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First
number of the CITEL Electronic Bulletin |
CITEL
is pleased to present the first issue of its Electronic Bulletin
info@CITEL to bring you up to date on
all of its activities. We hope this will be a new tool
enabling Administrations,
the private sector, and all those interested in the
telecommunications sector to report their progress and share their
ideas.
The Bulletin will be
issued monthly and contain the following main sections:
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Latest News:
Presenting
up-to-date information.
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Upcoming events:
Featuring activities taking place in the CITEL Committees and
Working Groups.
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Current issues:
Contains
articles on new technologies and the regulatory framework for
telecommunications.
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Training: Contains
executive summaries of the very interesting courses currently being
offered by CITEL.
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What' new in the
region?
Presenting information that the administrations and associate
members send us.
This
is an initiative to bring us closer to you and to
provide a forum in which to share experiences. We
await your input, so that with these new tools that technology puts at
our disposal we can use all available means to promote the continued
development of telecommunications in the hemisphere.
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Adoption
of the Comprehensive Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to
Cybersecurity |
By
Clovis Baptista,
Executive Secretary of CITEL
The thirty-fourth regular session of the General
Assembly of the Organization of American States adopted a
Comprehensive Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to
Cybersecurity: A Multidimensional and Multidisciplinary Approach to
Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity.
more information |
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Upcoming events |
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Seminar
by Videoconference on VoIP |
Asunción, Paraguay—On August 3, 2004 there will be a
videoconference linking five sites to review the latest developments
in voice over IP. This seminar can be followed on the CITEL website
and is a joint undertaking of CITEL with the United States
Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI), CITEL Regional Training
Center. Join in or log on to be kept abreast of latest developments.
We would like to remind you that the CITEL Electronic Forum (http://oasforum.oas.org/citel-central.nsf/mainpage?ReadForm)
provides access to the draft report on technical and economic aspects
of voice over IP.
more
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Joint CITEL-ITU Workshop on
Next Generation Networks |
Asunción, Paraguay—Next Generation Networks (NGN) are convergent
multiservice voice/data networks that operate in a market with
multiple providers. The NGN require a seamless framework with new and
traditional telecommunications services in high velocity packets,
interfacing with clients who have heterogeneous capabilities. The
document “Next Generation Networks—Summary of Standards” (http://citel.oas.org/Standards.asp)
presents NGN standards that the Working Group on
Standards Coordination is reviewing, among them the pertinent protocols and
Internet telephony. On August 4, 2004
in Asunción, Paraguay, there will be a joint workshop with the
International Telecommunication Union to analyze the current
situation with renowned international experts.
more
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Important issues |
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Domain
Name Systems |
By Oscar
Messano,
Rapporteur Study Question I:
Internet Domain Name Signatures
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the system for resolving Internet
addresses.The DNS system consists of three basic subsystems.
more
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IMT-2000 – 2.6 GHz could be the only harmonized band worldwide
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By
Francisco Soares, Chair, Working Group on Terrestrial Fixed
and Mobile Radiocommunication Services
ITU Working Group WP-8F
is completing the revision of Rec. 1036-2 to establish the frequency
arrangement for the 2.6 GHz band. Recommendation
1036-2, approved at the last ITU Radiocommunication Assembly,
establishes the frequency arrrangements for all the bands identified
at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-2000) for IMT-2000
systems.
more
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Voice
over IP in CITEL |
By Eduardo Gabelloni,
Rapporteur Next
Generation Network Services
VoIP technology, as
a component of Internet Protocol (IP) services, has been catching on
all over the world in the past few years and is expediting the
technological convergence of networks and services with data and
images. The possibility of lowering final costs to a level comparable
with traditional telephony is another strong incentive for adopting
it.
more
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Training |
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Strategic and Technological
Management of e-Business: Meeting the Challenge |
By Melba Lucía Rivera
de Reyes,
Executive Director,
Center of Excellence for the Americas Region
Does meeting the challenge of e-Business and the
major change it entails have an impact on the strategic and
technological management of sector entities and organizations? Our
answer is an unqualified “yes.” Today’s formative and influential
environment requires, among other things, self-questioning and, more
importantly, the provision of answers by the sector as a whole,
mindful that, regardless of the realistically downsized growth
expectations of the “.coms,” e-Business is expanding steadily
and continuously. The Internet has made an evident and genuine
contribution to the efficiency and low cost of the twin processes of
centralized management and distributed operation.
more information |
What
is the Interconnection of telecommunication networks?
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By Francisco Castro Córdoba, Legal Adviser,
Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros (ACIEM)
Interconnection is significant
when the
telecommunications market is open to competition, as entering and
existing operators will have the objective of accessing as many users
as possible. Hence, the ultimate aim of interconnection is the
satisfaction of users who, in accessing additional communication
facilities, will enhance their quality of life. Interconnection is
consequently an instrument to facilitate telecommunication competition
by augmenting what is available to users on the market.
more information |
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What's
happening in the region? |
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World
Congress on Information Law |
Peru - From October 11
to 15, 2004 Cusco will
be the site of the IV World Congress on Information Law: "Policies
and Regulatory framework for an Information Society for everybody".
more information |
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