CONTENTS · 2020-06-11 · CONTENTS 1 ABOUT MTSFB 2 CORPORATE INFORMATION 02 Statutory Requirement 02 About Us 03 From Chairman’s Desk 04 Directors’ Quotes 06 MTSFB Structure

CONTENTS

1 ABOUT MTSFB

2 CORPORATE INFORMATION

02 Statutory Requirement

02 About Us

03 From Chairman’s Desk

04 Directors’ Quotes

06 MTSFB Structure

08 Board of Directors

10 Reference Panel & Working Group Leaders

11 Working Group

13 Membership

15 External Committee

Board of Directors

3 CORPORATE EVENTS

4 REPORT

5 ARTICLE

About Us

Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) (655368-P) is a company limited by guarantee which was incorporated on 8 June 2004 and was officially designated by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) as the Technical Standards Forum on 27 October 2004 under the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998 (Act 588), Part V, Chapter 9, Section 94 Industry Forum and Part VII, Chapter 3, Section 184 Technical Standards Forum to embrace self-regulatory in accordance to the spirit of CMA 1998 on the development of technical codes, standards and guidelines related to operational, safety and interoperability by Network Facility Providers, Network Service Providers and/or Network Application Service Providers.

MTSFB was officially appointed as the Standard Writing Organization (SWO) pursuant to the agreement on 30 August 2005 with SIRIM BERHAD (SIRIM) in compliance to the appointment by the Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) under the provision of the Standards of Malaysia Act (SMA) 1996 (Act 549) / (Amendment) 2012 (Act A1425).

Among the primary roles of MTSFB are to develop, recommend, modify and update of the relevant Technical Codes, Standards and Guidelines for registration by SKMM or relevant Malaysian Standards for gazettal through SIRIM by DSM under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)

The involvement do develop these abovementioned technical documents will bring immense benefits not only to stakeholders but also to consumers and general public at large. The engagement on standardization activities is essential towards achieving a sustainable development of the communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia.

For more information visit http://www.mtsfb.org.my

Statutory Requirement

Pursuant to 118, Article of Association of the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) and accordance with clause for a private company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital of the Companies Act 1965, MTSFB hereby produce and publish its annual report that set out in details the activities and achievements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012. This Annual Report shall be submitted to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) and to MTSFB’s Ordinary and Associate Members.

About MTSFB1

FROM CHAIRMAN’s DESK

The Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) is a self-regulating body that work closely with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

(SKMM) and aim at ensuring the industry expectations and consumer expectations meets. Its primary role is to develop Technical Standards and Industry Codes as well as to provide Industry Facilitation services with the objective of promoting competitiveness in the Malaysian communications industry. It is established under the auspices of SKMM. Industry interest in MTSFB is strong and a wide representation and participation is well participated by the telecommunications operators, broadcasters, industry associations, vendor, government agencies and institutions of higher learning through meetings/seminars/workshops, demos, exhibitions as well as field trials.

In the initial phase Working Groups are formed based on strategic prioritization on what we perceive as current industry needs. However, as our membership grows, we expect the current focus to evolve to meet member’s expectations as well as to reflect our national aspirations. It is apparent that the strength of our Working Groups lies in the diversity in the specialized knowledge and expertise of their members. Each of the members also brings different and unique experiences and skills that MTSFB can exploit with positive results.

MTSFB continues to address Technical Standards development for the communications and multimedia industries in Malaysia. Voluntary Industry Codes (VIC) will continue to be developed in order to achieve better quality of communications and multimedia networks. Technical standards on mobile cellular industry have to be continuously up-dated with the introduction of new technologies. Digital Terrestrial Television network that uses DVB-T2 technologies in Malaysia is currently being up-dated to include newer technologies.Moving forward, in 2013 MTSFB will have Centre of Excellence activities as the complement of technical standards development. As a start in 2013, the focus will be on IPv6 activities.

On behalf of the MTSFB Board, I would like to express appreciation to all MTSFB registered members as well as the working group members for making 2012 progressively building up the strength of MTSFB as the centre of technical standards development for the communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia.Last but not least, thank you very much for all the contribution and support to MTSFB from both SKMM and industry members thus far. MTSFB family has expanded its capacity since its incorporation due to MTSFB remarkable achievement contributing its experience and expertise through its members’ activities.

YBHG. DATO’ ISMAIL OSMANDPMT

CHAIRMAN OF BOARDMalaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd

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DIRECTORS’ QUOTES

MTSFB continues to address Technical Standards development for the communications and multimedia industries in Malaysia. Moving forward, in 2013 MTSFB will have Centre of Excellence activities as the complement of technical standards development. Voluntary Industry Codes (VIC) will continue to be developed in order to achieve better quality of communications and multimedia networks. Technical standards on mobile cellular industry have to be continuously up-dated with the introduction of new technologies. Digital Terrestrial Television network that uses DVB-T2 technologies in Malaysia is currently being up-dated to include newer technologies.I would like to express appreciation to the members of all the technical working groups including the Chairman and the Chairman of Reference Panel for making 2012 progressively building up the strength of MTSFB as the centre of technical standards development for the communications and multimedia industries in Malaysia.Complementing its technical standards development activities, MTSFB will establish the Centre of Excellence. As a start in 2013, the focus will be on IPv6 activities.Last but not least, on behalf of the board of MTSFB, I would like express sincerely thanks for the continuous support to MCMC and assisting MTSFB to build from strength to strength - Dato Ismail Osman (REDtone)

“MTSFB is a sound platform to facilitate various technical standards, codes and policies in promoting regulation within the industry. This enables the industry to contribute, share and develop a knowledge-based environment in shaping the telecommunication competitiveness in Malaysia” – Muniff Kamaruddin (Maxis)

Harmonizing standards is vital in the area of telecommunication/ICT in ensuring interworking and interoperability. MTSFB has played a major role in Malaysia where close relationship among the service and technology providers are in place to achieve these objectives. New technologies and services in the coming years are among the challenges that global players are facing, in which MTSFB is the platform and will play a crucial role in defining those standards – Tuan Haji Mohd Rais Azhar (Telekom)

2About MTSFB1 MALAYSIAN TECHNICAL STANDARDS FORUM BHD

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Corporate Information2 MALAYSIAN TECHNICAL STANDARDS FORUM BHDANNUAL REPORT 2012

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MTSFB STRUCTUREMuniff Kamaruddin

MAXIS

Alternate DirectorSoh Kin Hoe

ChairmanNA Ratnam

Vice Chairman

Amirul Ahmad

Hj Mohd Rais AzharTELEKOM MALAYSIA

Alternate DirectorHj Zakaria Ahmad

Abdulhadi WahidTIME dotCom Bhd

Alternate DirectorMohd Hanizam Mohamed

Azim Ng AbdullahSIRIM Berhad

Alternate DirectorHj Abdul Aziz Bin Long

Shahrul Imran SultanMBNS / ASTRO

Alternate DirectorMustafa Kamal Mamat

Soam Chin ChoonDiGi

Alternate DirectorMohd Fuad Bin Romeli

Dato’ Rosman RidzwanUMobile Sdn. Bhd.

Alternate DirectorNorazlan Abdul Aziz

ChairmanDATO’ ISMAIL OSMAN

REDtone

Alternate DirectorSyed Binyamin Alsagoff

Senior ManagerAmirul Ahmad

ManagerNorazlina Dato’ Ghazali

Senior ExecutiveHumairah Ahmad Nasir

MTSFB Secretariate

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Operational AssistantMuhammad Zakwan

Mohd Zaki

Administrative AssistantZulkarnaen Mohd Japali

WG on Installation Network Facility - Regulatory (INF-R) Chair : Irving Ho Wee Beng (DiGi)

WG on Fixed Terminal (FT)Chair : Abd Hamid Mustafa (Telekom)

WG on Satellite Broadcast Terminal (SBT)Chair : Shahrul Imran Sultan (MBNS/ASTRO)

WG on Powerline Communications (PLC)Chair : Vacant

WG on Future Networks Facility (FN)Chair : Vacant

WG on International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)Chair : Tan Siang Tuan (DiGi)

WG on Digital Radio Broadcast (DRB)Chair : Roslan Boni (MBNS/ASTRO)

WG on Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)Chair : Gopinath Rao Sinniah (MIMOS BERHAD)

WG on Fixed Network Facility (FNF)Chair : Mohd Yusairi Abu Hasan (Telekom)

WG on Broadcasting Network Facility (BNF)Chair : Vacant

WG on Radiocommunications Network Facility External(RNF - Ex)Chair : Nor Izhar Mohd Zain (Asiaspace)

WG on Radiocommunications Network Facility Internal(RNF - In)Chair : Vacant

WG on Occupational Safety & Health (OSH)Chair : Bruce De Netto (Maxis)

WG on Wireless Industry Emission (WIE)Chair : Vacant

WG on Wireless Terminal (WT)Chair : Dr Wahidah Hashim (MIMOS BERHAD)

WG on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)Chair : Magli Alias (RTM)

WG on Green Information & Communications Technology(GICT)Chair : Nur Faezal Elias (NFE Consulting)

WG on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)Chair : Mustafa Kamal Mamat (MBNS/ASTRO)

WG on Multimedia Terminal (MMT)Chair : Hj Jaafar Hj Mohamad Abu Bakar (Individual)


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WG CHAIRMAN(Name & Organization)

WG VICE CHAIRMAN(Name & Organization)

WG SECRETARY(Name & Organization)

Ratnam NA (MBNS/Astro) - RP ChairmanAmirul Ahmad (MTSFB) - RP Vice ChairmanAbdul Ghani Zainal Abidin - SIRIM Berhad

ACTIVE WORKING GROUP

MMT Hj. Jaafar Hj MohammadAbu Bakar (Individual)

Dr Rohmad Fakeh(RTM)

Razaini Mohd Razali(SIRIM Berhad)

FNF Mohd Yusairi Abu Hasan(Telekom)

Muhammad Mohd Yunus(TIME dotCom Bhd)

Nurulfahmie Mohamed Yasin(Telekom)

RNF (Ex)

Nor Izhar Mohd Zain(Asiaspace)

Mohd Hafiz Senin(P1)

Vacant

IPv6 Gopinath Rao Sinniah(MIMOS BERHAD)

Ronhazli Adam(Celcom)

Azura Mat Salim(Telekom)

IMT Tan Siang Tuan(DiGi)

Vacant Khairul Akmal Zahri(P1)

WT Dr Wahidah Hashim(MIMOS BERHAD)

Najib Fadil Mohd Bisri(Telekom)

Khairunisa Halim(SIRIM Berhad)

RNF (In)

Vacant Mohd Hafiz Senin(P1)

Vacant

GICT Nur Faezal Elias(NFE Consulting)

Wee Huay Neo(MDEC)

Jacqueline Chang(EUMCCI)

FT Abd Hamid Mustafa(Telekom)

Ahmad Faizan Pardi(SIRIM Berhad)

Nur Rashidah Abas Azmi(Telekom)

IPTV Mustafa Kamal Mamat(MBNS/ASTRO)

Nik Maziah Nik Mohamad(Telekom)

Muzaffar Fakhruddin(Sony)

INF-R Irving Ho Wee Beng(DiGi)

Mohd Zin Mohd Noor(Sapura)

Low Kien Yap(Celcom)

IN RECESS WORKING GROUP

WIE Vacant Vacant Vacant

DRB Roslan Boni(MBSN/ASTRO)

Vacant Vacant

PLC Vacant Vacant Vacant

DTT Magli Alias(RTM)

Dr Ahmad Zaki(Media Prima)

Omar Giri(Individual)

SBT Shahrul Imran Sultan(MBNS/Astro)

Zul Deresid(Astro)

Razaini Mohd Razali(SIRIM)

OSH Bruce De Netto(Maxis)

Vacant Suzamri Salleh(Maxis)

FN WG

Vacant Soam Chin Choon(DiGi)

Nazrizam Mat Zin(Telekom)

BNF WG

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Working Groups (WGs) are established on a project basis either industry own initiative or request by SKMM and must operate in accordance with the Operating Manual, Article of Association or any principle determined by the Board.

Pursuant to Part VII, Chapter 3, Section 185 of CMA on Matters for Technical Code, we have expanded our scope of work into 19 Working Groups and categorized in line with the scope defined in the WG’s Terms of Reference (ToR) of the identified Work Program and its deliverable to be achieved as fallows:

NETWORK FACILITY

Fixed Network Facility Working Group (FNF WG) Chairman : Mohd Yusairi Abu Hasan (Telekom)Vice Chairman : Muhammad Mohd Yunus (TIME dotCom Bhd)Secretary : Nurulfahmie Mohamed Yasin (Telekom)

Radiocommunications Network Facility (External)Working Group (RNF (Ex) WG)

Chairman : Nor Izhar Mohd Zain (AsiaspaceVice Chairman : Mohd Hafiz Senin (P1)Secretary : Vacant

Radiocommunications Network Facility (Internal)Working Group (RNF (In) WG)

Chairman : VacantVice Chairman : Mohd Hafiz Senin (P1)Secretary : Vacant

Broadcasting Network Facility Working Group (BNF WG) Chairman : VacantVice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Vacant

Occupational Safety & Health Working Group (OSH WG) Chairman : Bruce De Netto (Maxis)Vice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Suzamri Salleh (Maxis)

Wireless Industry Emission Working Group (WIE WG) Chairman : VacantVice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Vacant

Green Information & Communications Technology Working Group (GICT WG)

Chairman : Nur Faezal Elias (NFE Consulting)Vice Chairman : Wee Huay Neo (MDEC)Secretary : Jacqueline Chang (EUMCCI)

Installation of Network Facility Regulatory Working Group (INF-R WG)

Chairman : Irving Ho Wee Beng (DiGi)Vice Chairman : Mohd Zin Mohd Noor (Sapura)Secretary : Low Kien Yap (Celcom)

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WORKING GROUPS

NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

Future Networks Working Group(FN WG)

International Mobile TelecommunicationsWorking Group (IMT WG)

Internet Protocol Version 6Working Group (IPv6 WG)

Digital Terrestrial TelevisionWorking Group (DTT WG)

Powerline CommunicationsWorking Group (PLC WG)

Digital Radio Broadcact Working Group(DRB WG)

Internet Protocol TelevisionWorking Group (IPTV WG)

Chairman : VacantVice Chairman : Soam Chin Choon (DiGi)Secretary : Vacant Chairman : Tan Siang Tuan (DiGi)Vice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Khairul Akmal Zahri (P1)

Chairman : Gopinath Rao Sinniah (MIMOS BERHAD)Vice Chairman : Ronhazli Adam (Celcom)Secretary : Azura Mat Salim (Telekom)

Chairman : Magli Alias (RTM)Vice Chairman : Dr. Ahmad Zaki (Media Prima)Secretary : Omar Giri (Individual)

Chairman : VacantVice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Vacant

Chairman : Roslan Boni (MBNS/ASTRO)Vice Chairman : VacantSecretary : Vacant

Chairman : Mustafa Kamal Mamat (IPTV WG)Vice Chairman : Nik Maziah Nik Mohamed (Telekom)Secretary : Muzaffar Fakhruddin (Sony)

NETWORK EQUIQMENT / TERMINAL

Fixed Terminal Working Group(FT WG)

Multimedia Terminal Working Group(MMT WG)

Satellite Broadcast TerminalWorking Group (SBT WG)

Wireless Terminal Working Group(WT WG)

Chairman : Abd Hamid Mustafa (Telekom)Vice Chairman : Ahmad Faizan Pardi (SIRIM Berhad)Secretary : Nur Rashidah Abas Azmi (Telekom)

Chairman : Hj Jaafar Hj Mohamad Abu Bakar (Individual)Vice Chairman : Dr Rohmad Fakeh (RTM)Secretary : Razaini Mohd Razali (SIRIM Berhad)

Chairman : Shahrul Imran Sultan (MBNS/ASTRO)Vice Chairman : Zul Deresid (MBNS/ASTRO)Secretary : Razaini Mohd Razali (SIRIM Berhad)

Chairman : Dr Wahidah Hashim (MIMOS BERHAD)Vice Chairman : Najib Fadil Mohd Bisri (Telekom)Secretary : Khairunisa Halim (SIRIM Berhad)

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MEMBERSHIP

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhdwww.maxis.com.my

Telekom Malaysia Bhdwww.tm.com.my

SIRIM Berhadwww.sirim.my

Measat Broadcast Network System Sdn Bhdwww.astro.com.my

DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhdwww.digi.com.my

TIME dotCom Bhdwww.time.com.my

U Mobile Sdn Bhdwww.u.com.my

NTT MSC Sdn Bhdwww.nttmsc.com.my

Orbitage Sdn Bhdwww.orbitage.com

MIMOS BERHADwww.mimos.my

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ZTE (MALAYSIA) Corporation Sdn Bhdwww.zte.com.cn

Asiaspace Digital Network Sdn Bhdwww.asiaspace.com.my

FineTV Network Sdn Bhdwww.finetv.com.my

YTL Communications Sdn Bhdwww.ytlcomms.my

Media Prima Berhadwww.mediaprima.com.my

Redtone Marketing Sdn Bhdwww.redtone.com

R & L Telecommunications Sdn Bhdwww.rnl.my

Asian Broadcasting Networks Sdn Bhdwww.abnxcess.com

Digital Newstar Sdn Bhdwww.pins.com.my

My6 Initiative Berhadwww.my6.my


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1. Rohde & Schwarz Malaysia Sdn Bhdwww.rohde-schwarz.com.my

2. Nokia Siemens Networks Sdn Bhdwww.nsn.com

3. Ericsson (M) Berhadwww.ericsson.com

4. Alcatel Lucent Malaysiawww.alcatel-lucent.com.my

5. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)www.upm.edu.my

6. TM Net Sdn Bhdwww.tmnet.com.my

7. Celcom Axiata Berhadwww.celcom.com.my

8. Motorola Technology Sdn Bhdwww.motorolasolutions.com

9. Universiti Teknologi Malaysiawww.utm.my

10. Universiti Teknologi Marawww.uitm.edu.my

11. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysiawww.usim.edu.my

12. National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6)www.nav6.org

13. Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhdwww.packet-1.com

14. BT Multimedia Sdn Bhdwww.bt.com

15. GTL Networks Services Malaysia Sdn Bhdwww.gtllimited.com

16. Transform Star Sdn Bhd(Website Unavailable)

17. Jaring Communications Sdn Bhdwww.jaring.my

18. MYNIC Berhadwww.domainregistry.my

19. SONY EMCS MALAYSIA Sdn Bhd (KL TEC)www.sony.com.my

20. MDECwww.mdec.com.my

21. Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhdwww.sapura.com.my

22. NFE Consulting Sdn Bhdwww.nfeconsulting.com

23. Strategy & Technology Limitedwww.s-and-t.com

24. Broadcast Australia Pty Limitedwww.broadcastaustralia.com.au

25. Y P YAU Tradingwww.dr-satellite.com

26. CONAX AS Singapore Branchwww.conax.com

27. Wamata Solutions Sdn Bhdwww.wamatasolutions.com

28. Guillemard Engineering Serviceswww.ges-malaysia.webs.com

29. KUDELSKI Groupwww.nagra.com

30. Grass2route Sdn Bhdwww.g2r.com.my

31. Riger Corporation (M) Sdn Bhdwww.riger.com.my

32. Pernec Corporation Berhadwww.pernec.com.my

33. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysiawww.uthm.edu.my

34. Panasonic AVC Networks Kuala Lumpur Sdn Bhdwww.asiaspace.com.my

35. PCOM Technologies Sdn Bhdwww.pcom.cc

36. DualStak Networks Sdn Bhdwww.dualstak.com

37. Teetronics Industrial (M) Sdn Bhdwww.teetronics.com

38. VS Industry Berhadwww.vs-i.com

39. Dolby Laboratories Incwww.dolby.com

40. Multimedia Universitywww.mmu.edu.my

41. SFG Technology (M) Sdn Bhdwww.sfg.com.my

42. Ecocentus Sdn Bhdwww.ecocentus.com

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EXTERNAL COMMITTEE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Office Bearer

Industry StandardsCommittee

Information Technology,Communications and

Multimedia(ISC-G)

Amirul & Ratnam

Technical Committee IT Interconnection

Communications andSystem Information

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Amirul & Ratnam

Industry StandardsCommittee Occupational

Health and Safety(ISC-W)

Humairah & Bruce

Occuptional Safety &Health Working Group

Under DOSH TechnicalCommittee

Humairah & Bruce

Wireless SensorNetwork(WSN)

Dr. Wahidah & Norazlina

Working Committe

National SpectrumConsultative Committee

(NSCC)Dato’ Ismail & Amirul

Working Committee

NKEA CCI EPP SmartNetwork

Reference Committee(EPP9 RC)

Co-Lead: MTSFB & SKMM

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Maxis

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MTSFB 8 ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

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THE INAUGURAL MTSFB RECOGNITION AWARDS 2012 (MRA2012)The Board of Directors of Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (“MTSFB” or “the Company”) is pleased to inform that at the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday, 27 June 2012, the Members of the Company have approved the following resolutions :-

Re-election of Dato’ Ismail bin Osman as Chairman of MTSFB for another one (1) year term;

Re-election of Mr Soam Chin Choon as Director of the Company pursuant to Article 68 of the Articles of Association of the Company; and

Re-appointment of Messrs Khairuddin Hasyudeen & Razi as Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year ending 31 December 2011.

