Introduction

The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Standardization Program (ASTAP) was formed in 1998 in order to establish regional cooperation on standardization among APT Members and to contribute to global standardization activities. It is one of the major APT Work Program in the Area of Standardization and Technology Development. Over the years, ASTAP has matured to fulfil its objectives and has become a regional platform for cooperative standardization activities. Currently, ASTAP is working on many important areas related to standardization and technology development. Among those are Bridging Standardization Gap,  Green ICT, EMF Exposure, M2M, Future Network, NGN, Seamless Access Communication, Multimedia Applications, Information Security, SNLP and Accessibility and Usability. Recently, ASTAP has included the issues of Conformance and Interoperability (C&I) in its activities.

Objectives

The objectives of ASTAP are as follows:

• To establish regional cooperation on standardization and to contribute to global standardization activities;
• To harmonize standardization activities in the region through cooperative standardization activities such as exchange of views and information;
• To share knowledge and experience among APT members through studies, research and analysis on telecommunications/ICT areas;
• To assist APT members, especially developing country members, to develop the skills in telecommunications/ICT areas by providing research and analysis-based study results and surveys on key telecommunications/ICT areas;
• To enhance the level of expertise on standardization for telecommunications/ICT areas among APT members;
• To foster appropriate institutional arrangements for promotion of telecommunications/ ICT standardization in the Asia-Pacific region.

Structure

ASTAP consists of Plenary, three Working Groups and ASTAP Advisory Board. ASTAP has a Chair and Vice-Chairs. The Working Groups of ASTAP are as follows:

• Working Group on Policy and Strategic  Coordination (WG PSC)
• Working Group on Network and System (WG NS)
• Working Group on Service and Application (WG SA)

Office Bearers

Chair: Dr. Hyoung Jun Kim (Republic of Korea)
Vice-Chairs: Dr. Hideyuki Iwata (Japan), Mr. Xiaoyu You (People's Republic of China)

List of ASTAP Office Bearers (as of ASTAP-36)

Meetings/ Seminars/ Workshops

36th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-36), 20-24 May 2024, Bangkok, Thailand

35th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-35), 17-20 April 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
34th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-34), 18-22 April 2022, Virtual/Online Meeting

33rd ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-33), 7-15 June 2021, Virtual/Online Meeting
32nd ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-32), 10-11 November 2020, Virtual Meeting

31st ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-31), 11-15 June 2019, Tokyo, Japan

30th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-30), 21-25 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand 

29th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-29), 22-25 August 2017, Bangkok, Thailand

28th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-28), 6 -10 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand 

27th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-27), 7-11 March 2016, Pattaya, Thailand

26th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-26), 9-12 September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

APT/ITU Conformance and Interoperability Event 2015, 7-8 September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

The 25^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-25), 02-06 March 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

The 24^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-24), 27-29 August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

The 23^rd ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-23), 03-07 March 2014, Pattaya, Thailand

The 22^nd ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-22), 11-14 September 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

The 21^st ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-21), 11-15 March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

The 20^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-20), 30 July-1 August 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

The 19^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-19), 24-26 October 2011, Manila, Philippines

The 18^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-18), 23-26 May 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

The 17^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-17), 5-9 July 2010, Pattaya, Thailand

The 16^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-16), 25-27 August 2009, Macao, China

The 15^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-15), 9-11 March 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

The 14^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-14), 9-11 June 2008, Kobe, Japan

The 13^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-13), 1-4 October 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand

The 12^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-12), 12- 15 March 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

The 11^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-11), 13 - 16 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

The 10^th ASTAP Forum  (ASTAP-10), 25 - 28 October 2005, Melbourne, Australia

The 9^th ASTAP Forum (ASTAP-9), 29 March - 1 April 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Documents

• ASTAP Recommendations and Reports
• Working Methods of ASTAP (approved by MC-46)
  
