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Margot Dor, Business Development & Partnerships, ETSImargot.dor@etsi.org

A workshop co-organized by ETSI y el Secretaria de Salud de Mexicoin Tuxtla, Chiapas, 18-19 May 2006

ETSI, the @LIS Dialogue on Standards Why we are here today

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ETSI: A Standardization Success Story

ETSI since its creation in 1988 has established itself

in a relatively short time as a premier multinational SDO

ETSI success is based on the development market-driven open standards that:

– enable interoperability – expand markets, bring down costs

and enable increased competition– create trust and confidence in products

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ICT Standards organization, private not for profit

Global membership (670+ Members, 80% industry, 20% overseas)

Track record of worldwide industrial hits (fixed, mobile, broadcast)…

…enabled also by a recognized IPR policy (FRAND)

Favors partnerships (regional/technical)

Founding partner and home of the 3GPP

(EU/US/China/Japan/Korea)

Broadcast (EBU/CLC)

Interoperability services (test specs, test suites, interop

testing-”PlugTests”)

Forum hosting

All deliverables available free of charge

http://www.etsi.org

http://portal.etsi.org

ETSI, who are we exactly?

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PartnershipsPartnerships

Nobody does it alone

• CITEL• GSM LA • AHCIET• GSM LA• CCSA• OMA• IEEE • GCF• WIMAX forum• The Parlay Group• IPv6 Forum• NENA• DVB Project• TETRA MoU• (60+ active)

International

Interregional

CEN/CLC

CEN/CLC

ITU-TITU-T ITU-RITU-R

GTSCGRSC

JTC1JTC1

Europe

ITU-DITU-D

ECEC CEPTCEPT

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Open meetings All stakeholders may participate in the standards development process

Consensus All interests are discussed and agreement found

Due Process Balloting and appeal process may be used to find resolution

Open IPR IPR holders must identify themselves during the standards development process

Open Access Open access to all deliverables

Open World Same standard for the same function world-wide

Open Interfaces Allow additional functions, public or proprietary

Open markets Interoperability users are not locked in with one supplier/service provider

Open Standards

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Open standards open markets

Facilitate a multi-supplier environment

Lay the ground for interoperability in a multi-equipment provider and multi-service provider environment

Enable the development of profitable industrial ecosystems

Open standards > balance power between market players (suppliers/operators-SPs/users)

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Open standards and service creation

Facilitate a multi-service provider environment interchangeable terminal equipment competitive pricing of services network agnostic third parties applications

This is highly critical in countries/regions Where local manufacturing industry does not compete

on a global scale (yet) That are standards adopters (so far) That have highly educated and competitive workforce is

SW (applications and services) development Where the service industry is highly creative and

competitive Where there is a strong political push to rely on ICT and

education to develop.

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& the Dialogue on Standards

What brought us here together today

*Alliance for the Information Society

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Network of Regulators (Regulatel)

Dialogue on Standardization (ETSI)

Dialogue on Policy & Regulation (ECLAC)

Interconnection of Research Networks (Geant/Red Clara)

digital inclusiondigital inclusion

e-gov.e-gov. e-education e-education

e-health e-health

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The Dialogue on Standards

Positioning Open Standards are key to enable the development of ICT

services and applications that help bridge the digital divide

Objectives Increase bilateral work flow Increase ETSI visibility and standards adoption in LA

Means 3,8 million euros (2003-2006) ETSI contribution “indirect” –i.e. in kind

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The starting point: building awareness for ETSI standards, ways (specifics), and services

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The learning curve(or « wake up call »)

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Latin American countries do produce ICT standards

They are just not called that way “Interop profiles, Interop frameworks…”

A usage-driven model Services and applications first architecture is key,

interoperability ex-post

The public sector is at the forefront ICT for economic development-software, political agendas

Straight (and fast) to the top No legacy of standards making in the lower layers…

An interesting issue: IP strategies of “new entrants” on the standards production market

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It’s all about usage and solutions to make life easier and better

But for Interoperability, transferability, reusability

solutions based on open standards local players in

control

Sustainability

It’s about creating ecosystems/clusters with strong

implication of local developers & service providers

Nobody cares about standards…

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@METIS: A Dialogue between EU and Latin America“Interoperability profilers”

Objectives Create a think tank on specifications and interoperability

profiles for e-gov applications (both policy and technology)

Enable the development of joint deliverables (strategic and/or technical).

Ways and means ETSI enabler/bridge Seed money from the @LIS Dialogue on Standards

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Objectives Further explore the policy goals of Mexico in relation to

e-health issues Ensure a common understanding of the technology

requirements Present a set of case studies (broadband connectivity

and applications) Increase cooperation between Mexican and European

players (both from a policy and technology perspective)

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Topics Broadband accessibility/connectivity based on the use

of satellite technologies (DVB-RCS) Use of smart cards technologies for health applications

(health record, security of personal data, authentication etc).

Human factors (ease of use, ergonomics, accessibility for all, etc)

Legal issues in e-health systems (liability, data privacy, etc)

Applications (e.g. Bibliotecas Medicas Digitales)

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A questionTechnologies do not come into silos…

should applications do?

Infrastructures converge to all IP

Point of gravity of convergence middleware and services

Applications?

Reinventing the wheel?

Disconnecting issues…but interoperability is across layers

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Dialogue (d i-alog)A conversation between two or more persons.

For a successful dialogue, the partners must achieve

a workable balance of contributions