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Recent News |
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 Results
of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly and the
Cybersecurity Symposium |
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By Bruno Ramos,
Chair, CITEL WG to
prepare for WTSA-04
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
(WTSA-04) took
place from 5 to 14 October in Florianópolis,
Brazil. The WTSA-04 drew to a close with a plan for future
global standards-setting and a clear statement about the direction of
the future work of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T). Internet-related issues and next-generation networks emerged
as key areas. 475 delegates from 75 countries participated.
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Updated
version of the Blue Book on Telecommunication Policies for the
Americas |
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By Rodrigo Robles,
Coordinator of the update of the Blue Book
 As part of the process of updating the Blue Book
entitled “Telecommunication Policies of the Americas,” a meeting of
the Drafting Group was held In Buenos Aires,
Argentina, September 29 to October 1, 2004, to write and adopt
the new version. Taking part in the meeting were delegates of
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Also taking part were representatives
of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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Upcoming events |
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XIV
meeting of COM/CITEL and IV meeting of PCC.II |
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The XIV meeting of COM/CITEL
will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30 to December 3, 2004.
During this meeting there will be the opportunity to, among others: define
the fellowships program of CITEL for 2005, continue with the
preparation of high priority ITU conferences such as the World
Telecommunication Development Conference and the Plenipotentiary
Conference of 2006; to review the update of the Blue Book; to assess
the fulfillment of the Summit of the Americas mandate and to prepare
the next meeting to be held in 2005; and to analyze the preparation
for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunez,
2005).
The IV meeting of PCC.II will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
December 6 to 9, 2004. Among the main issues to be considered we may
indicate: preparation for WRC-07; continuation of the preparation of
the Implementation Guide of Digital Terrestrial Television; analysis
of the usage of the 450 MHz band and of the 5 GHz band by RLAN; study
of low power devices; consideration of the procedures to use for the
authorization of Earth Stations on board Vessels (ESV) and
implementation aspects of regulations to facilitate the deployment of
satellite services.
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Important issues |
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International Technical
and Regulatory Challenges of UWB technology |
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By Marc Girouard,
Manager,
Industry Canada
Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology uses pulsed
emissions that are of very short duration which result in very
wideband low power emission bandwidths that are in the order of GHz.
This technology promises to be useful in many civil and military
applications such as communication, construction, transportation,
public protection and disaster relief. Indeed, the technology can be
used to find the location of objects in the ground, through walls,
measure levels in a container, or to transfer large amounts of data
such as video very rapidly. A quick search on the internet will yield
many descriptions of the technology, as well as good historical
information on its development.
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The New Internet
Empowers Transition Economies |
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By Rosa Delgado, ICT,
Expert
The most significant technological change since the
launching of the Web has begun with the introduction of the new
version of the Internet Protocol - IP Protocol version 6 (IPv6). The
current version of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) developed in the
1970’s allows for 4.3 billion IP access points, based on a 32-bit.
With the revolution of the Internet over the last decade, it became
clear that global addresses shortage would be critical in several
regions of the world, in particular in transition economies. The new
Internet is today perceived as the only alternative to enable global
connectivity by providing the means of getting the massive Internet
address space required.
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Training |
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Telecommunication Sector
Regulation |
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By Eduardo Mendoza,
Training Director,
INICTEL
Generally, every country of the Region of the Americas has
legislation to regulate telecommunication services and their
infrastructure ownership, and regulating or administrative systems for
the enforcement of this legislation.
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Course for Non-Technical
Personnel on Basic Telecommunication Networks |
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By Ruben Kustra,
Professor
The purpose of the course was to provide a clear
and simple description of the basics of telecommunication networks,
without using mathematical tools or complicated theoretical analysis,
in order to establish a common language for understanding one another
and exchanging ideas with others working in the same field.
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Training
Seminar: First Area Meeting of Infocenter Operators |
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By Under Secretariat for Telecommunications
The digital agenda, the outlook for the National Digital
Literacy Campaign, and e-government were the
principal topics of the First Area Meeting of Infocenter Operators of
the Central Zone, organized by the National Infocenter Network and
sponsored by the Under Secretariat for Telecommunications and the
Mining Council.
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What's
happening in the region? |
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First
Dialogue on Advanced Research Networks in Latin America |
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The first Dialogue on Advanced Research Networks in
Latin America will be held October 22, 2004, at 10:00 am in
Washington, DC, United States. Spokespersons: Ana Preston, Manager of
Projects of the International Program Internet2 and Florencio Utreras,
Vice Chair of CLARA, Executive Director of REUNA. Participant sites: DLC Brazil, Universidad de los Andes
of Colombia,
Universidad Técnica Particular of Loja, Ecuador, Pontificia
Universidad Católica of Perú, Instituto Politécnico Nacional of
Mexico and DLC of Venezuela.
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Discussion
document to allocate additional spectrum to cellular mobile telephony
in Colombia |
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To achieve more usage of mobile
services with the required quality levels, and also to achieve a more
dynamic and developed mobile market that results in more competitive
companies and in well-being for the users, the Ministry of
Communications of Colombia has put into consideration of the sector a
document that proposes the allocation of additional spectrum to the
operators of TMC following certain conditions that are indicated in
the above mentioned document.
Deadline for comments: October 21,
2004 to the e-mail:
[email protected]
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In
Chile the government has extended the connection to Internet to rural
schools in region I |
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This announcement was done jointly by the
Sub-Secretary of Telecommunications, Mr. Cristian Nicolai and the
Sub-Secretary of Education, Ms. María Adriana Hornkhol, who visited
Arica in the framework of the program "Government with you".
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