The event was continued with token of appreciation to ex-MTSFB directors, namely Tuan Haji Ramlan Othman and Encik Nor Izhar Mohd Zain.

We also presented the membership certificate to newly registered MTSFB members.

The award/prizes were presented to the individuals by YBhg. Dato’ Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus, Chief Industry Development and Resource and Planning Officer of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission who was also invited to grace the special session.

The ceremony is designed to highlight, encourage and reward the exceptional performance and growth of the Working Group and Individual Members of the Forum. These awards are widely considered as a benchmark of excellence in the industry.

CATEGORY WINNERS

Members

1. Most Active Working Group Reference Panel Category 2011

Internet Protocol version 6 Working Group (IPv6 WG)

Individual

2. Most Outstanding Working Group Leader Chairman Category 2011

Mr. Gopinath Rao Sinniah, MIMOSInternet Protocol version 6 Working Group (IPv6 WG)

3. Most Outstanding Working Group Leader Vice Chairman Category 2011

En. Ahmad Faizan Pardi, SIRIMFixed Terminal Working Group(FT WG)

4. Most Outstanding Working Group Leader Secretary Category 2011

Cik Razaini Mohd Razali, SIRIMMultimedia Terminal Working Group(MMT WG)

Others

5. MTSFB Special Award Reference Panel Category 2011

Mr. Ratnam NA, ASTROChairman of Reference Panel

6. MTSFB Special Award Working Group Member Category 2011

En. Muzaffar Fakhruddin, SonyDrafting Committee Leader, Multimedia Terminal Working Group (MMT WG)

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COMPANY RETREAT

GRAND LEXIS PORT DICKSONNEGERI SEMBILAN

2-4 APRIL 2012

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The MTSFB Retreat is an exercise to foster good working relationship and communication among the Reference Panel members as well as the Working Group Leaders, namely the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of each Working Group.

It is to reinforce leadership skills, brainstorm ideas, stimulate teamwork, nurture sense of collaboration and reaffirm deliverables among Reference Panel members.

The retreat received participation from the Reference Panel members comprises of the respective Working Group (WG) leaders that are the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary.

We have also invited the Malaysian Communications and

Multimedia Commission (SKMM) particularly from the Infrastructure Development & Standards Division as well as representatives from SIRIM Berhad as we find it is a good opportunity to bridge them with the key individuals from our local industry players for a strategic planning and action-focused commitment in driving and streamlining our objectives and targets on standard development for mutual benefits.

During the retreat, we have also scheduled our 3/2012 reference panel meeting & 1/2012 Board of Directors Meeting as part of the Retreat programme.

There was a total of 35 participants.

The MTSFB Retreat is divided into 6 sessions as follows:-

A. Networking DinnerA private buffet dinner was held from 8.00pm to 10.00pm on Friday, 2 March 2012 at the Ballroom.

The MTSFB Chairman of Board, YBhg. Dato’ Ismail Osman welcome the participants by giving a brief Welcome Speech.

The office bearer then gave a short briefing on the 3 days program to the participants.

The MTSFB 2012 Retreat was held on 2 – 4 March 2012 (Friday to Sunday) at the Grand Lexis Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus.


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B. Board of Directors (BoD) Meeting No. 1/2012This session was held from 9.00am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 3 March 2012.

Among the items discussed were on the reporting of amendments to the MTSFB’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and also the reporting of the MTSFB 2012 Work Plan and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) submitted to SKMM in January 2012.

The meeting also seeks the approval of the three (3) MTSFB Technical Specification from Fixed Terminal Working Group prior to the submission to SKMM.

We have also invited 2 representatives whom have participated at international events to present their reports to the BoD. The event attended are as follows:-

1) Digital Signage Workshop in Japan held in December 2011, attended by Cik Nur Rashidah Abbas Azmi, the representative from Fixed Terminal Working Group.

2) WP-5D Meeting on International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) in Goa, India in October 2011, attended by Dr Wahidah Hashim the representative from IMT Working Group.

C. Teambuilding SessionsThis was a parallel session to the Board of Directors Meeting No 1/2012 which was held from 9.00am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 3 March 2012.

The objective of this session is to create fun based team building activities and can be as physical team building activities to be and if people are having fun they will interact and participate well.

This session was attended by the Reference Panel Members and Working Group Leaders and was conducted by in-house facilitators. The games selected are as follows:-

1. Lead The Blind – Management Games

Objects are scattered in an indoor or outdoor place.

In pairs/groups, one person verbally guides his/her partner, a blindfolded person, through the minefield.

The main objective is to create TRUST among the team members.

2. Spider Web – Management Games

To get the whole team through a man made spider web one at a time to the other side of the web.

Once a hole in the web is used it cannot be used again by other team members.

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3. Archery

Archery is an ideal team building program as participants do not need prior experience in shooting a bow and arrow. It is challenging and rewarding, archery is an excellent individual/team sport and a great way to illustrate what individuals and teams can achieve when they step outside their work area comfort zones.

D. Reference Panel (RP) Meeting No. 3/2012This session was held from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on Saturday, 3 March 2012.

The meeting was chaired by Mr NA Ratnam, the Reference Panel Chairman.

Among the agenda for this meeting is to receive Working Group Updates as well as individual working group activities for 2012.

E. Industry Talk/PresentationsThis session was held from 4.30pm to 6.00pm on Saturday, 3 March 2012.

There were 3 presentions as below:1) Dr. Wahidah Hashim from MIMOS Berhad presented a paper on Telecommunication and Industry Resesarch - A Crossroad;

2) Cik Salwa Denan from SIRIM Berhad presented a paper on Writning Standards - Guidelines on presentation of Malaysian Standard;

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F. Brainstorming SessionThis session was break into 2 sessions as follows:-

1. 8.00pm to 10.00pm on Saturday, 3 March 2012.

During this session, participants have been divided into 4 groups and the below topic had been discussed : The group leaders presented a brief report on their groupdiscussion.

a. Participation in international study groups - Presented by Encik Mohd Fuad (DiGi)b. Capacity Building (training) & incentives - Presented by Dr. Ahmad Zaki (Media Prima)c. Membership drive - Presented by En. Ronhazli Adam (Celcom)d. Collaboration between research and industry - Presented by Mr. Gopinath Rao (MIMOS BERHAD)

2. 9.00am to 12.00pm on Sunday, 4 March 2012.

The above topics had been presented , it was time for Mr. Ratnam, Reference Panel Chairman presented the adoption of MTSFB workplan for 2012/2013.

The Seminar was a success with a good participation from the Board of Directors, Reference Panel Members and the Working Group Leaders namely the industry members and SIRIM.

The MTSFB 2012 Retreat is a significant investment of time and energy. The well conduct retreat can be the best overall investment for strategic planning into a more successful future.

From the brainstorming session, we get to hear and learn the concerns arises from the industry and that includes the expectations as well as commitment in driving and streamlining our objectives and targets on standard development for mutual benefits.

Teambuilding activities is a social event that also improves individual’s patience and concentration. Through positive participation in team building activities, camaraderie and team work is established in a fun and entertaining environment for everybody involved.

We hope we would like to propose similar event to be in the MTSFB Yearly Calendar together with MCMC, SIRIM, Nuclear Malaysia, DOSH, Kettha, KPKK, MOSTI and others to join force in during the next event.

Mr. RatnamReference Panel Chairman

Mohd Fuad Romeli

Dr. Ahmad Zaki

Gopinath Rao

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The Seminar on Cloud Computing was successfully at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commissions (MCMC) Auditorium, Cyberjaya. This event is jointly organized

with the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Berhad (MTSFB). This full day event received an overwhelm responses and has attracted over 200 participants inclusive of industry players, government agencies, academicians and also MCMC’s internal staffs.

The first topic of the day was ‘Cloud Migration’ by Mr Ng Kwang Ming from MIMOS. Originally, Mr Thillai Raj, CTO of MIMOS was supposed to deliver the talk by unfortunately, he has some difficulty to talk due to his sore throat.

The second topic was ‘Carrier Cloud’ by Mr Michael Tadault from Alcatel Lucent China. The topic overall covered on how carrier cloud can be an optimal resource placement by moving computing resources closer to the enterprise to save costs.

Security in Cloud by Mr Ronald Raffensperger from Huawei Technologies China was one of the most anticipated topic because cloud computing has so many issues on privacy and security concern. He delivered the topic very well and convinced the audience that if the security was done right, there should be no problem.

The next topic ‘Is Cloud Computing Right for You?’ by Mr Eric Ku from iTrain caught the attention of most people. Eric delivered the topic from a trainer’s point of view instead of a consultant’s point of view. He gave some points for the audience to evaluate if they need the service or not.

Mr Shinya Kukita from NEC Japan presented (Cloud computing Eco-System) explained the role of The Telecommunication Technology Committe (TTC) Japan which NEC is a part of and The Telecommunication Technology Committe (TTC) already has an MOU with MTSFB to develop standards including cloud computing.The sixth topic is ‘Cloud Computing’s Impact on IT Organization’ by Mr Adi Effendi from MMU Cnergy. He started the presentation by mentioning that most of the speakers already talked about what he planned to talk about before. He managed to deliver his talk without much redundancy and explained the topic very well.

The first topic of the day was ‘Cloud Migration’ by Mr Ng Kwang Ming from MIMOS. Originally, Mr Thillai Raj, CTO of MIMOS was supposed to deliver the talk by unfortunately, he has some difficulty to talk due to his sore throat.

The second topic was ‘Carrier Cloud’ by Mr Michael Tadault from Alcatel Lucent China. The topic overall covered on how carrier cloud can be an optimal resource placement by moving computing resources closer to the enterprise to save costs.

Security in Cloud by Mr Ronald Raffensperger from Huawei Technologies China was one of the most anticipated topic because cloud computing has so many issues on privacy and security concern. He delivered the topic very well and convinced the audience that if the security was done right, there should be no problem.

The next topic ‘Is Cloud Computing Right for You?’ by Mr Eric Ku from iTrain caught the attention of most people. Eric delivered the topic from a trainer’s point of view instead of a consultant’s point of view. He gave some points for the audience to evaluate if they need the service or not.

Mr Shinya Kukita from NEC Japan presented (Cloud computing Eco-System) explained the role of The Telecommunication Technology Committe (TTC) Japan which NEC is a part of and The Telecommunication Technology Committe (TTC) already has an MOU with MTSFB to develop standards including cloud computing.The sixth topic is ‘Cloud Computing’s Impact on IT Organization’ by Mr Adi Effendi from MMU Cnergy. He started the presentation by mentioning that most of the speakers already talked about what he planned to talk about before. He managed to deliver his talk without much redundancy and explained the topic very well.

The last topic is the much talked about, ‘Mobile Cloud Computing’ by Mr Chong Pow Min. Although it is the last topic, Mr Chong caught everyone’s attention by his laid-back and audience approach style of delivering talk. He explained that Maxis is the only Telco that has its own cloud infra and service. He encouraged all SMEs to get the fund from the government through MDeC to implement cloud in their organizations.

Overall, the seminar received overwhelming responses and the total participants exceeded the original expectation. A lot of positive feedbacks were received from the evaluation forms filled by the participants. There is also a few rooms of improvements to be made such as a lot of participants requested for more hands-on learning experience and more in depth topic the next time around since we’ve already covered the basics this time.


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IPv6 INDUSTRY TALK NO.2 2012IN CONJUCTION WITH THE WORLD IPv6

LAUNCH DAY

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Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services by 6 June 2012.

This is led by Internet Society and virtually all the major technology players like Google, Microsoft, and Cisco, as well as governments and companies like Facebook, Yahoo, and many more are adding support for this new technology. A similar event was held in 2011 with a theme of “World IPv6 Day” with an objective to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out.

To upkeep the momentum, 2012 event focuses on enablingIPv6 services permanently.

The event was held on 6th June 2012, from 9:00am to 5:30pm at the Auditorium, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission in Cyberjaya.

There were 150 participants, whom are among the MTSFB Registered Members and MTSFB IPv6 Working Group members.

There were 9 speakers shared their knowledge and experiences in IPv6 as listed.

Speaker Topic

Puan Zaiha, MAMPU Government Migration

Dr. Ciprian Popovi-ciu, Nephos6

IPv6 and Cloud – Foundational and Interde-pendent IT Inflextion Points

Dr. Johannes B. Ull-rich, SANS Institute

The Security Impact of IPv6

Encik Mazlan Abd Latif, Jaring Com-munications

Enabling IPv6 in Jaring – The Inside Story

Mr. Lawrence E. Hughes, InfoWeap-ons Corporation

Opportunities and Design Made Possible by IPv6

Prof. Dr. Rahmat Budiarto, UUM

UUM Migration Plan Towards IPv6

Mr. Navaneethan C. Arjuman, NAV6

Debunking IPv6 Security Myths

Mr Pradeep Isawa-san, ISOC Malaysia Chapter

Workshop by ISOC – Setting Up IPv6 @ Home

Encik Amir Haris Ahmad, ISOC Malaysia

Workshop by ISOC – Building a Unix IPv6 DNS Server

• Welcoming remarks were given by Mr. Gopinath Rao, Chairman of IPv6 WG followed by the presentations from the invited speakers.

• The speakers have eloquently presented their view, implementation strategy, methods and other interesting topics on IPv6. Out of the 9 presentations, 3 were made remotely. Dr. Ciprian and Dr. Johannes gave presentations from the US while Mr. Lawrence from Philippines. The system used by Dr. Ciprian and Lawrence was Webex while Dr. Johannes used SANS Video Conferencing Tool.

• There were also 2 short workshops on how to setup IPv6 at home and how to build a Unix IPv6 DNS server conducted byMr. Pradeep & En. Amir Haris Ahmad from ISOC Internet Society.

• The event was closed by Pn. Hajah Norizan, MCMC and

ended at 5.30 pm.

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The DiGi Green Data Centre Visit was took place in DiGi Technology Operations Centre in Subang Hi-Tech Industrial

Park, Shah Alam on 29th June 2012 and was attended by SKMM officers, MTSFB office bearer, consultant and the industry members namely from MDEC, Digital Newstar, Azbil and iTrain. The participants are MTSFB GICT working group members.

The visit was organized by the Promotion & Awareness Working Thread, lead by Mr Eric Ku from iTrain. Mr Alex Kuek Teck Seng from DiGi, the Green ICT Solution Working Thread Leader and was also the Data Centre’s Programme Director presented some slides on DiGi’s Deep Green Initiatives to the participants.

After the presentation, the participants were given a tour into DiGi Technology Operating Centre. DiGi’s Data Centre, located at Lot 43, Jalan Delima 1/1, Subang Hi-Tech Park, opposite from DiGi HQ building.

The New DiGi Technology Operating Centre is the latest Data Centre being constructed to support the expansion of the DiGi Telecommunications Mobile network within Malaysia. The DiGi Management team aims to construct a sustainable and energy efficient centre with the idea of translating ‘Green’ design elements into significant savings on the carbon footprint with intelligent systems, while providing employees with healthier and more comfortable work environment.

The Green Building Index (GBI) RatingA rating system used to evaluate a building for its environmental impact and performance in Malaysia. The rating system provides measure for green, sustainable buildings to provide energy savings, water savings, a healthier indoor environment, improved connectivity to public transport and the additional option of recycling and greenery to building projects. It consists of six criteria that gives a building design the GBI rating and these criteria are as follows:

The DiGi Technology Operations Centre (TOC) in Malaysia aim to achieve a GBI rating - GOLD Categery

The DiGi Technology Operations Centre (TOC) has received the GOLD Category for achieving the GBI rating on the 21st September, 2010.

The New DiGi Technology Operating Centre represents one of the most visible ways of ‘Changing the Game’. It is physical proof that DiGi has successfully internalised and woven it’s Deep Green values into our day-to-day business. This state-of-the-art facility uses cutting-edge and energy-efficient solutions in every aspect of the building which results in considerable reduction of our carbon footprint.

Environmental FeaturesThe facades of the Data Centre are designed with vertical green walls that act as living walls and has the following benefits.

Exterior green wall installations• reduce solar gain; • building energy costs;• provide protection from the effects of UV radition and

acid rain; and• help lessen the building’s contribution to the heat island

effect.

Green Materials• External Timber Deck made from a composite of pure

polymer resin and Bio-waste (rice-husk) – this material reuses bio-waste which reduces air pollution and can be re-grinded into powder to be recycled or processed.

• Odour-less and Low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) paint in office areas. – VOC is suitable for those sensitive or allergic to paint odours which leads to greater productivity and healthier working environment.

Green WallA Vertical Plantscape System which acts as a solar radiation barrier to insulate the building and provide for a cleaner atmosphere. It will cover 1460 sqm (estimated) of the building facade. This translates to approx. 17% of the site area.

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy• Air-Conditioning - a high efficient Air cooled chiller system

with multiple zoning FCU and precision Air-Cond in Data Centre. Zoning of FCU creates savings in Energy requirement due to variations of zoning usage.

• Renewable Energy – a photovoltaics system (solar panels) are installed on the rooftop of the data centre that will contribute to a reduction of 22 tons of CO2 per year.

• Auto-Sensor Controlled Lighting With Daylight Strategy - there are 3 photo-sensors installed along the 36 meters glass facades for each floor offices and they are linked to Building Management System (BMS) to control perimeter lighting at these areas.

A high efficient Air cooled chiller system (as close to 0.6KW/tonne) with multiple zoning FCU and precision Air-Cond in Data Centre. Zoning of FCU creates savings in Energy requirement due to variations on zoning usage.

Air-Conditioning

Renewable Energy

A dual system of photovoltaics is to be used. On the upper roof level an area of 200m2 approx. will be installed generating upto 35.0kWP which translates to 22 tons of C02 emission reduction per year.

The second system with be an expose of green technology using semi-transparent photovoltaic modules in the guard house roof of the project and will output 1.5 kWh daily.

Energy Efficiency• Solar Sun Shading – to reduce direct heat gain and in turn

reduce cooling loads in office areas.

• Daylighting – main office and circulation spaces fully glazed using curtain wall systems to provide maximum daylight penetration and enable highly efficient lighting schemes within spaces. Secondary rooms are fitted with Natural Daylight and open-able windows for natural ventilation.

