1. Regional ITU Consultation on
Conformance Assessment and Interoperability
(Quito, Ecuador, 6 July 2010)
Summary of contributions submitted and available in the web site of the ITU consultation meeting
As elaborated by Paolo Rosa
Head, Workshops and Promotion Division
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
ITU

2. Italy
“Reply to concerns from some members about the ITU-T Conformity and Interoperability program as agreed by the Council-09”
Why to implement the ITU Conformity Procedure and its Database
Benefits coming from the ITU Conformity Database for manufacturers, operating companies, services providers, end-users
Why the conformance assessment is the first step in achieving interoperability
Real costs and time to market for the manufacturers
ITU Conformity and Interoperability programme as the best solution for the needs of developing counbtries.

3. IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP): The Mission statement
The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) will be the focal point for industry technology professionals and organizations involved with product conformity to IEEE standards and related industry specifications, advancing and accelerating market adoption of conforming and interoperable products

4. IEEE Conformity Assessment Program: The Website
The ICAP website ( is the externally facing “storefront” for the ICAP program
Providing a home base for industry groups involved with conformity programs associated with IEEE standards
Includes Laboratory Services Listing
Includes Registry of Conforming Products

5. Germany – Federal Ministry of economics and technology
Project: Measuring interoperability – from theory to practice “successful interaction of various data- and document-formats, processes and services as well as software (-versions) and applications often fails due to a lack of interoperability, which is a prerequisite condition as soon as two or more systems need to interact. “

6. Germany: The Project
Seeking to develop measures to enhance interoperability in ICT stating that Conformity is not Interoperability
Addressed to
public procurers have no acknowledged criteria to describe requirements concerning interoperability
suppliers – especially SMEs – do not have an acknowledged possibility to proof if their product meets infrastructures requirements
To develop typical scenarios aiming at analyzing, testing, verifying and demonstrating interoperability of selected systems in specific areas of application in a lab testing-environment
To produce scenario-specific profiles to be channelled to the relevant standards bodies as appropriate