• Summary of ASTAP Work Plans (as of ASTAP-35)
• Template for Proposal of New Study Question
• Template for Liaison Statements
  
• Templete for Questionnaire

Circulars:

• Circulation of Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-35
  
  • Circular Letter (2 May 2023)
  • Questionnaire on the Current Status of the APT Countries’ Relay Services for Accessible Emergency Communication 
  • Questionnaire on Status of the APT Countries’ Mobile Accessibility
  • Questionnaire on IOT Ecosystem Development Activities of the APT Countries
  • Questionnaire on Metaverse Use Cases in Asia-Pacific Region
  • Questionnaire to Survey Decentralized Identity Technology and Its Application
  • Questionnaire to Survey the Problems and Requirements on CDN Services in Asia-Pacific Region in Covid-19
  • Questionnaire on Problems and Requirements to Future Network Services in Beyond 5G Era
     
• Circulation of Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-34
  • Circular Letter (26 April 2022)
  • Questionnaires to Develop a Status report on APT Members' status on the deployement of Green or Environment-friendly ICT Project
• Circulation of Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-31
  • Circular Letter (21 June 2019)
  • Questionnaire on Traffic Accident Record and its Analysis Method’s Guidelines in Asia-Pacific Region;
  • Questionnaire on the Measurement Scenarios and Sampling Methodologies to Assess Quality of Popular Mobile Services;
  • Questionnaire on the Compliance Label of Communication Devices Implemented by APT Member Countries;
  • Questionnaire on Requirements on ICT Standardization.
• Circulation of Draft APT Recommendation adopted at ASTAP-30 (1 June 2018)
  • Circular Letter
  • Draft Recommendation on "Standard Specification of Information and Communication System using Vehicle during Disaster"
  • Adoption Form
• Circulation of the Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-30 (1 June 2018)
  • Circular Letter
  • Questionnaire on the Regulatory matter and Implementation Practices of Quality of Experience in Mobile Communications
  • Questionnaire on Deployment of Interactive Multimedia Services on IPTV/CATV
  • Questionnaire on Status of the APT Countries’ Mobile Accessibility
  • Questionnaire on High-priority Targets in Goal 11 of SDGS for Achievement of Smart Sustainable Cities 
• Circulation of Draft APT Recommendation adopted at ASTAP-29 (29 August 2017)
  • Draft Recommendation on "Standard Specification of Information and Communication System using Vehicale during Disaster"
  • Circular Letter
  • Adoption Form
• Circulation of the Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-29 (30 August 2017)
  • Questionnaire on Telecommunication Numbering Charges in Asia-Pacific/ Circular Letter
  • Questionnaire on Current Status of the APT Countries' Mobile Accessibility/ Circular Letter
  • Questionnaire on APT Members' Status on Deployment of Green or Environment-friendly ICT Project/ Circular Letter
  • Questionnaire on Deployment of Interactive Multimedia Services on IPTV/CATV/ Circular Letter
• Circulation of the Questionnaires approved by ASTAP-28 (17 March 2017)
  • Questionnaire on Requirement of Future Transport Network Technologies/ Circular Letter
  • Questionnaire on Smart City Applications for the future case study report/ Circular Letter
• Survey Questionnaire on ICT Standardization and Conformity Assessement System in Asia Pacific approved by ASTAP-26
• Questionnaire on the Use Cases for "The Disaster Information and Communication System Using Vehicles" approved by ASTAP-25
• Circulation of the Questionaire approved by ASTAP-25 (8 April 2015)
• Circulation of the Questionnaire approved by ASTAP-24 (2 October 2014)
• Circulation of the Questionnaire approved by ASTAP-23 (18 April 2014)
• Circulation of the Questionanire approved by ASTAP-22 (30 September 2013)
• Circulation of the two questionnaires approved by ASTAP-21(23 May 2013)

Contacts

APT Secretariat
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
12/49 Soi 5, Chaeng Watthana Road,
Bangkok 10210, Thailand
E-Mail : [email protected]