1. Organisation and Method of Working of HGI Paolo Pastorino – Telecom Italia Lab

2. Slide 2 of 10 13/04/05 The bodies of HGI  The General Assembly  The Administrative Council (herein referred to as " Management Committee ")  The Board of Directors, including Officers  Advisory Groups and Working (Technical) Groups

3. Slide 3 of 10 13/04/05 Management Commitee Technical Groups WG1 Manufacturers Feedback Group Manufacturers Feedback Group HGI organisation and working method CTO/CBO Board of directors WG2 WG3 WG4 WG5 General Assembly Decides on which standard bodies and fora to contribute OK NOK Operators Requirements Group Operators Requirements Group Business Groups

4. Slide 4 of 10 13/04/05 General Assembly  Members: Principal members Decisions:  Statutory and financial matters  Approval of the audited accounts  Election of the Directors of the Board of Directors  Decision of the standards organization to which HGI will contribute

5. Slide 5 of 10 13/04/05 Board of directors  Members: 5 to 11 elected by the General Assembly Main powers:  Interprets and administers the Statutes and their good execution  Proposes the budget and sets the annual fee  Calls the meetings of the General Assembly  Sets up and controls  standing Committees other than those foreseen in these Statutes  special Committees as may be found necessary or desirable to carry out the objects and purposes of HGI,  Working Committees  Elects the officers (the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer)

6. Slide 6 of 10 13/04/05 Management committee  Members: Operators Main powers:  Steering and guidance on evolution of the forum  Give approval on the developments of the work  Takes decisions upon request by a Technical Working Group to approve the technical document issued

7. Slide 7 of 10 13/04/05 CTO & CBO  The CTO/CBO acts as a global manager for the project  Is in charge of making sure that the different working groups make progress on time  Assures that the requirements are produced and that the technical development matches the business and technical requirements

8. Slide 8 of 10 13/04/05 Business requirement groups  Objectives: Produce requirements through interaction between operators and manufacturers Operators Requirements sub-group  The role of the group is to provide guideline for the technical requirements that will ensure the compatibility of the solutions with the overall public network architecture  Produce use cases based on the service vision of operators Manufacturers feedback sub-group  Provide feedback on gateway phasing  Provide comments to use cases from a manufacturer point of view  Submit use cases based on devices development & evolutions

9. Slide 9 of 10 13/04/05 Technical groups Members: all members  The role of the technical groups is to develop technical analysis on a specific area and to provide system architecture specification including references to standards and specifications of missing elements  The technical divides its effort in several sub-groups  The technical subgroups leaders report to the CTO/CBO on progress of their work  The CTO/CBO chairs the technical groups

10. Slide 10 of 10 13/04/05 Method of working  Working groups are encouraged to work efficiently to meet the deadlines by using  Regular audioconferences (once a week)  Technical mailing lists (open 24/7)  Face to face regular meetings (once every 2 months)  Plenary sessions are held to share targets and results  Liasons with other bodies and fora