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 First-year
Evaluation and Outlook |
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The electronic newsletter info @ CITEL has
completed its first year on the network with success: over
135 articles and news items and 4,300
subscribers (as of June 23, 2005), who have joined a community of
readers and collaborators interested in the latest developments in the
telecommunications sector.
The concept of this project remains as we outlined
it a year ago: to create an electronic newsletter for each and every
one of you readers, the hundreds of people who access it, whether the
e-mail version or the online version located on the
CITEL Web page.
Our goal is to provide rigorous information on information and
communications technology to these thousands
of readers not only from the Americas but
also from other regions.
Our task is a great responsibility and a great
commitment. We know that, in order to maintain interest and broad
distribution, we must always strive for fluid, ongoing dialogue. We
must plan activities with a forward-looking spirit, making good use of
available resources and readers’ interests. We believe that the
outcome has been very positive and auspicious, judging from the
support and congratulations received from various readers.
With such a positive outcome, it behooves us to
continue on this path and strive for the growth of the project. Over
the coming years, we hope this newsletter will become a regular forum
for ongoing, open dialogue and responsible discussion among the
various actors in the telecommunications sector. We are deeply
grateful for the support we have received and for the opportunity
offered us. We hope to have acquitted ourselves of the task.
To all our friends, thank you.
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Upcoming events |
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Report
on the ITU Council and its relationship with CITEL - Functions of the
ITU Council |
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By Antonio Cristiani, Chair, Working Group
to Prepare for the Meetings of the Council
of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
The present Report is aimed at highlighting the importance of the
Council’s functions and the study conducted by CITEL to secure
consensus-based positions on matters pertaining to this body, which
was established in 1947 by decision of the Plenipotentiary Conference
(PP) held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United Status in 1947.
more information |
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Preparations
of the Fourth Assembly of CITEL |
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By Clovis Baptista,
Executive Secretary of CITEL
The Fourth Assembly of CITEL will be held in
San José, Costa Rica, February 20 to 23, 2006. A Special Meeting of
the Assembly comprised of representatives of governments and the
private sector will be held on the afternoon of February 20, 2006.
Also, is scheduled on the morning of February 21, 2006, a
roundtable of high authorities with responsibility for
telecommunication policy in each Administration.
more information |
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Important issues |
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Broadband
and convergence of telecommunications |
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By Miki Saito,
Co-rapporteur, Study Question III:
Broadband Access Technologies
This presentation will first define the concept of broadband and
will then discuss its impact today on the phenomenon of the
convergence of telecommunications. It concludes that bandwidth has
become the raw material of such convergence.
more information |
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First
version of the guide for implementation of DTT in the Americas |
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By Felix Castro Rojas
At its III Meeting, PCC.II adopted the
first version of the guide for implementation of DTT in the Americas
and a work program for DTT implementation.
more information |
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Block
or generic licenses for Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) Earth Stations |
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By Ricardo Fontes,
Working Sub-Group to develop common procedures and guidelines for
Block or Generic Earth Station Licensingfor the licensing of
FSS earth stations
The Third Summit of the Americas (Quebec City, 2001) requested
“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 work to complete the development of a
Hemispheric Web site including each country’s requirements and forms
of application for licensing to provide satellite-based
telecommunications services”.
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U.S.
Industry Adopts Standard for Digital Radio |
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By Albert Shuldiner,
iBiquity Digital Corporation
The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC), a U.S. standards
setting organization sponsored by the National Association of
Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Association, recently
adopted a standard for In-Band On-Channel broadcasting based on
iBiquity Digital Corporation’s HD Radio™ system.
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Experience
about the change to eight-digit numbering in the Republic of Guatemala |
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By Mauricio Grageda, Manager of Telephony, SIT
The Administration of Guatemala wants to share through this
document, the experiences relevant to the change to the National Plan
Numbering carried out on September 18th in our country. In this
manner, considers that Administrations with common qualities that are
working to carry out similar changes could have more ideas about
details involved in this process.
more information |
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Training |
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About
fiber-optic submarine cable networks |
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By Miguel Angel De La Sotta Cerbino,
Engineer MS
The first international undersea telegraph cable was installed in
Europe in 1850 to connect England and France, whereas the first
trans-Atlantic telephone cable was installed in 1956, and it had the
capacity to transmit 36 analog phone channels simultaneously.