• Glazing – the usage which includes Low-Emission (Low-E) and spectrally selective tinted glazing to achieve a lower Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV). This allows heat to be reflected while allowing natural sunlight into the building for natural lighting.

Ecological Design Features• Primary roof water proofing system - made of polymer

blends membrane which is an environmentally friendly coating system and is a Green Label certified product. The roof is also insulated with insulation boards to prevent further heat gain under the roof.

• Interior walls and ceiling lining in office – made of recycled, environmentally friendly Plasterboard which composed of High Purity Synthetic Gypsum (HPSG) plaster core encase in Heavy Duty face a backing liner and is non-hazardous to work with.

• Carpet in office area – 30% or more recycled products including low VOC.

• The specification of regional material is encourage to reduce environmental impacts due to transportation.

• Refrigerants and Clean Agents – using environmentally friendly refrigerant re insert gas for the fire-fighting system and non synthetic refrigerants for ACMV system.

Water Efficiency Designs• Bio-swale – natural filtration and drainage systems are

used to reduce the burden of surface run off to the public drainage system and also acts to collect this run off for reuse in the central irrigation system,

• Rainwater Harvesting – a collection tank is situated at ground level buried in the landscape for minimal impact. The collected rainwater is filtered and then pumped to irrigate the Plantscapes around the building and also cater for water requirement for the Vegtated Green Wall. This results in minimum 15% reduction of portable water consumption.

• Sanitary Fittings – using Dual Flushing WC’s to control the water volume for different usage needs. All taps, facets and hoses to be fitted with water efficient nozzles and with ‘Green Label Certificate’. Waterless urinals in males toilets to reduce portable water consumption.

Integrated Storm Water DesignThe site shall be implemented with an integrated stormwater management plan via reduced imprevious cover, bio-swale or rain-gardens and managing/channel stormwater run-off to rain water harvest tanks for re-use.

Mechanical & Electrical Features• Renewable energy – using the Photovoltaic Polycrystalline

renewable energy system that generate 35kW power supply which sufficient to support office lighting system.

• Lighting – T5 Flourescent lighting lamp installed throughout the building.

• Energy saving M&E features implemented in Data Centre and Telco Room – high efficient air-cond system, hot & cold aisle containment exhaust configuration, high efficient / low loss UPS, etc.

• Pump & Motors –variable speed pumps installed for air-conditioning, cold water and exhaust system which saves about 30% of energy compared to conventional constant speed motor.

• Building Management System – the system control and monitor scheduling of building lighting, pumps & motors, lift, air-cond system, and mechanical exhaust system. This system also provides performance report for consumption profile.

Health Features• Thermal Comfort – indoor conditions : 24+1 o C. This is

to promote the productivity, comfort and well-being of building occupants.

• Healthy Airflow – the walls, the floors uses healthy materials which contains of VOC and formaldehyde. Smoking is prohibited in all indoor areas


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IPv6 INDUSTRY TALK NO.3 2012GLOBAL IPv6 TRANSITION FEATURING

AUDITORIUM SKMM, CYBERJAYA8th AUGUST 2012

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The IPv6 Industry Talk: Global IPv6 Transition – Government Driven Frameworks and Service Provider Enablement is

initiated by the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Working Group together with the Numbering Planning Department, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

This is a talk by an IPv6 expert. The main objective of this event is to promote IPv6 usage and also on the process to evaluate IPv6 global transition. This half-day seminar is designed to help participants understand the framework used by Government and Service Providers in implementing IPv6.

The event was jointly organised by MTSFB IPv6 working group and SKMM.

The seminar started with an opening remark by IPv6 WG Chairman, Mr. Gopinath Rao, followed by the talk by Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu, the President/CEO of Nephos6. The topic was Global IPv6 Transition – Government Driven Frameworks and Service Provider Enablement

Dr. Ciprian presented his experience in the global IPv6 transition specifically focusing on the Government framework. He also shared the platform on implementing IPv6 on cloud services.

The session was followed with Dialogue and Experience Sharing Session with Attendees.

The workshop was a success with a good number of participation from various organisations - government sectors, banking, ISPs and universities. Among the feedbacks received from the participants is that they are requesting a follow-up seminar related to the topic that covers IPv6 Security in Cloud as well as to invite the companies which have already gone thru the transition process to share their experiences.

Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu’s ProfileDr. Ciprian Popoviciu, President/CEO, brings to Nephos6 over 13 years of experience working for Cisco in various technical and leadership roles. Prior to starting Nephos6, Ciprian managed the architecture team of Cisco’s Engineering Infrastructure Services organization where he defined the strategy and led the execution of the internal DC consolidation and transition to cloud. He is an industry recognized domain expert in IPv6 who, over the past 10 years worked on the strategy, architecture, implementation and validation of IPv6 adoption by large service providers and enterprises Worldwide. Ciprian worked with various governments on defining national level and agency level IPv6 strategies and standards. He also worked with product and test teams on specific IPv6 features and roadmaps towards IPv6 readiness. Ciprian authored two IPv6 books: “Deploying IPv6 Networks” and “Global IPv6 Strategies”. He co-authored 5 IPv6 related IETF RFCs and multiple IPv6 related patents. Ciprian is a frequent speaker to industry events and conferences and he is an active contributor to various technology and scientific publications. He taught IPv6 classes at several Universities and leads IPv6 training events for both executives and technologists.


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AUDITORIUM SKMM, CYBERJAYA5th DECEMBER 2012

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SEMINAR

MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION :TODAY & BEYOND

IMT-Advanced Specification was published by ITU-R in 2012. As telecommunications sector gearing up to deploy LTE and WIMAX, the sector are also identifying and considering adopting the deployment of IMT-Advanced. IMT-Advanced is the natural to upgrade from the current IMT-2000 technologies. This is because the two technologies that is accepted as IMT-Advanced are LTE-Advanced and WIMAX 802.16m.

This seminar provides information to the audience on the significant functionalities in the IMT-Advanced Specification.

There were about 100 participants, whom are among the MTSFB Registered Members and MTSFB IMT Working Group members.The event was jointly organised by MTSFB IMT WG and SKMM.

Welcoming remarks were given by Khairul Akmal, Secretary of IMT WG followed by the presentations from the invited speakers.

The speakers have articulately offered their view, implementation strategy, methods and other interesting topics on IMT. Most of the speakers are invited from their regional offices in Malaysia. Qualcomm representative came all the way from Hong Kong to present his paper in this seminar.

Further promotional activities are needed especially to invite Universities and Research Organizations to participate in this seminar at least as audience. The WG will pursue in inviting the management consultant firms to present business cases in topics of return of investments.

Speaker Topic

Mr Per Thorzell(Ericsson)

LTE Market Updates

Dr Jeffrey Bannister(Orbitage)

Transmission Networks for LTE - Advanced

Prof Tharek(UTM)

Taking the journey from IMT2000 to IMT-Advanced

Mr Alex Orange(Qualcomm)

The 1000x Data Challenge

En Azadeen Alaudeen(Alcatel Lucent Malaysia)

LTE for Rural Broadband

Mr Alvin Koh(Huawei)

Insights into LTE RAN Shar-ing: The Drivers, Solutions and Deployments

Mr. Matthew Simon(Alcatel Lucent Malaysia)

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Overall, the seminar was a success with a good number of participation from various organisations.

A lot of positive feedbacks were received from the participants. One of them requested for more speakers from the operator side for topics that is related to real live deployment scenarios on IMT. Showcase of products by vendors, was one of the key recommendations by respondents. Hence the WG will consider to have a vendor booth at the future seminar, to have of topic on Wimax, etc.

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Installation Network Facility – Regulatory Working Group (INF-R WG) Workshop 2012 is organized by Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) with the support of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM). The key objectives of the Workshop are:

To develop and finalize the communication and multimedia industry’s Technical Code of Practice (TCP) for the Installation of Network Facilities;

To establish the compensation framework in relation to the Installation of Network Facilities;

To discuss issues on Right-of Way (ROW) in relation to access to Poles, Ducts and Manholes (PDM); and

To streamline requirements in accordance to Chapter 1 Part X of the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998.

There were 54 participants, whom are among the MTSFB Registered Members and MTSFB INF-R Working Group members.

Outcomes of the INF-R WorkshopFormation of Sub Working Group (SWG)Three SWGs have been formed to facilitate and expedite the finalization of the draft TCP as shown below:

(A) SWG1: Notices as per S.221, 222, 223 of CMA98, Wayleave and S.219 of CMA98 (Public Utility)

Member: Celcom (Syarhan), Maxis (Yusof), TM (Badariah), Sapura (Azmarhisyam), P1 (Harith), YTL (Hwang)

Scope of work including but not limited to:• Guidelines/ process flow/ format/ standard for

Notices whereby additional reference is made to Attachment 3 (outcome of the brainstorming session on guidelines for agreement with public utility).

• Standardization of way leave agreement and guideline whereby reference is made to the Attachment 4 (outcome of the brainstorming session on way leave agreement and guideline).

(B) SWG2: Dispute Resolution as per Chapter 7, Part V, CMA98 and Access to ROW as per S.228 and 229 of CMA98

Member: DiGi (Halimahton), Maxis (Kanesan), Jaring (Azizah), TM (Rizaili)

Scope of work including but not limited to:• Standard process• Propose revision for SKMM Dispute Resolution

version 2003• Access to ROW as per S.228 and 229 of CMA98

(C) SWG3: Low Impact Facilities and Temporary Defense FacilitiesMember: Sapura (Mohd Zin), Asiaspace (Izhar), DiGi

(Baharuzaman), KJS (Latif), UMobile (Norazlan), P1 (Akmal), Celcom (Takiyuddin), TIME (Muhammad/Hadi), TM (Badariah)

Scope of work including but not limited to:• S.215 (Installation of network facilities)

Australian documents: (http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2004C01082/Download) and (http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2889#Low-impact)Standards

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IPv6 INDUSTRY TALKIPv6 IMPACT ON CONTENT & WEB

APPLICATION PROVIDERS

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The IPv6 Industry Talk: IPv6 Impact on Content and Web Application Providers is initiated by the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB) with the

Numbering Planning Department, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

The Talk on IPv6, with a theme of “IPv6 Impact on Content and Web Application Provider” is a kick-off activity marking the establishment of the CoE, which present experts from leading technology companies including Cisco Systems, Huawei, Orbitage and TIMEdotCom. The experts will share their knowledge and experience on IPv6 focusing on Content and Web application providers during the half-day event.The seminar started with an opening remark by YBhg Dato’ Ismail Osman, MTSFB Chairman of Board.

Mr Joe Wang Jianbin from Cisco System starts the event with the topic of IPv6 for Content Provider and Web Application Providers. Huawei Malaysia share their topic on Migration Solution & Challenges, presented by Mr Low Chia Seng. It continues with topic on Applications & API Considerations for IPv6, presented by Mr Bjarte Olsen from Orbitage. The session end with the final presentation from TIME dotcom, Mr Dominic and Encik Faizal with a topic on Utilization of IPv6 Tunnel Broker System for Content and Web Application Provider.The event was a success with a good number of participation from various organisations.

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TTC is a standardization organization to engage in standardization concerning telecommunications, to disseminate standards, and to contribute to the vitalization of the telecommunications field. The scope of TTC’s standardization activities subsequently expanded attendant on the development of information and communications technologies, and the Committee redefined its business as “standardization pertaining to information and communications networks”. (http://www.ttc.or.jp/e/index.html)

Malaysian Technical Standards Forum BHD (MTSFB) and The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC), Japan has concluded Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 12th, 2011.

The purpose of the MoU is to set out a framework between MTSFB and TTC to facilitate liaison between the two organizations on areas of mutual interest – in collaboration to initiate a cooperative environment to address technology related issues involving technical standards, codes and operational viabilities and network interoperability on a national scale, as well as technical projects for MTSFB.TTC aims to improve the life of rural communities in Asian countries based on a “Success & Happiness by Activating Regional Economy (SHARE)” concept and started its work based on cooperation with Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. These member establish a meeting called “SHARE MEETING” and has been collaborating to extract essential standardization and/or documentation factors for bringing better lives in rural areas with ICT.

SHARE MEETING has been conducting projects involving systems and solutions in rural communities. Based on pilot projects instituted by the APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity), these projects deliver actual applications to local ICT networks in order to contribute to the development of healthcare, education, agriculture and the environment. The member have also joined the Working Group on Bridging the Standardization Gap, established in 2008, run by ASTAP (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardization Program) and continues to contribute to standardization activities through close collaboration with partners in Asian countries.

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Title Presented by

Opening Message Mr. Yoichi Maeda

KEYNOTE: Next step of the “SHARE”

Mr. Yuji Inoue

Current status of “Broadband Farm to Market Ecosystem for Fisherfolk Communities” (APT2009-J3) and a plan for the next project

Mr. Louis N. CasambreProfessor Dr. Gregory Tangonan

Outcome of “A universal playground for children” (APT2009-J2) and “Technology enhanced solutions for remote rural communities in Malaysia to facilitate development of learning and preservation of local knowledge and to create health awareness and practices for healthy living” (APT2010-J3)

Professor Khairuddin Hamid

MTSFB’s strategy and latest topics in Malaysia Dato’ Ismail Bin Osman

With a topic on “Exploration of ICT’s Potential in Peatland Environmental Conservation to Address Climate Change” and the next step

Professor Suwido Hester LiminMr. Aizirman Djusan

Update the situation of “applying ICT to Agriculture Domain In Thailand” (Cyber Brain for Creative Agriculture Economy and a plan for the Next APT project)

Ms. Asanee KawtrakulMr. Anan Pusittigul

Vietnam has shared the current status of Case Study Team (CST) team activities to Bridging the Stardardization Gap (BSG) WG of the ASTAP and the latest status of ICT development in Vietnam

Mr. Do Xuan Binh

Discussion to share the common guideline for deployment as preparation for the next CST meeting was done by

Mr. Hideyuki Iwata

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INDONESIA

Mr. Aizirman DjusanHead / ChairmanICT Research and HR Development AgencyMinistry of Communication and Information Technology

Dr. Suwido Hester LiminProfessor and Head of CIMTROPFaculty of AgricultureUniversitas Plangka Raya

MALAYSIA

Dato’ Ismail Bin OsmanChairman of BoardMalaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd

Professor Khairuddin Abdul HamidVice ChancellorUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak

PHILIPPINE

Mr. Louis N. CasambreExecutive DirectorInformation and Communications Technology OfficeDepartment of Science and Technology

Professor Gregory TangonanExecutive Director, Congressional Commission on Science, Thchnology and EngineeringDirector, Ateneo Innovation Center

THAILAND

Mr. Anan PusittigulInspector-GeneralMinistry of Agriculture and Cooperative

Dr. Asanee Kawtrakul

Executive Deputy DirectorNational Electronics and Computer Technology CenterNational Science and Technology Development AgencyMinistry of Science and Technology

VIETNAM

Mr. Do Xuan BinhOfficer - Department of Science & TechnologyMinistry of Information and Communications[Rapportuer of the ‘Bridging the Standardization Gap’ Working Group in ASTAP Forum]

SPECIAL GUEST - 2011 APT J3 INDONESIA PROJECT

Mr. Irbar Samekto Head of Planning and Cooperation Sub Division - Research and Development Center for IT Application and Information & Public CommunicationMinistry of Communication and Information Technology

Mr. Siun Jarias Secretary of Central Kalimantan Provincial Government

JAPAN / TTC-Promotion Committee

Dr. Yuji INOUE Executive Advisor

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

NEC Corporation

OKI Electric Industry, Co., Ltd.

TTC

Mr. Yoichi MAEDA CEO & S.V.P.

Dr. Hideyuki IWATA Director, Promotion Committee

13th MEETING OF WORKING PARTY 5D

ON “IMT SYSTEMS”

16 - 20 JULY 2012GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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ABSTRACTThis report describes the outcome from the thirteenth meeting working party 5D (WP 5D) on International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) systems which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 16 to 20 July 2012. The meeting was attended by 127 delegates representing from various Member States and 23 Recognised Operating Agencies and 33 from Scientific or Industrial Organizations. Malaysia was represented by 2 delegates from MCMC and 1 representative from IMT WG. This report consists of section on IMT-Advanced which is briefly reviewed, followed by the background on WP 5D and its function in the development of the standards. Three main aspects discussed during the meeting such as spectrum aspect, technology aspect and general aspect are explained in details.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

INTRODUCTIONA. IMT-AdvancedIMT-Advanced systems are mobile systems that include the new capabilities of IMT that go beyond those of IMT-2000. Such systems provide access to a wide range of telecommunication services including advanced mobile services, supported by mobile and fixed networks, which are increasingly packet-based. IMT-Advanced systems support low to high mobility applications and a wide range of data rates in accordance with user and service demands in multiple user environments. IMT-Advanced also has capabilities for high quality multimedia applications within a wide range of services and platforms, providing a significant improvement in performance and quality of service.

The key features of IMT-Advanced are listed in Table 1 below:

B. IMT-2000 and IMT-AdvancedInternational Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) systems provide access to a wide range of telecommunication services, supported by the fixed telecommunication networks (e.g. PSTN/ISDN/IP), and to other services which are specific to mobile users. To meet the ever increasing demand for wireless communication (e.g. increased no. of users, higher data rates, video or gaming services which require increased quality of service, etc.), IMT-2000 has been, and continues to be, enhanced. Figure 1 below illustrates the connection between IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced. This famous van diagram taken directly from Recommendation ITU-R M.1645 and reflects the terminology in use at the time of its adoption. Resolution ITU-R 56 defines the relationship between “IMT-2000”, the future development of IMT-2000 and “systems beyond IMT-2000” forwhich it also provides a new name: IMT-Advanced. Resolution ITU-R 56 resolves that the term IMT-2000 encompasses also its enhancements and future developments. The term “IMT-Advanced” should be applied to those systems, system components, and related aspects that include new radio interface(s) that support the new capabilities of systems beyond IMT-2000. The term “IMT” is the root name that encompasses both IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced collectively, hence IMT systems.

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BACKGROUNDIn this section, a brief background of ITU-R study group structure and Working Party 5D (WP 5D) is described as well as the 13th meeting.

A. ITU-R study group structureThe International Telecommunication Union for Radiocommunication (ITU-R) is formed from several study groups (SG) that are responsible in activities related to the specific radio spectrum. WP 5D in this structure is categorized under study group 5 for terrestrial services. This is illustrated in Figure 2.

B. Working Party 5DWP 5D covers several aspects of the IMT systems such as the spectrum, general and technology. Figure 3 shows the WP 5D area of responsibilities. In the recent 13th meeting, the Ad Hoc Vocabulary section, previously included in the 12th meeting, has been removed.

C. IMT-Advanced schedule for development of standardsThe following Figure 4 summarizes the development process of IMT-Advanced from the timeframe of 2006 till 2013. Historically, the meeting #12 was significant because the first release of IMT.R SPEC will be finalized before it can be forwarded to radio assembly (RA) and also during the world radio conference (WRC) 2012. For the #13 meeting, updates were reported with the focus on WRC-15 Agenda items.

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D. The 13th MeetingIn the opening Plenary of Working Party 5D #13, discussion was held on the overall structure of Working Party 5D and on the work division and assignment of the work with a focus on WRC-15 Agenda items. Discussion was also held on possible outputs/deliverables of Working Party 5D for the WRC-15 studies on Agenda item 1.1. While the discussion was principally focused on studies and work within WP 5D for WRC-15 Agenda item 1.1, it has wider applicability in WP 5D for IMT in the future.

In short, the main objective of this meeting is to prepare the way forward in the broader scope with the understanding that further details of the work will be addressed at the Working Group and Sub-Working Group levels with regard to specific content of outputs/deliverables, detailed workplans, and schedules. Consideration must also be given in the course of developing the further details to timely interactions with Joint-Task-Group (JTG) 4-5-6-7. Figure 5 shows the summary of deliverables in relation to WRC-15.

