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Upcoming events |
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 2006
World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) of the
International Telecommunication Union |
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By Héctor Huerta, ViceChair Conference
Preparatory Working Group
 The World
Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) is the highest-level
telecommunication development authority of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). The fourth such Conference will be held
in Doha, Qatar, March 7-15, 2006.
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Important issues |
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Broadband is Key to the
Information Society |
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By ITU-D
The ways in which regulators can help involve all segments of
their societies in supporting broadband development are spelled out in
a new groundbreaking document entitled: Best Practice Guidelines for
the Promotion of Low-Cost Broadband and Internet Connectivity.
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Status
of Regulatory Regimes for the Deployment of
Broadband Services via Satellite in the Americas |
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By Claudio
Palomares Sartor, Chair,
Satellite Systems to provide
Fixed and Mobile services WG
The Third Summit of the Americas (Quebec City, 2001) requested the
“ministries or departments responsible for telecommunications and
appropriate regulatory bodies to cooperate, within CITEL, in order to
clarify and simplify rules governing the provision of satellite
services in our countries” and to promote “the modernization and
expansion of telecommunications infrastructure in rural and urban
areas through timely introduction of new technologies and services, in
particular broadband technologies.”
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Questionnaire
on possible terrestrial candidate frequency bands for the future
development of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000 |
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By Molly
Gavin, Rapporteur
 At the IV
PCC.II Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 6 – 9, 2004,
Decision PCC.II/DEC 25
(IV-04) was taken to have the CITEL Secretariat request that
Member States and associate members answer the ITU-R WP 8F
Questionnaire on possible terrestrial candidate frequency bands for
the future development of IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000, and
send a copy of their answer to the CITEL Secretariat and to the
Rapporteur for this activity.
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Training |
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USTTI's
tuition-free training curriculum for 2005 |
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By Ambassador Michael R. Gardner, Chairman USTTI
To increase global knowledge about the latest developments in the
telecommunications/IT arena, the USTTI is offering 75 tuition-free
courses in 2005 emphasizing training in regulatory policy, spectrum
management, wireless, Internet, telehealth, broadband, satellite, and
broadcasting applications.
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Colombian
School of Engineering and its Center for Telematic Studies |
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By Center for Telematic Studies
The Julio Garavito Colombian School of Engineering (Escuela
Colombiana de Ingeniería
“JULIO GARAVITO”) was founded in 1972 to train professionals by
providing them, in a spirit of social solidarity, with a comprehensive
high-quality education in the scientific and technological fields,
with a focus on personal development.
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Brazil:
Anatel approval of regulations for the band 1452-1472 MHz |
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Resolution No. 391 was published
approving regulations for the use of the frequency band 1452-1472 MHz,
and the band 1452-1492 MHz was allocated to the mobile service, on a
primary basis, in Brazil. (ANATEL, 28 January 2005)
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Venezuela:
CONATEL registration of 221 user organizations |
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The National Telecommunications Commission, CONATEL, announced that it
had registered 221 telecommunication service user organizations,
including radio and television, during the national workshop held in
all of Venezuela’s states from Tuesday, January 25, to Thursday,
February 3.
(CONATEL, 4 February 2005)
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Colombia:
Limits set for exposure to electromagnetic fields |
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By decree No. 195, dated January
31, 2005, the national government developed procedures for the
installation of radioelectric stations designed to limit human
exposure to electromagnetic fields. (Ministerio de
Comunicaciones, 8 February 2005)
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El
Salvador: SIGET present at launching of international call
service via Infocentros |
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The General Superintendent of Electricity and Telecommunication, Jorge
Isidoro Nieto Menéndez, attended the official launching of a new
international telephone call service, Infotel via Infocentros.(SIGET,
10 February 2005)
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CTU:
Ninth Telecommunications Policy Seminar and World Telecommunications
Day Symposium |
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The Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean
Telecommunications Union (CTU) announces the 9th Telecommunications
Policy Seminar scheduled to take place in Jamaica from 5 to 6 April
2005. Also, CTU participates of the inaugural World Telecommunications
Day Symposium which will be hosted in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago from 16 to 18 May, 2005.
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