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Peru:
Development plan of the
Information society will establish actions with deadlines so that an
information society more integrated and fair will be a reality |
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The goal of today of the
developed and developing countries, such as Peru, is to ensure that
the Information and Communication Technology is accessible to all, and
also to promote specific advantages in some areas such as strategies,
electronic commerce, e-government, e-health, education, literacy,
cultural diversity, gender equality, sustainable development and
environment. (Ministry of Communications,
21 June 2005)
more information |
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Brazil:
Francisco Sávio Couto Pinheiro tomó posición en el
Consejo de ANATEL |
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In the 72Ş
Extraordinary Meeting of the Consultative Committee
of ANATEL Mr. Francisco
Sávio Couto Pinheiro held a position in this
Committee. (ANATEL, 14
June 2005)
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Canada:
Government of Canada invests $28.3 million in innovative technology in
British Columbia |
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The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of
Industry, today announced investments totalling $28.3 million through
Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) with three innovative British
Columbia small and medium-sized enterprises. These investments will
advance research projects with the potential to benefit both the
forest and hydrogen industries across Canada. (Industry
Canada-Venezuela, 14 June 2005)
more information |
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Venezuela:
Fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Organic
Telecommunication Law |
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On June 12, 2005, CONATEL marked the fifth
anniversary of the enactment of the Organic Telecommunication Act (LOTEL),
a legal instrument governing the telecommunication sector that
guarantees Venezuelans the right to free and plural communications and
universal access to services. (CONATEL-Venezuela, 11 June 2005)
more information |
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Colombia:
New Director of the Agenda for Connectiviy |
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Mr. Gustavo Adolfo Gómez Uribe was appointed by the
National Government as new director of the Agenda for Connectivity, a
program of the Ministry of Communications that has a goal to spead the
use of the Inforamtion Communication Technologies (ICT). (Ministry of Communications
of Colombia,
9 June 2005)
más información |
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Colombia:
New tariff framework for local telephony |
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The new local telephony tariff framework, announced today by the
national government, provides for local telephony companies to offer
different tariff plans, among them, a no-fixed-charge option for
strata 1 and 2 in the country’s main cities.(Ministry
of Communications, 9 June 2005)
more information |
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Peru:
Will gain awareness of and implement the
korean experience of broadband network installation |
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With the signature of a memorandum of understanding
by the Minister of Transportation and Communications, Mr. José Ortiz,
and the Minister of Information and Communications of the Republic of
Korea, Mr. Daeje Chin, Peru will now be able to share Korea’s
experience, practice, and development of information and communication
technologies (ICTs) and move ahead in developing its telecommunication
industry. (Ministry of Communications, 6 June 2005)
more information |
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Peru:
The government has plans for the integration of Peru
at the national and international levels through the use of
telecommunication services and information and knowledge technologies |
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The Government has medium-term plans for the
integration of Peru at the national and international levels through
the use of telecommunication services and information and knowledge
technologies, affirmed the Minister of Transportation and
Communications, Mr. José Ortiz, during his participation in the
tripartite dialogue of the APEC Telecommunications economies,
businessmen, and universities. He added that a major objective of the
economies of the Asia-Pacific forum is to achieve integration of their
population as a whole. (Ministry of Communications, 6 June 2005)
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Chile:
Nearly 27,000 students in region 10 will benefit from three years’
free internet access |
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The Minister of Public Works, Transportation, and
Telecommunications, Jaime Estévez, visited Piedra Azul Rural School,
in Puerto Montt commune, one of 124 schools in Region 10 to have three
years’ free Internet connection. A special contribution is also being
considered for Palena Province, which would benefit another 37 rural
schools. (SUBTEL, 3 June 2005)
more information |
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Ecuador:
Progress in interconnection negotiations |
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Under the current Administration’s policy of
transparency and clarity in government, on Monday, May 30, the
National Telecommunications Secretariat announced the status of the
pending interconnection agreement among telecommunication service
providers. (CONATEL-Ecuador, 30 May 2005)
more information |
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Chile:
SUBTEL increases transparency in licensing |
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As a means of enhancing transparency and licensing
system administration, the Under secretariat of Telecommunications has
designed, tested, and implemented an information system that advises
when official correspondence has been sent. "This may seem a small
thing, but it is important to individuals with pending formalities,"
said Under Secretary Christian Nicolai. (SUBTEL, 26 May 2005)
more information |
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New
Associate Members of CITEL |
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Brazil:
DVB - BRAZIL |
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On June 16, 2005, the
company DVB - BRAZIL with venue in Brazil,
became a new associate member of PCC.II.
DVB Brasil publishes the norms elaborated globally by DVB, renders
explanation on the last technical norms, developments and
technological tendencies, spread and collects technical suggestions
and contributions for the elaboration of new norms relative to Digital
TV, as well as also spread information and explanation on the up to
dates technologies regarding the TV area.
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