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In details, for this 13th meeting the following agenda items (Table 2) were discussed.

With reference to the above Table 2, the following sections in this report highlight the outcome of these discussions on each aspect. These discussion groups are categorized as follows (Figure 6).

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SPECTRUM ASPECTA. Overview3 new sub working groups (SWGs) were formed during #13 meeting in order to focus on the deliverables objective of the meeting. These SWGs are the estimate, method and suitable frequency ranges while two existing SWGs, sharing and frequency arrangement remained the same.

B. SWG Spectrum SharingDuring the meeting SWG Sharing Studies was assigned by WG Spectrum Aspects addressing the following issues:

C. SWG EstimateThis section briefly reports about the updates from SWG estimate on the future estimation of the spectrum. During meeting #13 several views were expressed in SWG estimate on this issue:• The year toward 2020 would be a good timing:

- The development of mobile broadband applications and new services are fast and it is difficult to estimate what will happen more than 10 years later.

- The year beyond 2020 may need to take into account

new characteristics of IMT which has not been fully addressed in ITU-R studies yet.

• The year beyond 2020 would also needs to be addressed: - The studies should be more future-looking and only

considering 5 years after WRC-15 would not be sufficient.

- Report ITU-R M.2243 already includes some studies beyond 2020.

- Considering the importance of this issue which will also affect the studies by other concerned SWGs, it was agreed to seek more views from membership and to develop a good way forward on this matter. Figure 7 depicts the workflow of SWG estimate to prepare for the report.

D. SWG MethodSWG METHOD met once during WP 5D#13. Main topic for discussion was the applicability of existing methodology (Recommendation ITU-R M.1768) in the future work towards delivering spectrum requirement estimate to JTG 4-5-6-7. In the end it was decided that in this WP 5D#13, the subgroup will not exclude the possibility to consider other methodologies and that topic will be further elaborated in the next meeting, WP 5D#14, based on input contributions. However, it was also noted the time schedule is extremely tight to submit spectrum requirement estimate to JTG 4-5-6-7. One discussion element was that maybe other methodologies could be used as benchmarking in later stage.

E. SWG Suitable Frequency RangesSub-Working Group Suitable Frequency Ranges met 4 times during the thirteenth meeting of WP 5D in Geneva. The sessions were attended by over 100 delegates. SWG Suitable Frequency Ranges considered 12 input contributions as assigned by WG Spectrum Aspects. As this was the first meeting for SWG Suitable Frequency Ranges, achieving clarity on the scope of the work assigned to the SWG was critical. The SWG agreed that the group would focus on preparing information for JTG 4-5-6-7 on suitable frequency ranges under Agenda item 1.1 and would consider any further work on related topics once

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the outputs for the JTG were completed.

The meeting further agreed that the discussion within WP 5D on the suitability of frequency ranges for IMT would not address other elements relating to suitability such as

I. current allocations,

II. compatibility with current and planned servicesIII. other regulatory matters, as they are outside the scope of WP 5D’s responsibilities for this Agenda item

In addition, the SWG compiled a summary of the suitability concepts raised in the contributions and a matrix of the frequency ranges proposed to this meeting and their perceived suitability for IMT, which are attached to this SWG report as Chairman’s documents for use at the next meeting.For the 14th meeting, the SWG will focus on the following:1. Refinement of the list of suitable frequency ranges based

on input contributions and a review of the ranges in Recommendations ITU-R M.2074 (Radio aspects for the terrestrial component of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000 ) and ITU-R M.2079(Technical and operational information for identifying Spectrum for the terrestrial component of future development of IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced ).

2. Elaboration of text regarding the suitability of each of the ranges for the further development of IMT.

The suitability concepts below are categorized for the purposes of aiding discussions within WP 5D. The terms and phrases below each concept are from the input contributions to the 13th meeting. There is overlap between the broad concepts, but having a common understanding of the concepts was thought to facilitate discussion. An example of this overlap is illustrated in the Figure 8 below.

Each concept is defined as follows (Table 4)

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The Table 5 below reflects frequency ranges as contained in the input contributions. As noted in the SWG Chairman’s Report, the discussion within WP 5D on the suitability of frequency ranges for the further development of IMT did not address other elements relating to suitability such as current allocations, compatibility with current and planned services, and other regulatory matters, as they are outside the scope of WP 5D’s responsibilities for this Agenda item.

F. SWG Frequency ArrangementBased on the discussions, the group agreed that SWG Frequency Arrangements will conduct study and develop a Working Document [IMT.2020.ARRANGEMENTS] on channeling arrangements for IMT adapted to the frequency band below 790 MHz. The work in SWG Frequency Arrangements will focus on:• To study the harmonized channelling

arrangements for IMT adapted to the frequency band below 790 MHz down to around 694 MHz for Region 1, taking into account the existing arrangements in Region 1 in the bands between 790 and 862 MHz as defined in the last version of Recommendation ITU-R M.1036, in order to ensure coexistence with the networks operated in the new allocation and the operational networks in the band 790-862 MHz.

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TECHNOLOGY ASPECTA. OverviewThe discussion categorized under technology aspect is divided into two sub-working groups, the radio aspect and the IMT-specification. This is shown in Figure 5. Referring to Table 6, the main work of the Technology Aspects was to

B. SWG Radio AspectB.1 Cognitive Radio Systems (CRS)The drafting group on cognitive radio systems (CRS) met to identify possible activities in response to Resolution ITU-R 58 “Studies on the implementation and use of cognitive radio systems”. There was a consensus that these studies are necessary. This could create an opportunity for new outputs and/or revision to existing ITU-R documents.

It was decided that the specific CRS study topics should be directed by future contributions. The following is a non-exhaustive list for consideration: - Define additional scenarios employing CRS

technology in IMT systems. - Study technical details of CRS technologies in IMT

systems, as well as, related implementation difficulties. - Operational and technical issues, coexistence issues, and

the corresponding solutions of CRS technologies in IMT systems.

Administrations, sector members, and academia are encouraged to provide inputs to these studies.

In one of the contributions (#45), study group 1 which is responsible on the spectrum management requests to be kept updated on the CRS updates since this technology could lead to the development of general spectrum management principles and methods , spectrum engineering techniques, general principles of sharing, spectrum monitoring, and/or long-term strategies for spectrum utilization in relation to the implementation and the use of CRS.

DaTang Telecommunication Technology & Industry Holding Co.Ltd., China Mobile Communications Corporation, China Unicom, China Telecommunications Corporation, ZTE Corporation proposed to continue studies on IMT system implementing CRS technology and develop a new technical report. Also this new report is suggested extending scenarios to include IMT system implementing CRS technology to be

coexistent with non-IMT systems. To be more specific, it is suggested WP 5D can develop the new report:1. To further define the typical scenarios, including relative

frequency bands, relative systems characters and deployment information – This was not detailed in Report ITU-R M.2242.

2. To further study the operational and technical requirements, coexistence requirement, and the corresponding evaluation methods.

3. To further study and develop the application scenarios of implementing CRS technology in IMT system. Considering IMT and non-IMT systems• To further detail CRS technologies, performance

evaluation, potential benefits, costing and implementation difficulties.

• To further study operation and management difficulties and the corresponding solutions.

B.2 PDNR ITU-R M.[IMT.2020.INPUT]A new Report ITU-R M.[IMT.2020.INPUT] was allocated for SWG Radio aspect to work on. This report is to provide the future “technology related” inputs and parameters for use with terrestrial IMT spectrum estimate methodology. Applicable radio aspects parameters from Recommendation ITU-R M.1768 (Methodology for calculation of spectrum requirements for the future development of the terrestrial component of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000) were delineated as the preliminary parameters to be studied, with the specific values for these parameters from the appropriate tables in Report ITU-R M.2078 (Spectrum requirements for the future development of IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced). Initial values from the table are included in the working document, with the understanding that these values may be modified going forward.

Among the relevant preliminary parameters for this document development are highlighted in Table 7.

B.3 PDNR ITU-R M.[IMT.FUTURE]SWG Radio Aspects was assigned M.[IMT.FUTURE] to look at a medium-term view of future technologies. A preliminary scope was defined for this Report:“A broad view of future technical aspects of terrestrial IMT systems related to WRC-15 studies, to provide a view of future

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IMT technology aspects, considering the approximate time frame 2015-2020, and to provide information on trends of future IMT technology aspects. To provide update information on technical and operational characteristics of IMT systems, including the evolution of IMT through advances in technology and spectrally-efficient techniques, and their deployment for WRC-15 studies.”

A workplan was developed with a conclusion in WP 5D #20. It was also discussed that identification on up to date technologies being discussed in standard organizations (3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE and SDOs, etc) and research institutions may be considered.

C. SWG IMT-SpecificationOne of the works assigned for this SWG was on the updated material toward Revision 11 of Rec. ITU-R M.1457 (Detailed specifications of the terrestrial radio interfaces of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000)) on

I. IMT-2000 TDMA SCII. IMT-2000 CDMA MCIII. IMT-2000 OFDMA TDD WMANIV. IMT-2000 CDMA DSV. IMT-2000 CDMA TDDVI. IMT-2000 FDMA/TDMA

Further details on these updates, can be referred to related documents. From the discussion it was apparent that an overall “quality check” on Recommendation ITU-R M.1457 was indeed appropriate before moving forward, also recognizing that the last revision occurred two years ago. Taking into account the circumstances of the current WP 5D meeting (only 5-day meeting with very tight schedule) the meeting decided to carry forward all relevant input toward Revision 11 of Recommendation ITU-R M.1457 to the next meeting, when the quality check of the administrative aspects will be finalized, and it will be possible to review the complete material, also encompassing the transposition references.There was a discussion on the time-schedule associated to Revision 12 of Recommendation ITU-R M.1457 (an early update would lead to end of 2013) and Revision 1 of Recommendation ITU-R M.2012 (Detailed specifications of the terrestrial radio interfaces of International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced (IMT-Advanced)), scheduled for end 2013. Finally, with reference to Recommendation ITU-R M.2012, the two input docs were introduced on LTE-Advanced and on WirelessMAN-Advanced). For further details on the LTE-Advanced release 11 can be obtained at http://www.3gpp.org/Release-11 . In addition, the material to be proposed for this update is expected to reflect IEEE’s transfer of the WirelessMAN-Advanced air interface specification to a new standalone standard (IEEE Std 802.16.1-2012) that does not include the earlier IEEE 802.16 radio interfaces

GENERAL ASPECTA. OverviewDuring the Working Party 5D #13 meeting, General Aspects Working Group met to consider the input documents assigned by WP 5D Plenary. In this matter, four Sub Working Groups were established in the first meeting of WG General Aspect. These are listed as follows;• Sub-Working Group on HANDBOOK (SWG HANDBOOK)• Sub-Working Group on TRAFFIC (SWG TRAFFIC)• Sub-Working Group on New Vision (SWG VISION)• Sub-Working Group on PPDR (SWG PPDR)However SWG on Handbook did not have a session established in this meeting.

B. SWG TrafficThe group discussed the scope of work and the detailed work plan for SWG Traffic. The meeting decided to initially focus on the task of reviewing and updating traffic-related parameters used in Report ITU-R M.2078 (Estimated spectrum bandwidth requirements for the future development of IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced) for output to SWG Estimate due to the urgency of the task. After this work is completed, the group will develop a new Report ITU-R M.[IMT.2020 TRAFFIC]. The group also discussed whether to update Report ITU-R M.2243 (Assessment of the global mobile broadband deployments and forecasts for International Mobile Telecommunications) or to develop a new Report. The meeting decided to develop a new Report for the approval by SG 5 towards end of 2013.SWG Traffic reviewed the input parameters utilized (in Report ITU-R M.2078) for the methodology in Recommendation ITU-R M.1768 (Methodology for calculation of spectrum requirements for the future development of the terrestrial component of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000) and identified each of the parameters which were traffic-related. Contributions are sought on any parameter values that need to be updated. Therefore, the contributions on the values of the traffic parameters are urgently required for the next meeting. These parameters are listed in Table 8.

In addition to this, Japan proposed the target year for the bandwidth requirement study and the initiation of analysis to compile the market data for 2025, based on the findings from the past practice on the occasion of WRC-07 and related reports including Reports ITU-R M.2072, ITU-R M.2078 and ITU-R M.2243. However, most countries proposed for the study up to year 2020.

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C. SWG VisionThe objective of the meeting was to have consensus on the initiation of new task by establishing SWG Vision and to draft the detailed workplan for a new deliverable on Future IMT Vision M.[IMT.NEW VISION]. Longer term vision for IMT & further development of IMT for 2020 and beyond will be studied to drive the future developments for the radio access network by defining the framework and overall objectives which will also cover the framework of Recommendation ITU-R M.1645 (Framework and overall objectives of the future development of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000). The longer term vision should be based on the global user, new service applications and technology trends, including user demand to mobile broadband communication service and the needs of developing countries. This study should also consider trends of global spectrum development of that time frame. This study will be supported by other relevant ITU-R studies. Cooperation with external organizations is also needed.

The following aspects that should be considered and studied for IMT future vision are tabulated in Table 9 as proposed by China and Japan.

D. SWG Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR)SWG PPDR was assigned and responsible to develop the Report on use of IMT for the broadband PPDR application. The four main tasks for the SWG at this 13th meeting of WP5D were:• Updating of the Work plan for development of a report on

the use of IMT for broadband PPDR applications.• Development of a Draft outline of the Working Document

toward a Preliminary Draft New Report on the use of IMT for broadband PPDR applications.

• Reply to Liaison statement from WP5A on WRC-15 agenda item 1.3.

• Development of a liaison statement to external organizations seeking inputs for the Working Document toward a Preliminary Draft New Report on the use of IMT for broadband PPDR applications.

There were two input contributions that proposed the outline of the report one from United States and another one from Motorola Solutions.

US implementation of broadband technologies (i.e., LTE) for PPDR

The United States adopted regulations requiring all 700 MHz public safety mobile broadband networks use a common air interface, specifically Long Term Evolution (LTE), to support roaming and interoperable communications. The rules adopted support the build out of robust, dedicated and secure mobile broadband networks that will enable public safety broadband users to share information, videos, photos and emails across departments and jurisdictions nationwide for day-to-day operations and during large-scale emergencies. The United States is already engaged in the use of IMT technologies for Public Safety. For sharing information, a summary on the status of United States’ broadband public safety network is elaborated below.

On February 22, 2012, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act) was signed into law in the United States.

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• The Spectrum Act allocated a total of 22 MHz of 700 MHz mobile broadband spectrum for use for a nationwide public safety broadband network based on commercial technologies (i.e., LTE).I. New spectrum in the bands 758-763 MHz and 788-

793 MHz.II. Existing spectrum in the bands 763-769 MHz and

793-799 MHz.• The nationwide entity charged with the deployment and

operation of this network is the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent entity with the National Telecommunication and Information Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce.i. Holds the single public safety license for the nationwide network.ii) Form the FirstNet Board by August 20, 2012.

- FirstNet must ensure “the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network” and that network must be based “on a single national network architecture”. Section 6202 (a) and (b).

- Up to $7 billion dollars was allocated to the Public Safety Trust Fund in order to construct this nationwide public safety broadband network.

- Under the Spectrum Act, federal law enforcement (e.g., Customs and Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI), as well as state and local emergency responders will be able to utilize this network.

- In order to ensure that this network is cost-effective, FirstNet is authorized to lease capacity on its network under “covered leases” via a public private partnership with non-public-safety uses, including commercial services, on a secondary basis.

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Motorola Solutions discussion on PPDR

Several dedicated public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) solutions are deployed at present to meet the needs of public safety agencies for secure and reliable, mission critical voice or data services. These systems are designed to enhance coordination among the various PPDR agencies involved in responding to an incident or event, so that they can work together in a timely, reliable and secure manner and so they can communicate directly both interagency as well as intra-agency. Many requirements of the mission critical PPDR networks are unique and need special types of communications such as push to talk voice, instantaneous group communications, etc.

With the availability of IMT technologies, particularly LTE for providing high throughput data communications systems, LTE is now being deployed in some countries to meet the needs of broadband PPDR operational requirements; particularly Video Communications It is therefore timely that ITU-R develops a report on the capabilities of the LTE technology to meet the operational requirements of PPDR. This can best be done by documenting the current LTE usage based

on PPDR requirements contained in Report ITU-R M.2033 (Radiocommunication objectives and requirements for public protection and disaster relief)

ITU-R WP5A has developed various Reports and recommendations on PPDR. Of particular interest is the recent Recommendation ITU-R M.2009 (03/2012) - Radio interface standards for use by public protection and disaster relief operations in some parts of the UHF band in accordance with Resolution 646 (WRC-03) which lays down various interface standards for broadband PPDR. One of the standards mentioned in the recommendation is LTE, which has been adopted by some countries for providing broadband PPDR communications.

CONCLUSIONThis five days meeting of WP5D concluded that discussion was held on possible outputs/deliverables of Working Party 5D for the WRC-15 studies on Agenda items. While the discussion was principally focused on studies and work within WP 5D for WRC-15 Agenda item 1.1, it has wider applicability in WP 5D for IMT in the future. In short, the main objective of this meeting is to prepare the way forward in the broader scope with the understanding that further details of the work will be addressed at the Working Group and Sub-Working Group levels with regard to specific content of outputs/deliverables, detailed workplans, and schedules. Consideration must also be given in the course of developing the further details to timely interactions with Joint-Task-Group (JTG) 4-5-6-7. In addition, it is important for our local IMT-WG to continuously participate in this meeting due to some benefits gained such as:

1. IMT-WG will be able to gain most updated discussion on the issues and challenges in IMT systems globally and the advancement of technology and standards which is important to MCMC and MTSFB.

2. Obtaining most recent activities and future plan discussed from the Working Party 5D IMT spectrum from World Radio Conference and Radio Assembly of ITU.

3. Gaining some information on the technology marketing trend on the future IMT for Malaysia telecommunication industries for either developing or under developing countries.

4. Strengthening decision making on the spectrum usage, planning and technologies among regulators and operators locally or internationally.

5. Participating in the global decision making on radio communication and Malaysia standpoints on such decisions.

20th APT STANDARDIZATION PROGRAMFORUM ( ASTAP - 20 )

30 July - 1 August 2012Bangkok, Thailand

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20th APT STANDARDIZATION PROGRAMFORUM ( ASTAP - 20 )

30 July - 1 August 2012Bangkok, Thailand

The 20th APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-20) was held from 30 July to 1 August 2012 in Bangkok,

Thailand. The 20th APT Standardization Program Forum continued its work on various topics under study by the ASTAP Working Groups and Expert Groups

This report covers;A) ICT and Climate Change Working Group Workshop.B) NGN Expert Group Workshop

A) Agenda for ICT & Climate Change :-• A Case study report for assessment of the environmental

impact of ICT services in the Republic of Korea(ASTAP20/INP-35)

• A proposal on the future study items of ICT & CC working group(ASTAP20/INP-47)

• A Proposal to Further Update the WTSA Resolution 73 (ASTAP20/INP-48)

• Proposal to conduct a survey on Electronic waste(E-waste) management (ASTAP20/INP-95)

• Strategy and Industry on Rare Metals (ASTAP20/INP-49)• Introduction to power supply standardization for ICT

Devices (ASTAP20/INP-54)• Assessment Framework for Environmental Impacts of the

ICT sectors(ASTAP20/INP-55)• Study issues and their status of ITU-T SG5 WP3 (ICT and

Climate Change) (ASTAP20/INP-56)• Summary of Recommendation ITU-T L.1000 universal

power adapter and charger solution for mobile terminals and other hand-held ICT devices(ASTAP20/INP-94)

• Rating tool for green buildings by green building index (GBI) (ASTAP20/INP-97) by Malaysia

The main objective attending this event is present Malaysia’s activities in the Green ICT initiatives. A report was compiled with information gathered from DiGi and Maxis on activities that relates to our Green Initiatives.

