Transcript International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T Focus Group Bridging the Gap:
from Innovation to Standards (FG
Innovation)
Vijay Mauree
Programme Coordinator
TSB/ITU
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/innovation
Outline
Innovation and Standards
Background
Terms of Reference & Deliverables
ICT Innovation Repository
Case : Mobile Money
Conclusions
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About ITU
UN agency for ICTs
Members:
193 Member States
(Governments and
regulatory bodies)
700 Private Sector
(Sector Members and
Associates)
62 Academia
Mr. Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary-General of the United Nations
and Dr. H. Touré, Secretary-General of ITU
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ITU’s mission:
committed to connecting the world
ITU-T
develops ICT and telecommunication standards
ITU-R
manages radio
spectrum and
satellite orbits
ITU-D
assists
developing
countries
General Secretariat coordinates work of ITU
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Innovation and Standards
Lack of standards = Barrier to Innovation
Open Standards promote interoperability and drive
innovation
Developing countries
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Test beds for innovation
Market size and network effects
Standardization can enable globalization of
innovations ?
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The challenges in many developing
countries
Access to technology.
Limited access to PCs (cost & distribution issue).
Limited access to Internet (cost, reliability and
availability issue).
Limited access to paid for mobile services. (very limited
choice of services, and relative cost issue).
Education gap.
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Background – FG Innovation
Set up at TSAG meeting of January 2012
Chairman : Ajay Mishra, India
2 Working Groups
Web http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/focusgroups/innovation
Six meetings to date
Objectives
Document successful ICT innovations in emerging
economies and assess their potential for standardization
Identify new standardization work items for ITU-T Study
Groups
Work to be completed by June 2014.
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Terms of Reference
Item 1 :- Document successful cases of ICT
innovations by geographical area
Item 2 : Analyze the innovations that may be
standardized and identify best practices which
can facilitate the implementation of such
innovations in other parts of the world;
Item 3 : Identify a few case studies which, in
particular, developing countries can adopt to
enhance their ICT innovation and standardization
capabilities in order to improve their socioeconomic development;
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Terms of Reference
Item 4 : Identify the issues developing countries
may be facing to bring their ICT innovation to
ITU-T;
Item 5 : Suggest future ITU-T study items and
related actions; and
Item 6 : Examine how other Standards
Development Organizations, forums and
consortia address ICT innovation, and integrate
them into their standardization activities.
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Deliverables
ICT Innovations Report
Report on successful cases of ICT Innovations
in different economic sectors from various
geographical areas which may benefit from
standardization in ITU-T
Proposals on new standardization
activities for ITU-T, as appropriate
Side event at the WTSA-12 on “Bridging
the Gap: from Innovations to Standards”
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ICT Innovations Repository
The Innovations Repository contains
non-exhaustive information about
activities on ICT innovations in emerging
economies globally.
Over 200 ICT Innovations
Repository hyperlink:
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/focusgroups/innovation/Documents/repo
sitory-innovation-v4-August2012.docx
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ICT Innovation Repository
Technology areas
Mobile Payment / Mobile Financial Services
Accessibility
e-Health
e-Agriculture
e-Education
e-Commerce/Trade
e-Governance
Intelligent Transport Systems
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ICT Innovation Application Challenge
Launched in November 2012
Prizes awarded on 16 May 2013
Winners
Individual : MMSSign
Corporate : Senmobile Ltd
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Case: Mobile Money
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/techwatch/Pages/mobile-moneystandards.aspx
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Mobile Financial Services
No universal definition for the term mobile
money
Mobile money refers to financial transactions
and services that can be carried out using a
mobile device such as a mobile phone or
tablet.
These financial transactions and services are
sometimes referred to as mobile financial
services and may or may not be linked directly
to a bank account
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Types of Mobile Financial Services
Mobile Payments (P2P, B2C/C2B)
Proximity Mobile Payments
Remote Payments
Mobile Money Transfer (P2P)
Domestic
International
Mobile Banking
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Mobile Proximity Payments
Mobile Wallets
Google Wallet
ISIS Wallet
Mastercard
Visa
Mobile Phone as a PoS
Square
Verifone
Cloud
YesPay, Mobito
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Mobile Wallets
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Mobile as POS
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Spectrum of Mobile Payments
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Financial Inclusion
Source: World Bank
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Financial Inclusion
P2P
Transfers
Banking
Services
Bill
Payments
G2P
payments
Applications
of Mobile
Money in
Emerging
Economies
Airtime
Recharge
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Mobile Money Transfer
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Mobile Money Transfer
Technologies used
USSD
Secure STK
WAP
Application
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Issues
Lack of global standards
Interoperability
Regulatory issues
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Standardization
Areas to consider
Security of transactions
Mobile Payment architecture
Proximity NFC payments
Cloud based payment
Interoperability for smartphone
applications
ICT Innovation Panel
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Conclusions
ICT Innovations having socio-economic impact
FG is focusing on 3-5 main technology tracks
Mobile Payments
E-health
Accessibility
E-agriculture
Intelligent Transport Systems
ICT Innovation Panel
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