1. Corresponding system to ITU in Korea
ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Asia-Pacific (Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2015)
Corresponding system to ITU in Korea
Kihun Kim
Principal Researcher, TTA

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Annex

13. 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.