Presentation was based on the following report;RATING TOOL FOR GREEN BUILDINGSby Green Building Index (GBI) Malaysia

- GBI Malaysia has identified that green rating tools used in US, Japan, Australia and UK currently are catered towards colder climate regions.

- In 2009, GBI Malaysia green rating tool was launched. - Over the years it was revised and is now adapted to

Malaysia’s harsh tropical climate as well as cultural, traditions and surrounding environment.

- GBI Rating system based on the following six criteria for scoring;• Energy Efficiency• Indoor Environmental Quality• Sustainable Site Planning and Management• Material & Resources• Water Efficiency• Innovation

- GBI Rating Tools is tailored to meet the following development• Non-Residential New Contruction• Residential New Construction• Non-Residential Existing Building• Data Centre• Industrial Construction• Industrial Existing Building• Township

- Available GBI Rating Classification• Platinum• Gold• Silver• Certified

- Data Centres in Malaysia that are currently GBI

No. Data Centre Name Date Certified GBI ProvisionalRating

1. DiGi Technology Operation Centre

21/09/2010 Gold

2. CSF Computer Exchange 5 (CX5)

11/11/2011 Certified

3. NTT MSC Cyberjaya 3 Data Center

09/04/2012 Certified

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS GREEN INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTSby Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Infrastructure Sharing- Voluntary infrastructure sharing began to pick up pace in

2003. o Avoided construction of almost

3000 towers o This effort is still on-going- State Backed Companise building sites in underserved

areas o Started in 2005 o Constructed about 2000 towers to

be leased to operators

Reduction in Diesel Generator reliance- Telcos invest capex in electrifying lower cost connection

of power supply- From 2005, industry converged to share capex, allowing

more rural areas to be electrified. o This effort allowed commercial pow

er supply to be feasibly connected to almost 700 rural areas.

- This resulted in less than 2% of sites being reliant on diesel generator despite having to serve remote and rural areas as well.

Other Efforts in CO2 reduction- Photo voltaic (PV) o Rooftop of buildings

o To replace off grid diesel generator.Instead of 2 diesel generator, one is removed and replaced with PV to charge the batteries.

o Maxis – 50 sites, DiGi – 50 sites- Hybrid cooling (Free cooling)

o Maxis 1,400 sites and DiGi 800 siteso Forced air-cooled system to be used when

temperature is below set limit of 35 degrees C.o Savings in electricity for airconditioning.

- Fuel Cell trial (Maxis) o Does not meet business case

- Invertor Airconditioningo New sites will be installed with invertor type. (Maxis)o Replacement of for old airconds that are beyond

repair.- Setting temperature in cabin site to be at about 27 degree

C or above.- Replacement of older generation equipment with newer

low power consumption modelso Newer models are usually more compact and caters

for multi frequency in the same racko Less stringent on cooling requirement, can apply

free cooling- Green data centre

o Currently 3 completed in Malaysia. (DiGi, NTT, CSF)

- Green office, paperless, telecommuting, etc.o DiGi practicing this in HQ and regional officeso E-billing now done by most operators

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Findings

26 Projects were proposed to be initiated and volunteers were requested for the ICT &CC Working Group. The following were the proposed;a) Assessment methodology for environmental impacts of ICT to countriesb) Using ICTs to enable countries to adapt to climate changec) Energy efficiency metrics and measurement for ICT equipmentd) Practice guidance for life cycle assessment to ICT productse) Practice guidance for accounting guidelines for GHG reduction activities based on utilizing ICT goods, networks and servicesf) End of life management (reuse, recycling, e-wastes management, etc.)g) Energy consumption metrics and measurement for ICT equipmenth) Declaration of environmental information of ICT equipmenti) Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication infrastructure for rural communications

in developing countriesj) Energy consumption saving techniquesk) Hazardous material managementl) Assessment methodology for environmental impacts of ICT to citiesm) Practice guidance for carbon footprinting guidelines to ICT productsn) Basic guidelines for life cycle assessmento) Best practices for greening data centersp) Power adapter and charger for hand held devices such as cell phonesq) Inventory guidelines especially for ICT organizations and ICT-based activitiesr) Carbon footprinting guidelines for productss) Power supply interfaces for data centerst) Inventory guidelines for organizationsu) Accounting guidelines for GHG reduction activitiesv) Validation and verificationw) Eco design for ICT goodsx) Regulatory frameworky) Best practices for energy efficiency improvements of ICT productsz) Energy efficiency on cloud computing

As the conclusion the delegates believe that continued participation in future ASTAP meetings are very important in order to stay updated on the key standardization topics and issues in ITU and APT. It is also important to identify WG/JCA/EG and topic of interests and link these with the standardization work within MTSFB. This will further promote participation and contribution from the country in future ASTAP meetings. National ASTAP preparatory meeting should also be considered to discuss on the issues and contribution papers.

ITU Green Week 2012

France17 - 21 September 2012

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International Telecommunication Union (ITU) together with TechAmerica Europe is organizing the second Green Standards Week from 17 to 21 September 2012 in Paris, France. The event is hosted by Microsoft France.

The Green Standards Week will gather policy makers, regulators, private sector entities, research institutes and standards development organizations (SDOs) to discuss the standardization of ICT from an environmental perspective.

The main purpose of this event is to raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of using ICT standards to build a green economy. The main focus of this year’s forum will be on the impact of ICTs on the environment.

The participation in this event is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia and to any individual or company from the ITU Member States. Malaysia is an ITU Members States with Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture (MICC) is the administrator.

Taking advantage of this, MTSFB participated in the event to gain knowledge and share experience with the Europe and African countries on the green ICT initiatives. MTSFB Green ICT Working Group sent three (3) representatives to participate in the event.

Participation in this event will enable the representatives from MTSFB to gain benefits on related green ICT topics as follows:

1. The knowledge and insights gained from the Forum/Training Sessions would benefit the delegates in the area of work in Green ICT, especially in the following aspects:

a. In accordance with Digital Malaysia Environmental Dimension and Green ICT Working Group’s role in driving the Green ICT agenda, especially in the development of Green ICT projects, standards and guidelines for the country

b. Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise to drive the DM Environmental Dimension EPP projects and Green ICT Working Group initiatives

c. Benchmark, review and adopt relevant best practices for the Green ICT Standards/Guidelines development; focusing on the following ITU-T recommendations:

i. Recommendation ITU-T L.1400 (“Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT”) presents the general principles on how to assess the environmental impact of ICT and

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outlines the different methodologies that are being developed to assess the environmental

impact of (a) ICT goods, networks, and services; (b) ICT projects; (c) ICT in organizations; (d) ICT in cities; and (e) ICT in countries or group of countries;

ii. Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 (“Methodology for environmental impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) goods, networks and services”) provides a standardized way to assess the direct environmental impact of ICT goods, networks and services, as well as their indirect impact on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of non-ICT industry sectors. It is based upon the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology standardized in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044;

iii. Recommendation ITU-T L. 1420 (“Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in organizations”) standardizes the requirements that an organization should comply with when assessing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions;

iv. Recommendation ITU-T L.1300: Best practices for green data centers.

“Describes best practices aimed at reducing the negative impact of data centers on the climate. It is commonly recognized that data centers will have an ever-increasing impact on the environment in the future. The application of the best practices defined in this document can help owners and managers to build future data centers, or improve existing ones, to operate in an environmentally responsible manner. Such considerations will strongly contribute to a reduction in the impact of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector on climate change.”

To establish strategic linkages with international association i.e. between DM Environmental Dimension and the international association i.e. ITU and GeSI and explore potential areas of collaboration in Green ICT impact assessment and measurement.

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Date Time Programme/Activity

17 September 2012

8.30 a.m.– 1.00 p.m.

2.30 p.m.– 6.00 p.m.

11:30 a.m. to 13:00 p.m. in Room Pastel

• Forum on “Greener Smarter Better Cities” organized by ITU and European Commission.

• Forum on “Boosting Smart Grids through EnergyEfficientICT“organizedbyITU

• Forum on “Boosting Smart Grids through EnergyEfficientICT“organizedbyITU

18 September 2012

8.30 a.m.– 1.00 p.m.

2.30 p.m.– 6.00 p.m.

• Forum on “Mapping E-Waste to Address Future Challenges” jointly organized by ITU, UNU and CEDARE

• Forum on “Greening the ICT Supply Chain” jointly organized by ITU, UNU and CEDARE.

19 September 2012

8.30 a.m.– 6.00 p.m.

• HighLevelSegment“GreeningtheEconomythrough ICT Standards” organized by ITU, TechAmericaEuropeandMicrosoft

17-19 Septem-ber 2012

8.30 a.m.– 6.00 p.m.

• TechnologyFocusedSessions

20 September 2012

8.30 a.m.– 1.00 p.m.

2.30 p.m.– 6.00 p.m.

• Forum on “Environmental Sustainability for the ICTSector”organizedbyITUandETNO

• Information and Training Session on ITU Methodologies for Assessing the Environmental ImpactofICTorganizedbyITUandGeSI

20-21 Septem-ber 2012

10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

• 2ndWorkshopon“SubmarineCommunicationsNetworks For Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning”organizedbyITU,UNESCO-IOCandWMO

20 September 2012

1:45 p.m. • MDeC/GICT WG meeting with GeSI Chairman andExecutiveDirector

The event agenda is as follows:

Training Location

The training was held at:Microsoft’s Paris HQ41, Quai du President Roosevelt 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

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There are about more than 350 participants registered for this event. The participants are from Europe, Africa (Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, DR Congo, and Uganda) and Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka).

The delegates from Malaysia are follows:

As Malaysia moving towards the implementation of Green initiative, this forum would enable the participants to gain some valuable knowledge from ITU-T as well as other participating countries (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and organizations (UN, EC, GESI etc.)

The purposes of the participation in the ITU Green Standards Week 2012 are as follows:

1. To gain knowledge on latest development in Green ICT Standards and related recommendations by ITU

2. To gather insights on methodologies used by ITU and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) to assess ICT impacts to the environment.

3. To gain knowledge in global trends in Green ICT technologies in areas such as Green Smart City, Smart Grids and ICT supply chain initiatives which are related to current Wave 2 projects under the Environmental Dimension

4. To establish strategic linkages with ITU and GeSI, and specifically to explore potential collaboration with GeSI in Green ICT impact assessment and measurement.

Some of the knowledge that can be gained from this training program are:

• Understand the overall programs and issues related to Green IT in Europe as well as in Africa

• Understand the current status of international standards related to Green ICT

• Understand significance of implementation of Green IT in Europe and Africa

• Understand theory, technologies, strategy, operation and management method of Green IT

• Share the experience on issues and best practices with other countries and learn the valuable lesson from them

No Name of delegation Company Portfolio, Roles & Responsibilities (Tasks)

1 Nur Faezal Elias NFE Consulting Sdn Bhd 1. Principal Consultant2. Chairman of MTSFB Green ICT Working Group (GICT WG)

2 Adeline Chee MDeC 1. Head, Green by ICT Department DM Environmental Dimension2. Chairman of the Green ICT Standards, Metrics and Measurements

Working Thread (SMM W/T) under the Green ICT Working Group, MT-FSB

3 Alex Kuik Teck Seng DiGi 1. Principal, Sustainability and Environmental, Industry Strategic Devel-opment

2. Chairman of the Green ICT Solutions Working Thread under the Green ICT Working Group, MTFSB

4 Mohd Mokhtar Daud MDeC 1. Manager, Policy and Strategy Digital Enablement2. Key member of Green ICT Working Group, MTFSB

Malaysian Delegation (from left): Alex, Mokhtar, Faezal Elias, Adeline

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The event is divided into several forums discussing on issues and topics related to green ICT as follows:

1. A High-Level Segment featuring key industry and government figures will discuss the role of global standards in spreading access to green ICT, as well the development of new standards that reflect the interdependence of industry sectors.

2. Forum sessions on smart city, smart grid, e-waste challenges and

‘greening’ the ICT supply chain will look at ICT as enabler for green and means of minimizing the life-cycle environmental impact of ICT products.

3. An information and training session will detail ITU’s standardized Meth-odologies for the Environmental Impact Assessment of ICTs (Recom-mendation ITU-T L.1400 series), both in terms of ICT Sector’s own emis-sions and the savings created through ICT applications in other industry sectors. The new standard methodologies will reinforce the role of ICTs by providing an accurate, reliable tool for assessing their environmental impact. It will generate figures upon which businesses can model future revenues, costs and efficiency gains provided by green ICTs; and figures enabling governments and regulators to identify the gains in social and economic welfare that green ICTs can achieve.

4. A forum on environmental sustainability for the ICT sector will expand discussions to address the long-term health of the ICT sector, providing insight into the ICT industry’s reaction to the outcomes of Rio+20 in June 2012.

Visit to Microsoft’s Future Home

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17 September 2012Forum on “Greener Smarter Better Cities”

This forum is organized by ITU and European Commission (EC) and divided into two sessions.

Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU• Delivered the opening remarks for the forum• Informed that there are about 350 partici pants

registered for the event• Hope that some actions and results can come

out from the event

Cristina Bueti, Advisor on ICTs, Environment and Climate Change, ITU1. Cities are responsible for 70% of the global greenhouse

gasses (GHG) emissions and accounted for60-80% of global energy consumption

2. Improving sociability through technology i.e. through smart solution in areas of• Transportation airport and rail• Health care• Public safety• Education• Social service• Transportation traffic• Economic development

3. The ICT sector can play major role in enabling GHG/emission reductions through SMART • Standardization• Monitoring• Accounting• Rethinking• Transforming

4. Provided some information on the activities undertaken by ITU on Smart Sustainable Cities such as• Report on Guidance on Green ICT Procure ment

– together with ETNO• Report on Boosting Energy Efficiency through Smart

Grids – with Italian Ministry of Economic Develop-ment and Genoa University

• ITU-T Study Group 5 - “Environment & Climate Change”

• Best practices for Green Data Centers ITU-T L.1300 – approved in January 2012

• Toolkit on Environment Sustainability for the ICT Sector – sustainable buildings

• Waste management with Smart ICT Standard – “Universal power adapter and charger solution for mobile terminals and other ICT hand held devices” (Recommendation ITU-T L.1000)

• ITU-T TW report on “Smart Seoul” will be out in Au-tumn – includes smart Seoul infrastructure, govern-ment/municipal-developed services

5. Call for contribution and action on key priorities to boost the development of sustainable smart cities• Mitigation to climate change and reduction of ICT

footprint in cities• Energy efficiency• Waste management

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• Water management• Adaptation to climate change and urban planning• Smart architecture and infrastructure• Smart mobility• Suburban Areas• Community engagement and environmental

justice• Sustainable cities

Colette Maloney, Head of Unit, ICT for Sustainable Growth, DG Connect

1. Provided an EU perspective on Greener Smarter Better Cities

2. EU interest• 20:20:20 targets especially on Energy Efficiency –

20% reduction in CO2 emission and 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020

3. Commission Communication (10 July 2012) • To drive innovation, to equip cities for sustainability,

and citizen engagement in the process• Challenges – scale-up, avoid vendor lock-in (for

technology), open/accessible data, comparable indicators (indicator of success measurement)

• From 2014, to launch several “lighthouse projects”• By 2014, to deliver Strategic Innovation Agenda• Importance of common standards and methodolo-

gies• Key issues – to get more cities to be involved

4. EC is supporting the effort towards a common method-ology where an agreed measurement framework needed to define the environmental KPIs for ICT’s impact

Roundtable 1 -Assessment of ICT Footprint in Cities

An opportunity for cities to share their experiences in assess-ing GHG emissions and reducing energy consumption.

Moderator:Jean Manuel Canet, Rapporteur Q.18/5, France Telecom

Speakers:

Vin Sumner, Managing Director, Clicks and Links Ltd on behalf of City of Manchester

Provide some insights on some of the tools applied for City of Manchester’s assessment of ICT footprint as part of the Green Digital Charter under European Commission (EC)

The Green Digital Charter a) Objectives

• To encourage cities to reduce carbon emission through ICT – to reduce city’s ICT direct carbon footprints by 30% over 10 years

• To promote progress in tackling climate change through the use of ICT smart and innovative technology and solution

b) 3 tangible commitments agreed by 28 signa tory cities

1. City of Manchester’s project is part of NICE (Network In-telligent Cities for Energy Efficiency) project funded by EC

2. Some of the challenges encountered are:• Practicality• Counting the assets • Appropriate accuracy• Need Database

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Lorraine Hudson, Smart City Coordinator, City of Bristol

Provide information on the City of Bristol’s initiative i.e. Green Digital Bristol

Only UK city to be a European Green Capital Finalist 2010/11 & 2014

Target – reduction of carbon emission by 40% by 2020 (from 2005 baseline)o So far from 2005 to 2009 15% reduction and 20%

per capita CO2 emission whilst population increased by 6%

Bristol ICT carbon footprint covers all non-domestic ICTo Public services (385) and financial + ICT services

(34%) – major contribution to carbon emission Creation of Green Addict Bristol

o Green ICT portal with free resources and tools with information such as Carbon footprint displayed in creative & engaging way, Green ICT Solutions Database, Tool to create Action Plan, and Green ICT Champion case studies

Commitments showed by Bristol City Councilo Availability of Green ICT officer and Green ICT

strategy in 2010o Green data centre - natural cooling provided by the

moat (The Datacentre Leaders’ Award: Innovation in the Micro Data Centre)

o IT equipment reuse & recycling scheme - redundant council PC’s being redirected for community use; etc.

Initial focus ono Smart energy – smart metering (pilot - 2 housing

areas) , smart grid, smart spaceso Smart transport – traffic control centre (CCTV, routing

to reduce congestion), freight consolidation centre (no of trips into city)

o Smart data – open data portal (B-Open), Media Sandbox, Whose Data? (community-based engagement)

Frans-Anton Vermast, Senior Strategy Advisor for Low Carbon and Connected Urban Planning, City of Amsterdam

Provide some information on the City of Amsterdam’s policy on sustainable development

Sustainability program 2011-2014o To achieve 40% reduction of CO2 emission in 2025

as compared to 1990o To have climate-neutral municipal organization in

2015 4 pillars

o Climate and Energy Solar panel for electric vehicle (EV) charging Heat from data centers distributed to other

areaso Sustainable mobility and air quality

Bicycle as a major mean of transportation which able to reduce CO2 emission

66% of travel by means of public transportation or bicycle

o Sustainable innovate economy 1/3 of the business working based on

sustainable developmento Materials and consumers

Cradle-to-cradle (c2c) initiative to use raw material effectively

One of the major challenges is that the infrastructure development is slower than the technology.

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Roundtable 2 - Regulation Versus Implementation of Voluntary Standards

Discussed the need for a possible regulation versus the implementation of voluntary standards to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption in cities.

Moderator:

Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of ITU-T Study Group Department, ITU

Speakers:

Jean-Marc Jancovici, Founding Partner, Carbone 4

Title: Greening Cities: Is Good Will Enough?

80% of the energy used in the world is fossil fuel Carbon accounting/footprint is actually a risk and

opportunity assessment In France, 1/3 of the consumer goods is ICT devices,

which is not the case as compared to 1990s There is a need for strong economic regulation to address

the carbon footprint issue Also, there is a need for uniform/standard measurement

assessment

Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Chairman of IEC TC 111 and ISO TC 268/SC 1

Title: ISO TC268 SC1 - Smart Community Infrastructures

Explained about the proposed standard development and activities under it

There are 14 countries actively participating in the development of the standard, while Malaysia is one of the ten (10) observing countries

“The proposed standards will focus on technical aspects of community infrastructures including energy, water, transportation, waste and ICT that support the operations and activities of communities.”

