ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Asia Pacific Region

ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Asia Pacific Region Da Nang City, Vietnam 22 August 2016 Challenges for ICT standardization in Vietnam Do Xuan Binh Principal Official, MIC, Vietnam dxbinh@mic. gov. vn

Contents § § § ICT standardization in developing countries ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges Conclusions

Contents § § § ICT standardization in developing countries ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges Conclusion

ICT standardization activities in developing countries Main tasks • Understanding international/regional standards • Applying (choosing/adopting) international/regional standards • Participating in and contributing to the work of regional/ international SDOs

ICT standardization activities in developing countries - - Observation National standardization activities normally do not follow international activities and may fail to keep up with practical requirements Limited participation in international/regional standardization activities

ICT standardization activities in developing countries Problems/difficulties Lack of competent experts, especially from industry sides: difficulty in understanding thoroughly of standardization activities, in national/regional/international levels Do not have favorable conditions to frequently participate in international/regional standardization activities Shortage of information on activities of international/regional standardization organizations; limitation of awareness and application of international/regional standards

Contents • ICT standardization in developing countries • ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges • Conclusions

Vietnam ICT highlights 4 G LTE is on the final trial, soon will be deployed widely Promotion of IPv 6 in the context of exhaustion of IPv 4 addresses and the potential Io. T applications Fixed and mobile broadband Internet are in strategic positions Television and broadcasting networks and services are being digitalized and converged ICT infrastructure is growing fast: complicated and unsafe BTS station towers and outside cable networks Online services and applications (OTT services, online games, social networks, etc. ) are facilitated ICT applications of all economic sectors (e-gov, e-health, eeducation, e-transportation, etc. ) are encouraged

ICT standardization activities in Vietnam New R&D and standardization strategy Telecoms: 4 G LTE mobile equipments and mobile station (toward 5 G), broadband internet services Television and broadcasting: DVB-T 2, DVB-S/S 2, DVB-C television, TV White Space Internet: IPv 6 and Io. T Applications: ICT applications in Gov. organizations ICT applications in other economic sectors: e-health, etransport

ICT standardization system in Vietnam International Level ITU ISO JTC 1 IEC Regional Level APT MOST MIC DST STAMEQ DIC VNTA National Level RIPT Manufacturer Operators R&D Institute Academia, etc

ICT standardization system in Vietnam ICT standards ICT technical regulations (voluntary) (mandatory) - National tech. regulations - Local tech. regulations - International standards - National standards - Organization standards Objects Products, equipment Network/information system interconnections Telecoms installations/Radio stations Network performance and Qo. S Quality, Safety, publicity, efficiency security transparency Advanced, practical, unified

ICT standardization system in Vietnam • National technical regulations ~ around 100 – Information system: 01 – Telecom equipment: 57 – IPv 6: 02 – Telecom network: 11 – Telecom service: 06 – Television and broadcasting equipment: 09 – Television and broadcasting services: 05 – EMC: 09 Mandatory * Essential (minimum) requirements Products: EMC, Radio spectrum, Electric safety, etc. Services: - Qo. S, Qo. E Systems: EMF exposure from BTSs/Television stations; Installations of BTSs/telecoms stations/passive telecoms infrastructure * Measurement/assessment methods

ICT standardization system in Vietnam • National standards (by MIC) ~ around 98 – Information security: 13 – IT: 14 (software products) – Telecoms equipment, internet: 49 – EMC: 12 – Television and broadcasting: 04 – ICT application for people with disabilities: 06 Voluntary * * * Technical specifications EMC measurements Software/hardware Qo. S, Qo. E Information Security Management System

ICT standardization system in Vietnam • Regulations 2009 List of standards for supporting people with disabilities to access and use ICT 2013 List of ICT [mandatory/recommended] standards applied in government organizations Connection (23) Data integrity (12) Information access (48) Information security (35) 2013 List of mandatory standards applied for datacenters 2015 List of mandatory standards applied to digital signature and digital signature certification service 14

Participating international standardization activities/Challenges - Monitoring SDO’s activities - Preparation of contributions Mechanism to enhance activeness, regularity and professionalism - Sending experts to meetings, workshops, Fora, etc. - Remote participation/ e-working Creation favorable conditions for participation of experts (budget, time, etc. ) Making contributions during participation Ensuring effectiveness/ progression of paticipation Internal report after participation Follow-up activities

Standard making process/Challenges Establishing the Long term Plan for standard development Standardization (1) Planning Committee Choosing Inter’nal standards to adopt (2) Available Inter’nal standards Creating new Standards (3) Defining essential Regulatory objectives/ Specific needs requirements (4) Specifying assessment methods (5) Assessment requirments Public hearing and completion of standards (6) - Rapid changing of new/converging technologies, services, applications - Not having industries, not being a technology developer - Lack of understanding appropriate standards (from various SDOs) - Lack of guidelines to implement (“generic”) standards Lack of ref. standards with regulatory implication (Case 1, 2) Lack of ref. standards with clear identification of critical/minimum requirements (Case 3) Lack of ref. documents detailing measurement/assessment methods (Case 3) To achieve concensus

Case 1: Passive telecoms infrastructure standards Lack of reference standards with regulatory implication In the context of fast grown-up telecoms infrastructure, standards are needed: to ensure mechanical safety of BTS/television antenna towers - for telecoms operators to share their infrastructure (antenna tower/ cable trench, jointing chamber, tunnel, etc. ) -

Case 2: Information security standards Lack of reference standards with regulatory implication The “Law on network information security” (2015): Information systems shall be classified into 5 levels of information security for apply appropriate management and technical countermeasures - Standards are needed to specify minimum security requirements for Classified information systems

Case 3: Qo. S, Qo. E standards Lack of reference standards with clear identification of critical/minimum requirements and measurement methods - ITU-T Recs specify Qo. S, Qo. E criteria, but left behind corresponding minimum requirements - There is still a need for more specific measurement methods ITU-T E. 804 (ETSI TS 102 250) for Qo. S, Qo. E ITU-T P. 862, ITU-T P. 863

Contents ICT standardization in developing countries ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges Conclusions

Conclusions • ICT standardization activities – broad and complicated – need systematic observations and plans – need collaboration between ITU and other SDOs • Standards with regulatory implication – derived from, and raised by, developing countries – need to take consideration by ITU-T and SDOs • Participation of developing countries in international standardization activities – bring benefits for the countries as well as global standards development – should be continuously supported via ITU-T BSG activities

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