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Regulator’s Challenges in ICT Standardization Process in Papua New Guinea

ITU-T Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap and Interactive Training Session (Nadi, Fiji, 4 – 6 July 2011 ). Regulator’s Challenges in ICT Standardization Process in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Gibson Tito, PERS, National Information and Communications Technology Authority - NICTA.

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Regulator’s Challenges in ICT Standardization Process in Papua New Guinea

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  1. ITU-T Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gapand Interactive Training Session (Nadi, Fiji, 4 – 6 July 2011 ) Regulator’s Challenges in ICT Standardization Process in Papua New Guinea Mr. Gibson Tito, PERS, National Information and Communications Technology Authority - NICTA

  2. Outline of Presentation • About Papua New Guinea • Brief on NICT Act 2009 Reform • ICT Institutional Arrangement • The ICT Licensing Regime • Observation and Development Issues • ICT Standardization Challenges • Way Forward – Opportunities • Conclusion

  3. About Papua New Guinea • General Statistics • Population: 6.7 million (20% urban; 80% rural) • Languages: Over 820 • Land mass: 463,000 square km • Rugged mountains and on mainland and isolated small islands

  4. About Papua New Guinea (Cont..) • Current ICT Statistics • Operators: • Fixed – 1; Cellular Mobile – 2; CDMA Mobile - 1; ISP – 18 (Licenses issued)

  5. Brief on National ICT Act 2009 Reform • Objectives: • Ensure that ICT industry contributes to the greatest extent possible to the long-term economic and social development of PNG (Constitutional National Goals) • Regulatory principles: • To achieve the objectives of the Act, the ICT industry in PNG should be regulated in a manner that recognizes, • Effectiveness & Efficiency • Regulatory measures

  6. ICT Institutional Arrangement • BEFORE • Dual regulatory regime – PANGTEL and ICCC • Vertical, service and technology specific • CURRENT (As of 29 Oct, 2010 – Succession Date) • Converged regulator – converged sector and specific regulator • NICTA responsible for all ex ante regulations on ICT industry in PNG

  7. The Licensing Regime • Old Carrier Licensing Regime - PANGTEL • Dual regulatory regime – PANGTEL and ICCC • New ICT Operator Licensing Regime – NICTA • Horizontal and technology neutral • New ICT Radiocoomunications Licenses – NICTA • Spectrum license, Apparatus license, Class license

  8. Observations and Development Issues • National ICT regulation and licensing is becoming consistent with the current state of ICT: CONVERGENCE • National ICT legislation that promotes the growth of ICT markets and industry in PNG • Part XI of National ICT Act – Regulatory Instruments, Division 5,6,&7. • Universal Access Scheme • Emerging communications technologies

  9. ICT Standardization Challenges – Within Methodologies of adopting standards. Maintaining and updating standards/ document archive. Standard format for drafting of respective standards and codes Audits of technical standards Criteria & procedures for discontinuing legacy standards Migration path from legacy systems to newer technologies Developing technical codes and standards for emerging technologies. e.g., GPRS & 3G, IMT 2000, BGAN, HSDPA, etc…

  10. ICT Standardization Challenges – With Industry Untimely feedback/ comments from draft public consultation technical standard and code papers Sometimes lack of compliance to technical ICT standards Requires wider consultation and collaboration with ICT industry Needs adequate human capacity in standardization arena Strengthening of partnership with other National Standard agencies. E.g. NISIT Isolated framework for collaboration/ partnership with all sector of economy.

  11. ICT Standardization Challenges – International • Robust engagement with vendors to obtain industry standards system. • MRA preparation/requirement for phase 1 • The build up of past events • 2000 – APEC MRA office set up within PANGTEL • 2001-2004 – Ground work for PHASE 1 including collation and formulation of technical standards and TA specifications

  12. ICT Standardization Challenges – International (cont..) • The build up of past events (cont..) • 2005 – 2007 – Project became stagnant reason being; • Other higher priority regulatory functions eroded management will to pursue it further • There was no push from Industry where they could have benefitted from quicker transfer of Telecom technology • 2008 – As a means to revive and pursue it again, it was adopted into the TAPG and received management endorsement but went stagnant again for same reason.

  13. Way Forward – Opportunities • National ICT regulation and licensing is becoming consistent with the current state of ICT: CONVERGENCE • Build human capacity to handle the dynamic ICT sector and standardization • Collaboration and partnership between all stake holders (operators/service providers, customers, regulator) • Participate in standards and other working group of ITU and Regional ICT Standardization Committee

  14. Conclusion • NICTA needs to develop clear strategies, action plans and an implementation ICT Standardization framework to suit the new ICT Licencing Regime • We are pleased to announce our official engagement with TTA on ICT Standardization Consultation & Collaboration Program for this year…

  15. Questions???? • Any Questions can be forwarded to Mr. George Alokaka and me VINAKA

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