The concept of ‘smartness” is addressed in this proposed standard – need to seek balance between eco-friendly (going green) and quality of life

Daniela Torres (on behalf of Silvia Guzman Arana, Global Director of Sustainability), Telefonica

Title: Regulation vs. Implementation of Voluntary Standards

Resource efficiency is the key for sustainable urban development

Telefonica identified that different cities have different interests and needso Sao Pablo – waste managemento Barcelona – traffic and mobility managemento Berlin – business and commerceo Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City – safetyo Brasilia/Santiago de Chile – urban planning

For Telefonica, the Smart City is the intensive use of ICTs to optimize current urban services and enable new businesses, which covers the following areas:o Smart mobility – fleet management, smart parking,

traffic managemento Energy and environment – smart building, smart

meter, waste and water management

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o City economy – digital signage, e-tourismo City management – city maintenanceo Security and e-Health – video surveillance, emergency

management, fire detection etc.

Green smart city – to improve sustainability and quality of life

Some of the challengeso Market – innovation, leverage on interest of

consumers, demonstrate that the solution is good business

o Regulatory – standards to incentivize competitiono Technology and Standards – need for new business

models, need for standards to assess benefits 3 models to be considered

o Models with grans and economic supporto Models that facilitate the externalization of city

services• Models with business cases based on resource savings.

Jan Cornelis den Ouden, CGI/Logica, on behalf of City of Utrecht

Title: IBOR – Integral Management of Public Space

Scope of IBOR is Public Infrastructure such as public lightings, traffic lights, waterworks, bridges, etc.

Challenges facedo Traditional infrastructureo Complexity of ICT landscape with local government

organizations, which leads to inefficiencyo Forced thinking of CO2 emission reduction

Implementation of IBOR in City of Utrecto Targets - 30% CO2 reduction by 2020; to generate

sustainable energy by 20%;o Pilot project - Management on outdoor lighting

systems On and off switching based on local lighting

levels Dimming schemes based on local traffic intensity

situations In case of calamities the light will be increased

to 100% Energy reduction up to 30% without losing

control on safety Individual lamp monitoring solution

Benefits as below:

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Closing Ceremony & Outcome of the Forum


The Forum concluded with a Call to Action which identifies the main steps to be taken to help cities reduce their GHG emissions and energy consumption based on the following key priorities:

1. Mitigation to Climate Change & Reduction of the ICT Footprint in Cities

2. Energy Efficiency3. Waste Management4. Water Management5. Adaptation to Climate Change and Urban

Planning6. Smart Architecture and Infrastructure7. Smart Mobility8. Suburban Areas9. Community Engagement and Environment

Justice10. Smart Sustainable Cities

Afternoon Session

Forum on “Boosting Smart Grids through Energy Efficient ICT”

Opening Speech :

Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU

Keynote Speech

Franco Davoli, Professor of Telecommunication Networks, DITEN-University of Genoa / CNIT-University of Genoa Research Unit, Italy:

ITU Report on “Boosting Energy Efficiency through Smart Grids”

GHG emission is growing fast, mainly due to electricity which is powered by oil and coal fired power plants

Need for Smart Grid – more sustainable electrical system, and optimal use of resources, new services and economic savings

Role of ICT in GHG emission reductiono SMARTo Cutting off global carbon footprint – 15% CO2

emission through smart applicationo Reduce ICT’s own footprint

Issueso Too many contextso System of systems – heterogeneous, integration/

interoperability Energy footprint of ICT is increasing especially at users’

end. Full implementation of Smart Grid will increase the number of devices

Need for improvement of equipment, more standardization and cooperation – strong cooperation among research, standardization, industry providers, and users

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Roundtable 1 – Energy Efficiency, Clean Power and the Smart Grid

Addressed the need to integrate the strategies in reducing energy use, increasing distributed renewable energy generation, and increasing the intelligence of the grid, including the smart grid.

Addressed how ICTs can help play a role in developing a more sustainable, energy-efficient future.

Moderator:

Ahmed Zeddam, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 5

Smart application is important Standardization is the key component for Smart Grid

Panelists:

Michele De Nigris, Chairman of ISGAN (through remote audio conferencing)

Provide some insights and function of ISGANo ISGAN (International Smart Grid Action Network)

under IEA (International Energy Agency) o A cooperative program on Smart Grido Players in Smart Grid – energy providers, telco/ICT

providers, and policy makers. ISGAN responsible of getting policy makers aware of the need of Smart Grid.

ISGAN is part of the Clean Energy Ministerial initiativeso To get high level government action and attention

to accelerate the development and deployment of Smart Grid

o 22 countries participate in the initiative Some of ISGAN’s programs

o Global smart grid inventory – of enabling programs and policies

o Smart grid case studies – common practiceso Benefit/cost methodologies – bottom up, top

downo Synthesis of insights for high-level decision

makerso Ongoing: SIRFIN (Smart Grids International

Research Facilities)o Ongoing: Power system T&D – integrating

renewable energyo Proposed: Power system transition – social

aspecto Proposed: Smart Grid interoperability policy –

understanding interoperability implication for policy makers

Flavio Cucchietti, Senior Manager, Telecom Italia

Smart Grid the Internet of Energy – so, have similar complexity as Internet

Is ICT ready for Smart Grido YES

Many proven technologies available Complex services up and running

o NO Have peculiar degree of complexity – high

volume, different needs High requirement on network dependability Cost and energy efficiency need to be optimized

– connecting many elements Is single network sufficient? The answer is NO

o Different needs require different solutionso More standardization needed

Energy footprint of ICT for Smart Grido Expectation – increase of ICT CO2 footprint due

to Smart Grid beacause more devices will be utilized

Need of strong cooperationo Research – Standardization –Industry -

Providers and Userso Electrical and ICT sectors

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Marga Blom, Manager, KPN

perspective of KPN on Energy Efficiency, Clean Power and Smart Grids

KPN approach and goals on energy managemento Calculate carbon footprint and energy efficiency in

process an chain Climate Neutral in 2020 by reducing energy of and by ICT 100% green energy

KPN internal energy efficiencyo Able to reduce carbon footprint and increase energy

efficiency through several initiativeso Increase in services subscriptions but reduce in

energy consumption (since 2009)

Most of the discussion involve on the technicality i.e. how to implement, but not about the benefits i.e. why Smart Grid important to us

Miguel Toledano, Programme Manager Smart Energy, Cullen International

Title: Integrating Energy Strategies through Best Practice Regulation

Benchmark five (5) countries (France, Spain, Italy, Germany, UK) on the following areaso Smart meter reference modelo Cross-border interconnectiono Energy communication architectureo ICT carbon footprint

Smart meter model – 3 type of models usedo DSO centered – France, Spaino Central data hub – Italy, UKo Fully competitive – Germany

Cross-border connection – exchange of energy between countries

Energy communication architecture – different countries have different architectureo France, Italy, Spain – PLC, GPRS/3Go Germany – PLC/DSL, GSM/GPRSo UK – wireless technology (long range radio/3G/3GPRS

ICT carbon footprinto Company has its own target for emission reduction

European regulators to strike balance based on the cost and benefits analysis

Roundtable 2 – The Role of Standardization for Smart Grids in Realizing Their Energy-Efficiency Potential and Their Enabling Effect in Developing Access to Electricity in the Third World

Addressed how a standardization strategy, coordinated among SDOs of both the ICT and electrical sectors, can enable prompt an effective development of smart grids.

Discussed how standardization can promote innovation in the delivery of energy-efficiency management solutions and best practices.

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Moderator:


Panelists:

Merce Griera i Fisa, Project Officer, DG Connect, European Commission

Title: EU Activities on fostering Electricity/Telecoms Synergies

Huge investment in ICT - 56 billion in the EU by 2020 for Smart Grids (Pike Research, 2011)o Rapid growth of electricity used by ICT: today

responsible for the 8% of electricity consumed in the EU and expected to double by 2020

o Parallel telecommunication networks infra-exploited For Smart Grid to succeed, need synergy between Energy

and Telecom - certain issues to be addressed o Technology

Dedicated services or new infrastructure, Spectrum harmonisation, usage of unlicensed or

light-licensed spectrum – do Smart Grid players require specific spectrum? No one sure or able to confirm

o Policy Public Consultation on an EU Initiative to

Reduce the Cost of Rolling Out High Speed Communication Infrastructure in Europe from 27th April to 20 July 2012

Crowdsourcing ideas to reduce the costs of broadband rollout

o Regulation Co-chairing EG#3 of the Smart Grid Task Force

(DG CONECT, DG ENER) Countries like Germany and Netherlands are

moving towards synergizing energy and telecom infrastructure

o Standardization Cooperation between ETSI, CEN and CENELEC

and ITU-T (especially ITU-T SG5 and SG 15) should be encouraged

o Research

Draft WP 2013 - Objective 6.1 Smart Energy Grids and Objective 6.5 Optimising Energy Systems in Smart Cities

Paolo Gemma, Senior Manager, Energy & Infrastructure, Huawei Technologies

Provide some information on the ITU-T Study Group 5 (SG5) roleso Look into the interoperability of different solutionso look at studies and analysis on most energy efficient

architectures and solutions related to the use of ICT in the context of smart grids

Work jointly with other standard organizations at national and international level.

Maximize the synergies between different bodies to obtain a good result in the shortest time

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Alicia Carrasco, EMEA Regulatory Director, eMeter, Siemens

Provide some insights about Smart Metering Prepayment metering market – deployment in about 50

countrieso Case study: Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE)

30% customer take up – more than half low income earners

Vida Rozite, Energy Analyst, Energy Efficiency Unit, International Energy Agency

Importance of standardizationo Need to strengthen cooperation between

telecommunication standard body and energy standard body

Increase international cooperationo Need for concerted and international efforts both in

term of policies and supporting measures

18 September 2012

Forum “Mapping E-Waste to Address Future Challenges”

Opening Ceremony


Hoda Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt

115% mobile penetration in Egypt (as of June 2012)Within 10 years, the object of luxury has become the

necessity in Africa i.e. mobile phoneGrowing e-waste due to high penetration rate, low cost

devices , and obsolete devices In Egypt, the priority are:

o Implementation of broadband plano Modernization of education – tablets for studentso Cloud for governmento ICT to improve societal impact

In Egypt, there is no data on the volume of e-waste Implementation of pilot e-waste for Eqypt

o Legal framework to be revised Not easy – government vs industry Industry is against importing ban of e-waste and

second hand computers There is a culture issue on the reusing of used/

old mobile phoneo Lack of qualified skillset

Knowledge/skill transfer between developed and developing countries needed

Developing countries should not become the dumping place of e-waste

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Session 1 – The Complexity of the E-waste Problem

Provided an overview of ongoing efforts to tackle e-waste issues worldwide

Moderator:

Hossam Allam, Regional Programme Manager of Strategic Concerns Programme at the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

Speakers:

Mathias Schluep, Project Manager, Laboratory for Technology and Society, Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland

Sustainable Recycling Industry – new program funded by Swiss SECO and covers the following areas of interesto Policies and standards for responsible recycling –

globalo Capacity building – India, South Africa, Ghana and

Egypto Life cycle inventories – Brazil, Egypt, India, South

Africa Definition of e-waste

o e-waste = WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) – in accordance to EU WEEE Directive

3 key message about e-Wasteo e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream

Globally - about 14 million tonnes in 1992, about 24 million tonnes in 2002, and about 45 million tonnes in 2012

Not just developed countries, developing countries also the producers of e-waste

o e-waste can contain hazardous substance and improper treatment can lead to adverse effects to environment and community dioxine emission from cable burning – 3-7%

of total European dioxine emission to airo e-waste contains valuable resources - offers

opportunities for urban mining and job creation

Flavio Cucchietti, Senior Manager, Telecom Italia

Title: The Complexity of the E-waste Problem

The best way to deal with e-waste is to avoid (or at least minimize) it!o Manufacturing phase - Good design, minimize use

of resourceso During life of equipment – prolong life time of

equipment, reuse or multiple useo At end of life – design for easy disassembly

Avoid/minimize through standardizationo ITU-T standardized the “Universal mobile charger”

(L.1000) – approved in 2011o Standardization of External Power Supply for fixed

equipment is advancing in ITU-T SG5

Matthias Kern, Senior Programme Officer, UNEP-Secretariat of the Basel Convention

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Information on the international discussion, partnerships and initiatives under Basel Convention

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

The Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI) was launched in 2002 with 12 manufacturers involvedo developed guidelines and promoted the different

stages for environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones

o reducing the size and weight of the mobile phones are not solving the issue

Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) - a multi-stakeholder partnership established in June 2008 under the umbrella of the Basel Conventiono To tackle the environmentally sound management

(ESM), refurbishment, recycling and disposal of used and end-of-life computing equipment.

Keith Mainwaring, ITU Consultant

Title: Counterfeiting and e-waste

Improved handling of e-waste will alleviate some counterfeiting problems

Some solutions can be used for both combating counterfeiting and controlling e-wasteo Equipment lifecycle management (both supply chain

and end-of-life) Cross-sector standardised solutions essential

Catherine Martial, Environmental Manager, HP

EU has the WEEE directive since 2004o Only 1/3 of e-waste in Europe is collected by producer

systems!o Is collection managed badly or is it badly measuredo WEEE flow in Europe

20% - export (reuse), 30-40% - private collection, 30-40% - producer collection, 10% - waste bin

Through proper standards, mechanisms and enforcemento all e-waste will be collected and treated by 3rdparties

as a profitable business, but we are not there yet HP has been involved in Africa e-waste since 2009

o Research – education – establish recycling facilitieso Can’t be done alone, need alliances and partnership

– by working together can solve complexityo the African Informal e-waste Alliance – HP, Nokia,

DELL, Philips

Session 2 – What Are the Next Steps on E-waste Resources?

Discussion on the possible next steps on e-waste

Moderator:

Cristina Bueti, Advisor on ICTs, Environment and Climate Change, ITU

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Speakers:

Tatiana Terekhova, Programme Officer, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme

Title: Toolkit on End-of-Life Management of ICT Equipment

End of Life management – definition - advises on the need to conduct functionality tests, transboundary movement of wastes, stages and waste hierarchy

Clean supply chain and conflict minerals o Closing the loop – introducing or reinserting precious

and rare metals recovered or recycled from the unwanted ICT equipment to the supply chain.

o Recycling rare metals in ICT equipment - ITU-T L.1100

Recommendationo CIT product design issues (clean supply chain)o Technical guidelines applicable to refurbishment

and repair facilities as well as marketing of used ICT equipment

o Environment, socio-economic aspects – guide industry to help government and society

o Development of national ICT guidelineso Development of map or guidanceo Principles for donoro Development of global CO2 – equivalent marketo Recovery of rare metals

Helen Cynthia Nakiguli, Environment Management Specialist, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Title: e-Waste – A valuable Source of Resource

Recycling could be the best optiono Less energyo Depletion of raw material – conservation of natural

resources To transform “challenge into opportunity”

o Sustainable decision Resource efficiency Balance between socio-economic development

and environmental conservation Stakeholder’s approach – take back

o Policy and legislation - upstream and down streamo Technology and skills - enabling environmento Monitoring and control - standards, audits,

information-massive awarenesso Standardization in design - both large and SMSo Common standard/ guideline – ITU

Uganda’s government announced the policy on banning the importing of second hand computers, but received objection from the industry and public. So, the policy was not implemented after announcement. No new revision or information as yet.

Hossam Allam, Regional Programme Manager of Strategic Concerns Programme at the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

Title: E-waste Management in the Arab Region: Status and Opportunities

Some of e-waste management activities in Arab regiono Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia,

Yemen Potential areas of cooperation

o Enhance Awarenesso E-waste Status: Quantity and Typeo Establishing Legal Frameworko Pilot Projects

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o Sustainable Business Solutions and Infrastructure E-waste management programs – 5 work packages

o Rapid assessment of e-waste in the Arab regiono Establish multi-stakeholder partnership o Implement awareness campaign about E-waste

threats and opportunitieso Develop and enhance capacities for environmental

friendly e-waste management systemo Establish e-waste recycle trading system

CEDARE e-waste activitieso Knowledge sharing and transfero E-waste assessmento Capacity buildingo Technical assistance

Jonathan Perry, Take Back Compliance Consultant, Dell

Title: What Are the Next Steps on E-waste Resources? Towards a solution.

There are many possible solutions/actions to tackle e-waste issue such aso Extended producer responsibility (EPR)o Involvement from government, private sector,

industry, producers etc.o All stakeholders have their own roles

To make EPR work in developing countrieso Leverage on the existing infrastructure and raise the

standardso Need connection between producers and materials

flowo Encourage private industry to establish facilities and

infrastructure and involve informal sectoro Producers support recycling efforts through Producer

Responsibility Safety neto Regional solutions for infrastructure viable as volume

of e-waste growso Enabling supporting regulation and enforcement is

required It can be achieved through multi stakeholders approach

where each has roles to play

Afternoon Session

Forum “Greening ICT Supply Chain”

Opening Ceremony


Session 1 - Challenges related to Sustainable ICT Supply Chains

Moderator:

Hossam Allam, Regional Programme Manager, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and. Europe (CEDARE)

Speakers:

Andrew Morton, Programme Manager, Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, UNEP

Title: Conflict minerals, eastern DR Congo and greening the ICT supply chain

Situation in DR Congo artisanal mining o need specific solution to cater for the challenges/

issueso many downsides – low efficiency, socially and

environmentally damaging Some of the potential moving forward solutions

o Implement a regional security and stability plano Reduce support to the artisanal sectoro Support the entry of responsible industrial mining

and a secure supply chain – proper mining industry, proper investment, eliminate middlemen

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John Smiciklas, ITU Consultant

Title: ITU/UNU Survey on conflict minerals due diligence initiatives

Supply chain due diligence initiativeso Chain of custody standards – origin of mineral and

chain of custody knowno Issue-based standards – promote best practices on

specific issueso Risk management standard – promote best

practices in risk management on wider rangeo Sustainability standards – mitigate risks and optimize

development opportunityo OECD due diligence guidelines – have globally

responsibility mining and companies sourcing is from conflict free

o Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) - to break the link between mineral returns and rebel financing

o iTSCi – tagging at smelter side – place tag that can be traced throughout the supply chain

Summaryo Many efforts in placeo Main areas of focus

Traceability Conflict / financing dimension Human Rights

o Environmental sustainability is missing in many programs

o Potential large impact on the local/ regional and global environment

ITU-T SG5 - has the potential to lead efforts to determine the feasibility of strengthening (or introducing) environmental sustainability and climate change dimensions into existing supply chain initiatives.

Sophia Pickles, Conflict Resources Campaigner, Global Witness

Tracing the origin of the minerals is one of the important part of OECD Due Diligence Guidance

Congolese government is taking some steps in handling the issue in Eastern DR Congoo ICT producers to buy conflict-free minerals

Jeff Bormann, Director of the Business Development Team, Datec Technologies Limited

Datec Technologies - European Electronics Recyclers & Asset Management Companyo To “take back” electronics, subassemblies and

components in the most responsible environmental manner

Recycler needs to be – good financial security, sound technical, environment and social practices, understand legislation, know about dual use trade control restrictions, minimum environment impacts

Customer expectations – ecodesign, corruption (eg Russia and Africa), refiners and materials limited, goes through several recovering refiners each taking out some minerals, trans-boundary shipment difficult and takes long time, materials sold in auctions

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Sunita Purushottam, Principal Consultant, Infosys

Title: Exploring linkages between E-waste (recovery of minerals), conflict minerals and Green ICT supply chain

Problems – conflict minerals and e-waste Challenges – largely unregulated, goods moving to

unknown destinations Ethics and sustainability issues

o Land, water, waste management, worker safety, etc. Various countries have disclosure requirements to various

enforcement organizations. Difficult to consolidate information.

