1. Raising Standardization Culture in Developing Countries
Regional ITU Workshop on Bridging the standardization Gap (Algiers, Algeria, September 2011 )
Raising Standardization Culture in Developing Countries
Tarek Moh. El Ebiary,
Director, Type Approval
NTRA, Egypt
Algiers, Algeria, 26 – 28 September 2011

2. Counterfeit & Non-complying Equipment; Impact on ICT market;
Agenda
Counterfeit & Non-complying Equipment;
Impact on ICT market;
NTRA best practices curbing low quality products;
Conclusions;
Recommendations.
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3. I. Counterfeit & Non-complying Equipments
The legal definition under trademark law describes counterfeit product as a product bearing a mark that is identical with or substantially indistinguishable from a genuine registered trademark
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4. I. Counterfeit & Non-complying Equipments (continued)
Not only Counterfeit equipments & trademarks have reached the ICT sector, but also “COPY “ , “FAKE” & Non-complying products.
“Exact Copy” “misleading appearance”
Low quality materials
Avoid key manufacturing steps
Reduce Cost
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5. II. Impact on ICT market
Consumer exposed to money, health & safety risks;
Non-competitive environment:
Disincentive for investors, International & Domestic, affecting Trade & Manufacturing,
Losing thousands of jobs,
Reduction of Tax revenues.
Extra burden on Service providers;
QoS, After Sales Services,
Ex: Mobile phone handover 900/1800Mhz-(2009),
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6. III. Egypt Best Practices
2003: Telecom Act: Considering curbing counterfeit & non-complying ICT products
Monitoring Importation & Customs ---> Issuing Clearance permit; (Articles )
Monitoring Compliance & Quality ---> Issuing Type Approval Certificate; (Articles )
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7. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
Equipments compliance achieved through:
Declaration of Conformity certificate “DoC” or “FCC ID”, (USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia), (light regime);
Test reports from accredited international test labs over the 5 continents, (Other countries not including China), (tight regime);
Verification of Conformity certificate (VoC) & Pre-shipment verification from NTRA accredited labs in China, (Special regime);
ITU / ETSI / CENELEC / IEC standards adopted.
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8. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
Jan 2005: Labeling requirements directives:
Mandatory FCC-ID / CE-NBID Certification Marks;
More Involvement of Certification bodies;
July 2005: NTRA Internationally Accredited Test Labs & Certification Bodies published on NTRA website;
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9. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
2006: NTRA ICT TE Test Lab:
Wireless TE Test Set (3 MHz to 6 GHZ) Signalling test Mobile GSM 2G/3G,CDMA FWT, Cordless Phones .9/2.4/5.8 GHz, HF/VHF/UHF Transceivers);
Ghz DECT phones;
Analogue wired phones;
EMC Test system (Immunity/Emission, Semi- anechoic chamber) (RFP – Jan 2012);
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10. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
2007: Chinese products special arrangement:
CE Verification of Conformity certificate / NTRA Accredited labs in China;
( BV-ADT, CTTL, Intertek, SGS, TUV )
Based on full testing or issued based on technical evidence
submitted from an internationally recognized lab.
Shipment verification / NTRA accredited Labs in China;
Manufacturer, importer, Model #, Serial, Qty, Cartons #, …
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11. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
Equipment
Chinese
USA, EU, Japan, S.K
others %
Mobile phones
1300 19
341
27.69%
920 20
Fixed Phones
639
281
188
73.40%
156 14
DECT phones
226 8 54
27.43%
145
Wireless Eq.
2282 9
260
11.79%
1881
132
Information Technology Eq.
1782 15
267
15.82%
1299
201
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12. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
2008: New Market Surveillance Department:
Market Surveillance Plus Type Approval;
Samples collected from market, Cooperation with Telecom Police;
Market Surveillance policies, strategies, databases, law enforcement, sales bans, fees & fines – Coordination with the German regulator;
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13. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
2010: GSMA Agreement:
White list Weekly update IMEI TAC White list;
Combat handset theft issue;
Illegal, Fake, NULL & Cloned IMEIs;
Health & Safety concerns;
5–8% of Handsets developing countries;
3.5M one illegal IMEI ( )
0.1M Null,0.35M zeros, .5M Fake, .25M Cloned
2010: Central EIR IMEI database solution:
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14. III. Egypt Best Practices (continued)
Central EIR IMEI database solution
NTRA ‘Master’ EIR “NTRA database”
Develop National Black list
Management of all EIR data
Developed International White List ranges
System LVL
Lists & configuration data
GSMA Global Database (GSMA Agreement)
Master/Slave relationship (download-reporting)
Vodafone ‘Slave’ EIR
Etisalat ‘Slave’ EIR
MobiNil ‘Slave’ EIR
Network LVL
Operation / Authentication
Check IMEI requests with Black, White responses
MSC
SS7
MSC
MSC
Vodafone network
Etisalat network
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MobiNil network

15. IV. Conclusions There is market demand for these products due to:
Consumer Standardization awareness & culture, (20-25%);
Consumer economic status:
Low cost / unreliable operational,
High cost / reliable fully functioning,
Small/medium companies,
Ex: Cisco Router 1721,
Counterfeit 250$ , Genuine 1000$
Very weak local manufacturing of ICT TE;
Reasonable prices for quality products,
Support & perform consumer awareness campaigns.
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16. IV. Recommendations
Adopt balanced Government Policies towards encouraging ICT Eq. manufacturing;
Creating manufacturing Competitive environment;
Subsidizing initiation of ICT Eq. Test labs;
Proactive testing training activities;
Aggressive Market surveillance activities;
Raising consumer awareness through campaigns & introducing Certification Marks,
Regulators R&D departments to work & coop with research & academic institutes,
Membership & participation in international & regional standardization meetings, workshops; STGs
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17. Thank you for your attention
Any Questions?
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