA ITU-D Advisory Committee Chairman : Director of KISDI SG3 SG11 SG13 ITU-R Advisory Committee SG17 SG4 SG6 SG7 ICT&CC

Korea ITU Committee : history In 1983, WRC preparatory group has been established under MIC In 1984, corresponding group to ITU-T was established in KT In 1988, role to correspond to ITU-T/R was moved to TTA since TTA has established. ITU research department was established in TTA and the department operated ITU committee - Mid 1990s, ITU committees were merged into TTA Standardization committees In 1999, Korea ITU-R Committee was established(renamed) In April of 2004, ITU-T Committee was established(renamed) In December 2004, Korea ITU-R Committee and ITU-T Committee merged into Korea ITU Committee including ITU-D Committee

Korea ITU Committee : history Before Korea ITU Committee - Government agencies and companies were in charge of international as well as domestic standardization activities, such as, Korean Telecom (currently, KT) for CCITT. Domain for CCITT Domain for CCIR Ministry of Post & Telegraph Ministry of Post & Telegraph Korean Telecom Radio RRL Domestic Study Group Satellite ETRI Coordination Committee ETRI : Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute KCC : Korea Communications Commission KISA : Korea Information Security Agency KT : Korea Telecom NIA : National Information Society Agency OSIA : Open Standards and Internet Association ADSL : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (‘Asymmetric’= download speed is high(by wide bandwidth), upload speed is low(by narrow bandwidth) CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access DMB : Digital Multimedia Broadcasting FDMA : Frequency Division Multiple Access FTTH : Fiber To The Home (optical cable to the home) ISDN : Integrated Services Digital Network PCS : Personal Communication Services VDSL : Very high-data rate Digital Subscriber Line WiBro : Wireless Broadband Fixed and Mobile Comm. Korean Telecom SG1 SG2 SG3 Joint WP Broadcasting KBS 4

What was challenges? Limited number of personnel in the Ministry who was in charge of international & domestic standardization activities needs for outside experts to cope with rapidly changing environment Diverse technologies and services, but no platform to collect voices from various stakeholders Needs for platform to assemble stakeholders ETRI : Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute KCC : Korea Communications Commission KISA : Korea Information Security Agency KT : Korea Telecom NIA : National Information Society Agency OSIA : Open Standards and Internet Association ADSL : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (‘Asymmetric’= download speed is high(by wide bandwidth), upload speed is low(by narrow bandwidth) CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access DMB : Digital Multimedia Broadcasting FDMA : Frequency Division Multiple Access FTTH : Fiber To The Home (optical cable to the home) ISDN : Integrated Services Digital Network PCS : Personal Communication Services VDSL : Very high-data rate Digital Subscriber Line WiBro : Wireless Broadband 5

Korea ITU Committee : role and responsibility Govern-ment Set up national strategy on ITU Decision of national position on ITU meeting Contact Point to ITU Final approval of national delegation, contribution, etc Support ITU Committee Review ITU Recommendations and Questions Review relations between ITU recommendation & domestic standards Review domestic contribution to ITU Review other countries’ contributions Provide information on ITU activities to interested parties

Korea ITU Committee : role of secretariat General Assembly -> RRA ITU-T Committee -> TTA ITU-R Committee -> TTA ITU-D Committee -> KISDI Terms of Reference Organizational and procedural consultation / assist (ITU working methods as well as ITU Korea Committee working methods) Allocation ITU circular letters to relevant experts and monitoring working status Preparation of each committees’ meetings Providing information on ITU meetings

KOREA ITU COMMITTEE : MEMBERS (1/2) SG Chair Members T Sector SG2 TTA RRA, KCC, TTA, KT, LG UPLUS, ETRI, KISA, Universities SG3 ETRI RRA, KT, ETRI, SKT, TTA, Universities SG5 RRA MSIP, RRA, SAMSUNG Elec., TTA, KEPCO, KRISS, ETRI, KETI, ETRI, LG Elec., LGT UPLUS, SKT, KT, NIA, RAPA, Universities, etc SG9 RRA, ETRI, CJ HelloVision, KLABS, C&M, RAPA, SAMSUNG Mobile Display, Mcastvision, LG UPLUS, TTA, Universities, etc SG11 RRA, ETRI, Hudicom, TTA, Universities SG12 KT RRA, ETRI, KT, TTA, NIA SG13 RRA, ETRI, MS Korea, TTA, Universities SG15 Bookyung Univ. RRA, ETRI, KT, LS cable, Actus Networks, SAMSUNG Optical Comm., Ericsson LG, SKT, TTA, Universities

KOREA ITU COMMITTEE : MEMBERS (2/2) SG Chair Members SG16 HUFS (Univ.) RRA, ETRI, SAMSUNG Elec., SKT, SAIT, Goodday Lab, SK Planet, TTA, Universities, SG17 SCH Univ. RRA, ETRI, KISA, KISTI, TTA, FSA, TCA Services, Universities R Sector SG1 Kongju Univ. RRA, CRMO, ETRI, LG Innotek, Qualcomm Korea, KASI, KCA, RAPA, TTA, Universities SG3 RRA RRA, MSIP, KCC, ETRI, KRISS, KCA, TTA, Universities SG4 RRA, Ministry of Defense, KT, SKT, ETRI, KCC, TTA, Universities, AR Technology, SS Global SG5 WP5D RRA, MSIP, ETRI, RAPA, KCA, KT, ADD, LG UPLUS, SKT, Samsung Elec., Intel, Qualcomm Korea, LG Innotek, LS Cable, TTA, Universities SG6 RRA, MBC, KBS, SBS, LG Elec., Samsung Elec., ETRI, Samsung Display, TTA SG7 KASI RRA, KMA, KISTI, KRISS, Universities

OBSERVATION (1/2) Developed countries has operated a governmental committee to correspond to International standardization organization Mostly, standing and open to all stakeholders Responsible for all technical and policy issue Back up organization for government Final decision is made at the government considering decision of the committee

OBSERVATION (2/2) Developing countries are corresponding to int’l standardization activities No official committee to correspond to int’l standardization Designating research institutes/organizations to correspond to int’l standardization. In some cases, government provides funds for that

Annex

STANDARDIZATION STRUCTURE IN KOREA Standards development International cooperation and responding Government sector Private sector Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Reflection of national position / Participation Notification of National standards review results Commissioning of national standards development rights APT APT joint contribution Radio Research Agency Operational supervision IT National Standards Council Request for National Standards review Providing Secretariat Service ITU Korea ITU Committee Standards Contribution Selection / Support International Standardization Experts Standards contribution Fora/ Consortiums R&D project for developing draft standards Standards contribution ETRI KISA NIA KCA etc IT Standardization Strategy Forum Operational support Forum standards proposal Selection / Support GSC/CJK/3GPPs Telecommunications Technology Association TTA Standardization Committee Collaboration between standardization organizations TTA standards establishment / Provision Standards draft proposal participation Manufacturers Communication service providers Laboratories Academia etc.