Standardization Activities in Brunei Darussalam: A Brief Overview
Explore the standardization activities in Brunei Darussalam, covering telecommunications trends, stakeholder interests, capacity building, and more. Learn about technical regulations, national standards, and the involvement of the National Standard Centre in ensuring conformity to standards for equipment and devices. Discover the telecom and ICT trends in Brunei, including strong growth in mobile and broadband sectors, and the country's ranking in the Networked Readiness Index. Delve into the development of technical regulations and the types of standards implemented in Brunei, along with insights into neighboring countries' involvement.
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ITU Regional Standardization Forum For Asia Pacific Region (Bangkok, Thailand, 25 August 2014) Standardization Activities in Brunei Darussalam Nizam Othman Senior Manager, AITI nizam.othman@aiti.gov.bn www.aiti.gov.bn
Contents Brunei Darussalam in brief Telecommunications trends Standardization activities Interest from Stakeholders Capacity building www.aiti.gov.bn
Brunei Darussalam is a small country with population of 414,400 High quality of life with estimated US$31,000 per capita income Hydrocarbon resources account for over 90% of its export and more than 50% of its Gross Domestic Product. Brunei has a total land area of 5,765 km Brunei Darussalam Source: BEDB www.aiti.gov.bn
Telecoms & ICT trend Strong telecoms growth especially in mobile and broadband sector 3 major telcos which serve FTTH broadband and LTE mobile service Telecoms consumer devices importation per population is around 80% Ranked 45 out of 148 in the Networked Readiness Index 2014 500000 121% 450000 400000 350000 300000 250000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: AITI & WEF www.aiti.gov.bn
Standardization Activities Technical requirement for equipment such as line terminal and radio- communcaition devices Prepare /adopt Technical Regulation National Standard Centre Regulatory Authority Certification & Permit Enforce Conformity of standard done through certification www.aiti.gov.bn
National Standard Centre www.aiti.gov.bn
Standardization Activities Type of Standard Mandatory Technical Regulation/Specification develop by AITI Covers critical elements such as frequencies, power and safety requirement. Voluntary No domestic standard Industry can refer to international standards www.aiti.gov.bn
Standardization Activities Development of Technical Regulation Neighboring countries AITI SDOs such as ITU, ETSI No involvement from industries and academia No No testing and certification facility voluntary standards No telecoms standardization body www.aiti.gov.bn
Need for Standard to address current and future issues Current issues Environment and climate change Quality of Service Broadband Future Smart City www.aiti.gov.bn
Stakeholders Interest in Standardization Industry x - Low no. of industry - Not in the innovation business Regulator - Safeguard public - Interoperability Academia x - Minimal capacity Telcos andx - Ensure QoS - However lack of involvement and knowledge in Standard www.aiti.gov.bn
Stakeholders Interest in Standardization (2) Observation Standard considered as good to have not a priority Very minimal standard experts No demand from the industry Local industries import system/solution rather than to develop Not actively involve with international SDOs www.aiti.gov.bn
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