Lifecycle analysis of materials – highest embodied carbon is aluminium.

Leading electronics companies are making progress in eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chains, but still cannot label their products as being conflict free.

Future of EEE – emphasis on process efficiency, designed on recycling, EPR laws, free conflict mineral sourcing, rise of recycling, wide scale reverse logistics, etc.

Steps to bridging the gap between conflict minerals and E-waste - recovery and recyclingo Market recycled products : this would ensure a market

for refurbished or second hand usable productso Increase vendor and customer awarenesso Promote discounts for customer returns on end of

lifecycle products (e.g. while buying new goods, provide discounts on new items and offer to take back used products).

o Increased marketing of green raw materials and green production processes would help producers embrace Green PLM pathway.

Need a global ICT supply chain standard for improvements o Helps to cut e-waste and make the ICT supply chain

greener

Session 2 - Solutions: Towards Sustainable ICT Supply Chains

Highlight initiatives and success stories about how sustainable ICT supply chains helped in enhancing sustainability performance of different stakeholders such as governmental organizations and private sector enterprises while maintain positive economical dimension.

Moderator:


Speakers:

Daniela Torres, Global Head of Climate Change Office, Telefonica

Title: Green ICT & Supply Chain in Telefonica

Green from ICT (Customers) and Green by ICT (Operations, Employees, Suppliers) – various projects o Green from ICT – 30% reduction commitment for

2015o Green by ICT - to promote products and services

with the potential and capacity to lead customers to reduce emissions

Supply chain carbon footprinto Objective - to identify & reduce the environmental

risks associated to our supply chain based in principles of eco-efficiency and sustainability

o Emissions from suppliers should be assessed and support its reductions

o Scope 3 emissions - other indirect emissions due to business trips and fuel consumption in fleet of partner companies

Follow up on suppliers recycling activities, need to balance with sustainability of the business, suppliers to meet local regulations and waste management and verification processes

Customers – internal environmental requirements Challenges – complex supply chain, budget required for

control and auditing process on suppliers, additional time for customers products to go to market,

Opportunities – consolidate ICT procurement policies, identify standardization gaps, best practice sharing among ICT companies

Mathias Schluep, Project Manager, Laboratory for Technology and Society, Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland

Reverse supply chain o distribution and consumption - access o collection - 100%

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o pre-processing and end processing - recovery of resources/ segregation of hazardous waste

o disposal - safeGet rid of unnecessary/unwanted process Biggest recycle and reuse is Canada Formal and informal processes, have slightly different

results – to combine and improve Intervention mechanisms

o Policy and legislation - Developing framework Synergizing with existing policies and framework Level playing field – each stakeholders/players

under same rules Define roles and responsibilities

o Business and finance - establishing an institutional framework and a financing scheme Recycling used to be not profitable, but now it

is changing Producers and importers should be given an

appropriate role to manage the waste generated out of their products

o Technology and skills - developing a qualified and efficient e-waste recycling sector efficient and effective recycling chain with high

value for people and the environment identifying downstream processes for hazardous

and valuable fractionso Monitoring and control - ensuring a continuous

improvement and maintaining compliance of the e-waste sector implementing monitoring and control

mechanisms – level playing field, high standard operations

Derick Simiyu Khamali, Licensing Compliance and Standards, Kenya – through remote audio conference

Title: Challenges faced in Greening the ICT Supply chain

Status in Kenya – high uptake on ICT application, products and services

Number of initiatives projected to make the supply chain safe and sustainable. o Government effort and the input from the private

sector and NGOs.o Remain challenged if not well coordinated and

relevant positions taken by independent jurisdictions. Implementing counterfeit phone shutdown, expecting

3mil phones to be collected and will be recycled Conclusion

o Global need to address and reorganize the

o exploration and supply of conflict minerals - to stop, avoid and mitigate the conflicts and reverse the negative environmental effects in the Conflict zones. o Need to intensify the investment in recycling, and

reuse efforts. o Need for more collaboration among manufacturers

and suppliers and their jurisdictions. o Need to adopt more enforcement of environmental

management practices

Sonia Valdivia, Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch, UNEP DTIE

Title: Life Cycle Management in the value chains - UNEP’s activities worldwide

Global companies o Extend supply chain programs – on wider scale

instead of internallyo Focus company programs on strategic partners,

material issueso Leverage previous investments in lean manufacturing

SME supplierso Faster learning, more successful projectso Framework to rationalize competing requirements

of customers and develop a more cohesive improvement strategy

o Facilitates integration of life cycle issues into existing procedures, routines

o Local sustainability Communities

o Emphasis on localized decision- alignment of action with significant environmental issues and development priorities

o Better job creation for organizations to support suppliers locally

Closing of the Forum


19 September 2012

High Level Segment “Greening the Economy through ICT Standards”

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Opening Ceremony


Mauro Fazio, Head of International Relations, of Economic Development, Italy (on behalf of H.E. Mr Corrado Passera, Minister of Economic Development, Italy and host of the 1st Green Standards Week)

MORNING SESSION

High Level Segment (HLS): Green Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for a Sustainable Future

Opportunity for Ministers, government representatives and senior ICT representatives to exchange views on issues of strategic importance such as climate change and energy efficiency and how ICTs can help to boost the transition to a low-carbon and resource efficient economy.

Moderator:

Malcolm Johnson, Director, ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

Speakers:

H.E. Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, Ghana

One of major challenges is e-waste and like other African countries, Ghana becomes dumping place for redundant electronic device. Africa is embarking on the transition from analog to digital, so become the dumping place of e-waste which is not acceptable.

Ask for standardization so that measures can be implemented especially in e-waste issues

Hoda Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt

Sustainable environment while preserving environment and climate

Feb 2010 – introduce green ICT in Egypt. Not many aware. Establish green ICT stakeholders committee including providers and foreign ICT manufacturers

ICT cradle to cradle - e-waste management is one of the most important challenges

ICT solution for climate monitoring – procurement process, standard and regulations, banning of importing 2nd hand ICT devices

In Egypt still don’t have figures on the amount of e-waste Prediction of the impact of e-waste and find the suitable

solution Take back system – still need to be studied To encourage sharing knowledge and informationGreen building certification – 3 buildings to set by

examples Looking forward for smart water mgmt. Commitment of government still need to improve – need

more participation from relevant ministries

Kevin Tao, President of Huawei Europe

Huawei vision and strategy for green ICTo “Green communications, Green Huawei, Green

World” How to provide green innovative solution for the industry

o As vendor, Huawei cannot solve problem on its own, the ecosystem needs to work together

o Deliver green solutions to customers while control impacts to the environment internally

China mobile have 1.3 million BS and the biggest user of energy – innovative solution required to reduce the power consumption

Technology wise - reduction of power consumption used by chipset by 70%

Signed Voluntary Green Agreement – reduce energy consumption of products and solutions by 20% per year, internally uses process optimisation etc.

Effendi Mohammad Ridwan, Commissioner, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Indonesia

11 celcos and telcos providing services Look for more environmental friendly solution due to

o commercial power supply not stable and difficult to generate for all places

o unavailability of commercial power grid,

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o difficulty in refuelling the genset due to site inaccessibility

Some of the efforts doneo infra sharing tower sharingo (single national backbone - Palapa ring, , o national roaming)

Renewable energy generationo Telkomsel deployed green powered BTS using solar

and micro hydro plant. 132 solar power sites and also using hydrogen fuel cell

Arnold Rajesh Kumar, Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority, India

Ministry of environment and forest is coordinating the green initiatives.

Many providers still using the legacy network and infrastructure is lacking especially in rural areas

Phone penetration increase from 4% to 60% Recommendation for green ICT in 2011 and Green

certification compliance by 2015Waste management - policy available, manufacturers to

ensure device should not contain particular hazardous materials

Preparing to have more green initiatives, already having renewable energy sources in some of the telecommunications sites

Thierry Bonhomme, Executive Vice President, France Telecom/Orange

Orange have presence in 33 countries with 224million customers worldwide

Some of the initiatives doneo solar powered base stationso Data Centers (DC)- eco efficient DC (efficient DC in

France, PUE 1.3), improving the legacy DC (air free cooling at 13,000 sites in Europe)

Monitoring the power consumption should be embedded in the equipment, low consumption equipment needed

Need innovative ideas, standardization, and cooperation From “always-on” to “always-available-on-need” 20% reduction in power consumption commitment (2,000

sites) across Middle East and Africa

Minoru Takeno, Head, Corporate Environmental Strategy Unit, Fujitsu

ICT contribution to creating a resilient society During Tsunami, phone network was down due to

congestion but internet was working Data Centers (DC) – most of the electricity used for air

condition, so there is a need to reduce

dependent on air condition cooling New technology - “K Computer” – able to provide

visualization simulation especially for disaster evacuation so that plan can be made when actual disaster happened

Charles Shawcross on behalf of Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

There is real commitment and ambition from the countries, but more efforts need to be done

AFTERNOON SESSION

Part 1 - Smart Living and New Ways of Working

The internet is increasingly offering solutions for users to travel less and work from home. Technology offers people to share their desktops and files, use web cams and devices and exchange video. New technology trends will accelerate this and offer tremendous opportunities to developing countries.

Moderator:

Ray Pinto, Senior Manager, Microsoft

Microsoft data center is at PUE 1.13

Speakers:

Billy Linville, Vice President Public Affairs, AT&T

Technology of the future is expensive. To find right balance between the need of regulation and

technology innovationMobile internet in developing countries is the future Remote communication – healthcare, education Internet success because of market forces not by

government regulation

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Philippe Richard, Green CTO Alcatel-Lucent

Technology evolving

Luigi Gambardella, Chairman of ETNO

Growing demand of cloud computing – increase energy consumption and increase operation cost

Based on studies, contradicting result of the impact of Cloud computing on CO2 emission; some claimed it can reduce CO2 emission and some claimed it can aggravate the issue

Feels that there is no need for any regulation for cloud, but need to have same level playing field

No DC in Italy due to high cost of electricity

Luc Bas, Director of European Programmes and International States and Regions, The Climate Group

Access to information

Stefan Crets, Executive Director of CSR Europe

Technology can drive growth Create more platform for collaboration to find solution –

don’t work in silo

Jean-Jacques Sahel, Global Policy and Regulations Director, SKYPE

Flexible working opportunity Big challenges – mobile apps increase energy consumption Information overloaded – lots of duplication Internet is the enabler for all economy/sector Access and connectivity important for the success of

mobile application

Part 2 - Moving to the cloud

Moderator:

James Lovegrove, TechAmerica Europe

Technology is on the shelf but adoption is not taking off Risk on the employment - worry that cloud will affect

higher unemployment 15% reduction in CO2 expected from cloud computing

Speakers:

Daniela Torres, Global Head of Climate Change Office, Telefonica

Need to have robust network and increase capacity of the network and data center

Need to consider the different market and cultureM2M (machine-to-machine) communication through

cloudWhy adoption is less

o Need to generate interest from customers o Customers need to know the benefits to them

especially in monetary value

Peter Thomond, Managing Partner of Clever Together LLP

Adoption of cloud is slow - claim of data security issue, but it is more about job protection

Cloud computing – a disruptive technology

Patrick Crawford, Development Manager, CDP

Why aren’t they adopted?o Business perspective – monetary benefits

Gaps between demand and supply Climate change is part of the businesses’ mainstream

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Jonathan Sage, Governmental Programmes Executive, IBM

Technology and cloud play big role – reduction in CO2 emission, smart energy, flexible working conditions

New technology innovation for DC – water cooling, reuse heat

Keep cloud open – policy and regulation may hinder innovation

Lack of adoption in enterpriseo IT department loss control of their ITo Data privacy and security

Closing Remarks

Malcolm Johnson

Discuss on the “Draft Paris Declaration” – Green Growth and Climate Change Commitment: The ICT Sector Shows The Way

20 September 2012

MORNING SESSION

Forum on “Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector”

Opening


Luigi Gambardella, Chairman Executive Board, ETNO

European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) was established in 1992 and become the voice of Telecommunication Network Operators with EUR 600b and 1.6m staffs in total

Concerned about overall footprint of the sector, established common platform to measure this footprint

Make available equipment (broadband modems) that are less energy consuming and manage whole lifecycle

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Keynote speaker

Colette Maloney, Head of Unit, ICT for Sustainable Growth, DG Connect

Issue – how to measure the overall impact of ICT ICT as enabler to contribute to energy /resource efficiency

but ICT also has its own carbon footprint Commission recommendation (2009) -> digital agenda

(2010)o Adoption of common measurement framework to

capture energy and carbon footprints of ICT (whole sector, full life cycle, globally)

o Companies need to set up targets and baselineWhat progress?

o Developed methodologies – at various phaseso Pilot exercise just completed (Sep 2012) - about 29

organizations participated (telcos, manufacturers, etc.), report with the industry and standardization organization to analyze

o How to implement methodologies across the sector and what is the impact

o Some companies participatedo Moving forward but not fast enougho Need collective efforts to implement the

methodologieso Need to quantify the baseline of ICT itself (ICT own

footprint)What telcos can do?

o Telcos do participatedo Use the position in the supply chain to pressure the

companies within the supply chain o Need hard reliable data

What commission does?o Continue to work with industry and push progresso Prepare impact assessment o Weigh up the option and how much impact in

reducing CO2 emission and improve energy efficiency

Keynote speaker

Danilo Riva, Chairman of WG Corporate Responsibility, ETNO: Launch of Corporate Sustainability Charter/Sustainability Report ETNO

Title: Driving the Sustainable Future

ETNO committed to support the sustainable development since 1996 until today

Commitmentso Sustainable provision of ICT based solutiono Effort to integrate biz activities with environment,

social and economic impacts Committed to continuous improvement and sharing best

practices 21 companies signed ETNO sustainability charter Significant progress made by the signatories since 2009 Expand the commitment areas – add new and improve

the existing with more specificWhile business of business remains the primary goal, the way the business is carried can make a difference

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Keynote speaker

Cristina Bueti, Advisor on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change, ITU

Jyoti Banerjee, Fronesys: Launch of ITU Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in the ICT Sector

Title: ITU Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector

Over 69 experts (from about 50 companies) participating in the development of the toolkits

Purpose o Need for the framework that work across the industryo Practical support, checklist, standards support

Importance of the toolkit – ICT carbon footprint increasing so the toolkits would help the industry to reduce owns footprint and improve energy efficiency

4 areas of sustainability analysis – data centers, desktop infrastructure, broadcasting services, telecommunication network

Report coverso Sustainable products - though use of environmentally

conscious design principalso Sustainable buildings - covers LEED, related green

building initiatives No point if you measure something, but you can’t manage

ito Set measurable KPI o To first measure and then work on it

Many frameworks available – so different framework are mapped to make them relevant

Benefits to – ICT companies, policy makers, and researchers

Keynote speaker

Aimee Torres, ITU Consultant: Launch of ITU-ETNO

Title: Guidance on Green ICT Procurement

Guide on o How to buy - Green ICT procurement process

considerations o Who to buy from - ICT sector green considerations

for suppliers Encourage suppliers to

• Reduce waste production and management costs

• Reduce GHG emissions• Enhance product reusability• Promote green products design• Reduce the use of hazardous materials

o What to buy - ICT sector green considerations for products and services Procure environmentally-friendly products and

services References to standards - ITU-T L.1410, ITU-T L.1420.

ISO14064-1, ITU-T Rev. L.1000

Roundtable: ICTs as Both Enabler and Driver of Sustainable Solutions

Present examples of how ICT can contribute to the green agenda, in particular via proactive initiatives such as green ICT procurement or ICT based solutions that support sustainable growth.

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Moderator:


Speakers:

Karim Lesina, Vice President-European Union, CALA and Trans-Atlantic Relations, AT&T Services

Strategy of the company is more US-focus Mobility

o less people to work, 17,000 staffs to become telecommuter

Connecting rather of travellingo 130 telepresence in US; cut 3.9million in travel

money, certain amount reduction in CO2 emission Improve distribution system

o 2nd biggest fleeto Slowly replacing fleet with natural gas/electricity carso Ongoing project – finding the shortest route/

economical path Regulations

o Moving from 3G to LTE - reduction of power consumption by 40%

Less obligation in US than in Europe

Paolo Nazzaro, Head of Group Sustainability, Telecom Italia

Title: Climate change strategyand ICT sustainable solutions at Telecom Italia

Strategyo reducing its own direct and indirect emissions of

GHGo offering products and services that contribute to

reducing emissionso contributing to spreading a culture based on a

correct approach to environmental issues - internal or external communication initiatives

Reduction in CO2 emission and power consumption in 2011 as compared to 2010

Reduction due to several efforts implemented such aso Smart application – MyDoctor@Home, Green@

Home, o The Carbon meter – application developed by

Telecom Italia; avoicomunicare.it To measure carbon dioxide is produced by our

everyday activitieso Web based training plan - More than 3,000 employees

completed successfully the online training

Bernd Kosch, Head of Environmental Technology, Fujitsu

ICT is not just the enable but also the contributor to carbon footprint

Quantification of benefit and cost of ICT in relation to sustainability

Green ICT – assessment method to quantify ICT impact and transparency

Provide some examples of Fujitsu contributionTechnology improvement in term of energy

efficiencyo Servers - Less power consumption with 4x

speed - data compared 2008 vs. 2012Fujitsu committed to reducing 15m tons between

2009 and 2012

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Paolo Gemma, Senior Manager, Energy & Infrastructure, Huawei

Presented some of the effort done by Huawei as part of the contribution to energy efficiencyo Application, technology, product

High efficiency components Hybrid power diesel generator – intelligent diesel genset

can save 60% fuel

David Sanders, Director of Energy Efficiency Initiative, GSMA

GSMA’s mobile energy efficiency service benchmark energy consumption - 35 operators over 200 networks over 140 countries – Axiata and Maxis part of the survey

Mobile has potential to enable emission savings and energy efficiencyo Smart grids and smart meters - the largest

potentials o Transportation/logistics - fleet management (mainly

North America and Europe)o Buildings, dematerialization – building automation

and control, smart motors Predicted trend - mobile networks can help reduce more

than 10 times enabled emission savings by 2020Mobile industry needs to continue to address its own

emissions, both in terms of measurement and management

Q&A session

Fujitsu

Even though the transaction power of server increase significantly and some reduction in power consumption, number of servers delivered increasing as well, this is due to the number of new applications developed and occupying the servers in the data centre. There might need to consider the effect of application in contributing to energy efficiency.

