RECENT DICUSSIONS IN ITU-T ON COLLABORATION Document No: GSC(14)18_030 Source: ITU Contact: Reinhard Scholl Agenda Item: 5.1 (M2M / IoT) RECENT DICUSSIONS IN ITU-T ON COLLABORATION Reinhard Scholl, ITU GSC-18 Meeting, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis, France

Collaboration – one of three strategic goals of ITU-T Recommendation ITU-T A.4 - Communication process between ITU-T and Forums and Consortia (1st version 1996) Recommendation ITU-T A.5 - Generic procedures for including references to documents of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations (1st version 1998) Recommendation ITU-T A.6 - Cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T and national and regional standards development organizations (1st version 1998) GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

ITU-T A.4/A.5/A.6 statistics ITU-T A.4/A.5/A.6 qualified organizations Type of combination Numbers of Organization A.4 only 14 A.5 only 8 A.6 only A.4 and A.5 19 A.6 and A.5 16 Under evaluation 12 Most important aspect for qualification: IPR policy to be consistent with ITU IPR policy GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

Collaboration with ISO & IEC Resolution 7 - Collaboration with ISO and IEC ITU-T A.23 - Guide for ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC1 cooperation Long document (68 pages)   10% of ITU-T Recommendations is “common text” with ISO/IEC JTC1 GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

Revisiting collaboration ITU-T Review Committee: Strategic and structural review of ITU-T TSAG (Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group) Rapporteur Group “Strengthening Collaboration” revisits ITU-T A.4/A.5/A.6 Numerous discussions this year on collaboration GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

Standardization landscape becomes more competitive Convergence is a reality Demarcation between SDOs is blurring Overlap and duplication is a reality to be managed SDO-shopping is a reality ICT is everywhere Different SDOs have different scopes, memberships, cultures, skills, procedures, regulatory environments GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis Some key questions How can ITU-T integrate another body’s text in its Recommendation? By reference By integrating all, or part, of the other body’s text, with or without modifications Need to make sure that other body is “qualified”, in particular with respect to IPR policy GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis Some key questions How does ITU-T jointly develop “common text” with another body? See ISO/IEC JTC1 example: successful but complex Recently: ETSI and ITU-T on ICT & climate change Joint development among standards bodies likely to increase in importance Collaboration on ITS Communication Standards GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis