SG11 activities to combat counterfeit ICT equipment

Question 8 of Study Group 11 (Q8/11) - Guidelines for implementations of signalling and protocols, and for
addressing counterfeited ICT devices - is addressing the growing problem of counterfeited
telecommunication/ICT products and devices, which is adversely affecting all stakeholders in the ICT field
(vendors, governments, operators and consumers). Cooperation among ITU‑T study groups, between
ITU‑T and ITU‑D as well as with external bodies outside the ITU (in particular with SDOs), will be required
to gather a complete information in this regard. Q8/11 welcomes contributions to progress standardization
in this field. For any further information, contact ITU-T SG11 Secretariat at tsbsg11[at]itu.int.

Ongoing standardization work
Following the approval of a Technical Report on Counterfeit ICT Equipment (11-2014), SG11 has initiated the development of a normative Recommendation, “Framework for solution to combat counterfeit ICT Devices” (Q.FW_CCF), to describe a reference framework and requirements to be considered when deploying anti-counterfeiting solutions. The group is also developing two new Technical Reports to outline “Guidelines on Best Practices and Solutions in the Combating of Counterfeit ICT Devices” (TR-CF_BP) and "Technical Report on use of anti-counterfeiting technical solutions relying on unique and persistent mobile device identifiers" (TR-Uni_Id).

• Technical Report on Counterfeit ICT equipment (12-2015)

• Combating counterfeit using conformance and interoperability solutions^new (Geneva, 28 June 2016)
• Building consumer trust (Budapest, 13 October 2015) 
• Demo on a solution to combat Counterfeiting of ICT products based on the Digital Object Architecture (Geneva, 22 April 2015)
• Combating counterfeit and substandard ICT devices (Geneva, 17-18 November 2014)
• Closing remark

• Combating the counterfeiting of ICT equipment – ITU Technical Report available in six languages (18 May 2016)
• ITU-T adopts recognition procedure for conformance test labs and advances work to combat counterfeit ICTs (13 May 2015)