Alcatel-Lucent

Methodology measurement use is US-centric , developed by 3rd party for the company

Meeting with executive director of GeSI (Alice Valvodova)

Discuss on possible collaboration with GeSI

Closing of the Forum


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AFTERNOON SESSION

Information and Training Session on ITU Methodologies for Assessing the Environmental Impact of ICT

The main purpose of this Information and Training Session is to provide an overview of new standard methodologies and recommendations by ITU-T such as

Recommendation ITU-T L.1400, Recommendation ITU-T L.1410, and Recommendation ITU-T L. 1420

Opening Ceremony


Alice Valvodova, Executive Director of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)

Ahmed Zeddam, Chairman ITU-T Study Group 5

Title: Overview of ITU-T Study Group 5 “Environment and Climate Change”

ICT play double role in climate change – as part of the problem (3% of global CO2 emission) and part of solution (reduce emission in other sector by 15%)

Structure – WP 1/5, WP 2/5, WP 3/5o WP (working party) 3 – ICT and Climate change

Important green ICT standards have been developed by SG5 WP3o L.1000, L.1100, L.1200, L.1300, L.1310, L.1400,

L.1410, L1420Waste mgmt. with smart ICT standard

o L.1000 – universal power adapter and charger solution

o L.1100 – recycling Energy efficiency

o L.1300 - best practice for data centerso L.1310

ITU-T Methodologieso L.1400, L.1410, L.1420 - publishedo L.1430, L.1440, L1450 - under preparation

Jean Manuel Canet, Rapporteur Q18/5 Methodology of environmental impact assessment of ICT

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Title: ITU-T Recommendations L.1400, L.1410 Methodology for environmental impacts assessment of ICT goods, networks and services

Involvement in the standards developmento 193 member states, > 700 sector members, > 40

academia memberso EU, ETSI, GeSI, ISO, IEC, GHGPI (Greenhouse Gas

Protocol Initiative), UN FCCC L.1400 – General principles

o overview of different methodologies being developed L.1410 – environmental impact of ICT goods, networks,

and serviceso complements ISO 14040 and ISO 14044o 2 parts - describe clear step to follow in order to

assess environmental impacts over the entire life cycle

o ICT LCA challenges - issue on data availability and data quality

L.ICT projects (to become L.1430) – under preparationo in complement to ISO 14064-2 and GHG Protocol

L.ICT in cities (to become L.1440) – under preparationo impact of ICT in cities or other urban areas with focus

on GHG emission

Gilbert Buty, Corporate Standards Manager in Bell Labs (Alcatel-Lucent) – chief editor of L.1420

Title: ITU-T Recommendation L.1420 - Methodology for environmental impacts assessment of ICT in organizations

L.1420 – how to assess environment impacts of ICT in organizationso assessment of environment impact of an ICT

organizationo assessment of life cycle environment impact of ICT

goods, networks, and services used by non ICT organization

This Recommendation is intending to help organization to assess their GHG emission and energy consumption

Covers 3 scopeso Scope 1 (Direct emissions) - Activities owned or

controlled by your organization that release emissions

straight into the atmosphere. o Scope 2 (Energy indirect) - Emissions being

released into the atmosphere associated with your consumption of purchased electricity, heat, steam and cooling.

o Scope 3 (Other indirect) - Emissions that are a consequence of your actions, which occur at sources which you do not own or control and which are not classed as scope 2 emissions.

o Assessment for scope 1 and 2 is mandatory, for scope 3 is optional

Provide some information on how Alcatel Lucent uses this methodology

Gabrielle Giner, programme manager, GeSI

Tom Okrasinski, Senior Manager, Product Environmental Engineering, GeSI – remote audio conference

Title: ICT sector guidance to the GHG Protocol

Background info on GHG Protocolo 10 years partnershipo Oct 2011 - 2 new standards

Builds upon the overarching methodology to provide more specificity for a sector

ICT Sector Guidanceo Specific guidance on product standardso SAG (stakeholders advisory group) - over 200

participants, 50 companies and 45 countries Telecommunications Network Services (TNS)

o 3 elements - customer domain, service platform, operational activities (non ICT support)

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o Some of the conclusion A company using different methodologies would

get same results, but different companies using same methodology may not get the same result

Organizations should be able to pick whichever methodology works best for them (suited to their requirements at the time)

it will take a few years before we have more experience and therefore more clarity on GHG measurement / Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Challenges in development the guidelineo Structure of the guidelineo Terminologies -> Follow product standards

Next stepso Need to work collaboratively

Beniamino Gorini, Chairman ETSI EE

Title: ETSI TS 103 199 - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ICT equipment, networks and services: General methodology and common requirements

Intro to TS (Technical Specification) 103 199 o Published Nov 2011o Cooperation with ITU-T SG5

ETSI TS 103 199 provides:o detailed methods for ICT LCAs with transparent

and detailed reporting (for all three ICT categories: equipment, network and services)

o clear guidance of what to consider in terms of requirements, allocation of recycled material, harmonization of result presentation and cut-off rules

Some weaknesses have been identified and will be addressed by ETSI TC-EE for the improvement of the TS 103 199

21 September 2012

MORNING SESSION

2nd Workshop on “Submarine Communications Networks For Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning”

This workshop provided an opportunity to start developing a strategic plan for the deployment of dual-purpose submarine telecommunication cables in the high seas. It explored scientific and societal needs, research into new engineering technologies, business opportunities, legal challenges, and propose bases of sensor standards that may be applied for the development of submarine telecommunication cable projects that wish to be equipped with a suitable suite of sensors.

The workshop is divided into four (4) topic of discussion

Science and Society Engineering Business Model Legal Challenges and Opportunities

The first 3 sessions were held on 20th September in parallel with the training for ITU-T recommendations. Thus, we were only able to join the discussion on the fourth topic i.e. Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Roundtable 4 – Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Discussed how dual-purpose telecom-marine data cables fit within existing international legal frameworks for submarine cables, marine resources, and marine data collection, including theories of jurisdiction and past coastal-state practice.

Discussed issues with particular deployment scenarios, focusing on the high seas, and ways in which to minimize risk for telecommunication companies installing dual-purpose systems.

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Lessons Learned & Feedback

1. The participants gained some knowledge on some of the initiatives implemented by some countries and organization in relation to Green ICT.

2. Need concerted effort by all parties involved to achieve the targeted reduction of CO2 emission in ICT industry and other sectors. Cooperation and partnership among research organizations, standards organizations, and industry players (power producers and ICT equipment manufacturers, providers (power and ICT services), government, NGOs, and users.

3. It is important to look at green initiatives for the whole ecosystem/supply chain (cradle-to-cradle) from the extraction of raw material to final products until end of life of the equipment.

4. As a member state in ITU, Malaysia should be more involved in the activities conducted by ITU especially on the development of new standards related to Green ICT.

5. E-waste is becoming one of the major problems to many countries. More effort should be made to reduce the volume of e-waste potentially through recycling and reuse.

6. Need to strike balance between environment conscience and quality of life, as well as between cost and benefits. Even though there are technologies (smart) available, the adoption is still slow due to people still figuring out the benefits of green to them.

7. The need to have uniform/common/standard for assessment and measurement of green ICT.

Next Step & Action Plan

Recommendations1. To study and review potential adoption of the new ITU

standards / toolkits available such as the measurement assessments (L.1400, L.1410, L1420) and best practices (L.1300)

i. Recommendation ITU-T L.1400 (“Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT”) presents the general principles on how to assess the environmental impact of ICT and outlines the different methodologies that are being developed to assess the environmental impact of (a) ICT goods, networks, and services; (b) ICT projects; (c) ICT in organizations; (d) ICT in cities; and (e) ICT in countries or group of countries;

ii. Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 (“Methodology for environmental impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) goods, networks and services”) provides a standardized way to assess the direct environmental impact of ICT goods, networks and services, as well as their indirect impact on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of non-ICT industry sectors. It is based upon the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology standardized in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044;

iii. Recommendation ITU-T L. 1420 (“Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in organizations”) standardizes the requirements that an organization should comply with when assessing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions;

iv. Recommendation ITU-T L.1300: Best practices for green data centres. “Describes best practices aimed at reducing the negative impact of data centers on the climate. It is commonly recognized that data centres will have an ever-increasing impact on the environment in the future. The application of the best practices defined in this document can help owners and managers to build future data centers, or improve existing ones, to operate in an environmentally responsible manner. Such considerations will strongly contribute to a reduction in the impact of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector on climate change.”

2. As a member state in ITU, Malaysia (through GICT WG) to be more involved in the activities conducted by ITU as well as GESI especially on the development of new standards related to Green ICT; such as:

i. TC268/SC1: Smart Community Infrastructures

No Action Items Action By

1 To study and understand the new standards avail-able such as on toolkits, measurement assessment (L.1400, L.1410, L1420) and best practices (L.1300)

• Adoption of related standards/practices

MDeCMTSFB Green ICT Working Group (GICT WG)

2 To work closely and leverage on the activities conducted by GICT WG

• To get buy in and sup-port from the industry players in the WG

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3. A concerted efforts needed for Malaysia to promote greater awareness and key initiatives for Green ICT projects, development and deployment of related regulations / standards as well as establishment of enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance

i. Establishment of strategic cooperation and partnership among standards organizations, research organizations, industry players (power producers and ICT equipment manufacturers, providers (power and ICT services)), government, NGOs, and end-users; in promotion, development and deployment of Green ICT initiatives driven by GICT WG.

The World TelecommunicationStandardization Assembly

(WTSA – 12)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates19-29 November 2012

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The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) which is held once in four years defines the duties that the WTSA shall be convened "to consider specific matters related to telecommunication standardization".

The Assembly will also review working methods including approval processes, the work programme and the structure of Study Groups.

The Telecommunication Standardization Sector shall work through:

a) World telecommunication standardization assemblies;b) Telecommunication standardization study groups;c) The Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group;d) The Telecommunication Standardization Bureau headed by the elected Director.

List of Participants

Candidates By Member States

Argentina

China

Japan

Malaysia

Saudi Arabia

Tanzania

Ukraine

Austria

Côte d’Ivoire

Kazakhstan

Mexico

Senegal

Togo

United Arab Emirates

Azerbaijan

Egypt

Kenya

Mongolia

South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

Brazil

France

(Republic of Korea)

Morocco

Sudan

Tunisia

United States of America

Cameroon

Germany

Lebanon

Paraguay

Sweden

Turkey

Uzbekistan

Canada

GhanaItaly

Mali

Russian

Federation

Switzerland

Uganda

By N.A RatnamReference Panel Chairman

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All participations were divided into 13 study groups as stated below:

1. TSAG 8. Study Group 15 2. Study Group 3 9. Study Group 16 3. Study Group 5 10. Study Group 17 4. Study Group 9 11. SG3RG-AO 5. Study Group 11 12. SG3RG-AFR 6. Study Group 12 13. SG3RG-LAC7. Study Group 13

KEY ACTIVITIES

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Steering Committee Responsible to support the execution of the Assembly

Budget Control • To report to the Plenary Meeting on the estimated total expenditure of the Assembly, as well as an estimate of the costs that may be entailed by the execution of the decisions taken by the Assembly.

• To examine the estimate of the financial needs of ITU-T up to the next WTSA for the pur-pose of establishing the biennial budget subsequent to the convening of the Assembly.

• To consider other related financial matters.

Working Committee • To review the proposals of Working Group 3A of Committee 3 and submit proposals to plenary (the presentation of proposals related to WG 3A will be first made in WG 3A, not in Committee 3);

• To submit to Committee 3 reports including proposals, on the basis of the TSAG reports submitted to the assembly and the proposals of ITU Member States and ITU-T Sector Members, regarding: √ Resolution 1 (Rules of procedure of ITU-T) √ Resolution 32 (Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of ITU-T) √ Recommendation ITU-T A.1 (Work methods for study groups of ITU-T)

• To review the proposals of Working Group 3B of Committee 3 and submit proposals to plenary (the presentation of proposals related to WG 3B will be first made in WG 3B, not in Committee 3).

• To submit to Committee 3 reports including proposals, on the basis of the TSAG reports submitted to the assembly and the proposals of ITU Member States and ITU-T Sector Members, regarding √ Resolution 67 (Creation of a Standardization Committee for Vocabulary) √ Proposals on translation and interpretation

ITU-T Work Programme & Organ-ization

• Propose a set of study groups;• Review the Questions set for study or further study;• Produce a clear description of the general area of responsibility within which each study

group may maintain existing and develop new recommendations, in collaboration with other groups, as appropriate;

• Allocate Questions to study groups, as appropriate;• Decide, when a Question or group of closely related Questions concerns several study

groups, whether: √ to accept the recommendation of TSAG √ to entrust the study to a single study group; or √ to adopt an alternative arrangement;

• Review, and adjust as necessary, the lists of Recommendations for which each study group is responsible;

• propose the establishment, where needed, of other groups in accordance with Nos. 191A and 191B of the Convention; √ To review the proposals regarding Resolutions as outlined in DT/1; √ To review the proposals of Working Group 4A of Committee 4 and submit proposals

to plenary (the presentation of proposals related to WG 4A will be first made in WG 4A, not in Committee 4);

• To review the proposals of Working Group 4B of Committee 4 and submit proposals to plenary (the presentation of proposals related to WG 4B will be first made in WG 4B, not in Committee 4).

Editorial Committee • To perfect the wording of texts arising from WTSA deliberations, such as resolutions, without altering their sense and substance, and aligns the texts in the official languages of the Union.

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COMMITTEE 3 – WORKING METHOD OF ITU-T

WTSA established two Working Groups under Committee 3 which was as follows: • Working Group 3A of Committee 3 • Working Group 3B of Committee 3

This Working Committee examined 78 proposals to Resolutions and Recommendations, established 10 drafting/informal consultation groups and held 5 meetings in 10 sessions

ResolutionResolutions and A-series Recommendations under the responsibility of Committee 3 are as below:

1 Resolution 1 - Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU T)

Committee 3 requests Plenary to take decision on the text in between the square brackets and proceed with approval of Resolution 1 (Document 116).

2 Resolution 11 - Collaboration with the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in the study of services concerning both the postal and the telecommunication sectors

Plenary is requested to approve draft revised Resolution 11 as found in Document 88.

3 Resolution 18 - Principles and procedures for the allocation of work to, and coordination between, ITU-R and ITU-T

Plenary is requested to approve draft revised Resolution 18 as found in Document 88

4 Resolution 22- Authorization for TSAG to act between WTSAs


5 Resolution 31- Admission of entities or organizations to participate as Associates in the work of ITU-T

Plenary is requested to approve draft revised Resolution 31 as found in Document 88

6 Resolution 32 - Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of ITU-T

Committee 3 requests Plenary to approve draft revised Reso-lution 32as found in Document 89.

7 Resolution 33- Guidelines for ITU T strategic activities Interested parties put their heads together at the informal consultation group to agree on the principle points of revision to Resolution 33Plenary is requested to approve draft revised Resolution 33 as found in Document 89

8 Resolution 35- Appointment and maximum term of office for chairmen and vice chairmen of ITU-T study groups and of TSAG

Examined the set of proposal and prepared the revised text of Resolution 35.Noting opposition from Iran, the meeting agreed to the text of Resolution 35 with the removal of square brackets around Annex A paragraph b) in the text received from the drafting group.

9 Resolution 38- Coordination among ITU-T, ITU-R and ITU-D for activities relating to IMT


10 Resolution 45- Effective coordination of standardization work across study groups in ITU-T and the role of TSAG

The group came back with the revised text of Resolution 45 that was agreed by Committee 3 to be forwarded for Plenary.

11 Resolution 53 - Establishment of a workshop and seminar coordination group

Resolution 53 received two proposals for suppression at this WTSA. Committee 3 examined those and agreed on the suppression of Resolution 53. The third WTSA-12 Plenary meeting held on 23 November 2012 suppressed Resolution 53.

12 Resolution 55- Mainstreaming a gender perspective in ITU-T activities

Committee 3 established a Drafting Group on Resolution 55 that made an extensive review of the Resolution 55. Committee 3 agreed this revision to Resolution 55 to be submitted to Plenary for approval.

13 Resolution 57- Strengthening coordination and cooperation among ITU-R, ITU-T and ITU-D on matters of mutual interest


ResolutionNo Action Item

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14 Resolution 66- Technology Watch in the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

Resolution 66 was examined by Committee 3, revised and agreed to be submitted to Plenary for approval.

15 Resolution 67 -Use in ITU-T of the languages of the Union on an equal footing

Per document DT4 Resolution 67 fall in the mandate of Working Group 3B where it was examined and substantive-ly revised. It was presented to the Committee 3 that agreed on the revision to Resolution 67.

16 Resolution 68- Implementation of Resolution 122 (Guadalajara, 2010) on the evolving role of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly

Committee 3 established a Drafting Group on Resolution 68 to look at a number of proposals submitted for this Res-olution. The group prepared the revised text of Resolution 68 that was reviewed and agreed by the Committee 3 for submission to the Plenary for approval.

17 Resolution 70- Telecommunication/information and communication technology accessibility for persons with disabilities

Committee 3 requests the plenary to adjust as necessary the text in square brackets in “taking into account a)” based on Committee 4 actions concerning Resolution 44, and is requested to approve draft revised Resolution 70 as found in Document 91.

18 Resolution 71- Admission of academia to partici-pate in the work of ITU-T

A Drafting Group was established on Resolution 71 to review its revision. The group prepared the revised text of Resolution 71 that was reviewed and agreed at Committee 3 meeting

19 Resolution 74- Admission of Sector Members from developing countries in the work of ITU T

Resolution 74 was revised and agreed by Committee 3 for submission to Plenary for approval.

New ResolutionsTwo new resolutions were agreed by Committee 3 after discussions in Drafting Groups per each. They are draft new Resolution [CAN-1] on strengthening collaboration and draft new Resolution [B-1] on acknowledging the ac-tive involvement of the membership in the development of ITU-T deliverables.

ResolutionNo Action Item

1 Draft new Resolution [CAN-1]–Strengthening Collaboration

A Drafting Group was established to elaborate the text of draft new Resolution [CAN-1]. Square brackets are provided around the text of invites TSAG to indicate text that should be aligned with decisions of Committee 4 on the Strategic Review Committee

2 Draft new Resolution [B-1] - Acknowledging the active involvement of the membership in the development of ITU-T deliverables

A Drafting Group was established to elaborate the text of draft new Resolution [B-1]. Subsequent to the closure of the meeting of Committee 3, an editorial issue was discovered under “invites Member States”. An attempt to resolve this issue was placed in square brackets to confirm the understanding

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MTSFB INVOLVEMENT IN ITU-T

With the massive deployment of Internet-related resources worldwide and the integration of IP-enabled consumer devices connected directly to the network, the issue of the depletion of IPv4 (Internet Protocol, version 4) addresses is becoming pertinent. In addition to other features, IPv6 (Internet Protocol, version 6) with its 128 bit address space is aimed at addressing the current shortage of public IPv4 addresses. However, the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is going at a rather slow rate.

ITU is contributing actively in areas such as: • Promotion, capacity building and

technical assistance for developing countries

• Cooperation and contribution to the work of relevant organizations (e.g. RIRs)

• Technical and standardization issues as appropriate

Issues:• highly complicated• spreading across economical /

technical• operational aspects• policy dimensions

Following ICT expansion, the consumption of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is increasing rapid throughout the globe. This has led to corresponding increases in volumes of e-waste. In developing countries high volumes of e-waste, together with the absence or poor environmentally & sound management systems, have manifold impacts on the environment, local communities and the economic system

The session provided an overview of best standardization practices on e-waste and presented the results of the ITU-UNU-UNEP-StEP-CEDARE Survey on e-waste. The panelists discussed how environmentally sounds management of e-waste poses environment and health related challenges, but also provides opportunities to create green jobs as well as economic incentives for recovering value from redundant, excessive or end-of-life ICT. Socio-economic and health aspects of e-waste management as well as the linkages between the environmentally sound recycling of e-waste and precious and rare earth metals were proposed to be featured in this Session.

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e-health This event features e-health experts showcasing different areas of e-health applications. The discussion focuses on the next steps to be taken in standardization to realize the benefits of e-health

Academic EventThis event provided an overview of ITU-T initiatives to engage universities and research institutions in the development of international ICT standards.

ICT InnovationsBy providing interoperability, standards provide a solid foundation on which innovation can take place to develop new, smarter solutionsThe WTSA side event on ICT Innovations explored the link between ICT innovations and standards in emerging markets, and discuss standardization requirements

Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resiliency and Recovery This event reviews network resilience and recovery of infrastructure following disasters and standardization requirements for all of these issues. In addition, it will examine ICTs supporting disaster relief for individuals (to enable victims to notify relatives, friends, or employers) and disaster relief guidance (to show victims the routes to evacuation shelters, home, etc.).

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Documents

CONTENTS · 2020-06-11 · CONTENTS 1 ABOUT MTSFB 2 CORPORATE INFORMATION 02 Statutory Requirement 02 About Us 03 From Chairman’s Desk 04 Directors’ Quotes 06 MTSFB Structure