Electronic Bulletin / Number 25 - July, 2006

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  Recent News
XI meeting of the Conference Preparatory Group to Address Regional Preparations for World Conferences and Meetings

From 10 to 12 July was held the XI meeting of the Conference Preparatory Group to Address Regional Preparations for World Conferences and Meetings (WGCP) in San José, Costa Rica. This meeting considered in detail the preparation for the Plenipotentiary Conference of 2006 (PP-06).  At the meeting it was possible to continue analyzing proposals for the Conference and Inter-American Proposals on the following subjects were approved:

  1. Financial consequences of denunciation

  2. Proposal on observers

  3. Rules of procedure of conferences, assemblies and meetings

  4. Arrears and special arrears accounts

  5. Implementation of results-based management in the ITU

  6. Decisions and Tesolutions of previous Plenipotentiary Conferences

  7. Modification of the number of Member States of the ITU Council

  8. Revision of RESOLUTION 25 “Strengthening the regional presence”

Also,  Draft Inter-American Proposals (DIAP) were approved on:

  1. Constitution of the  International Telecommunication Union (Articles 9, 14)

  2. Convention of the  International Telecommunication  Union (Article 10)

  3. International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) (Articles 8 and 25 of the ITU Constitution)

  4. Sector Member Contributions to the budget of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

  Upcoming events
Nicholas Negroponte - Fourteenth lecture of  the Lecture Series of the Americas

The Department of External Relations of  the Organization of American States (OAS) cordially invites you to the fourteenth lecture of  the Lecture Series of the Americas on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM (EST) at OAS Headquarters featuring Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit Association, Co-founder and Former Director of the MIT Media Laboratory. Mr. Negroponte will be speaking on “One Laptop per Child”.

The OAS gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of the San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru to the lecture series. Please visit the Lecture Series web site at www.oas.org/lecture for more information on past and upcoming events.

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  Important issues
Workshop on electromagnetic radiation

CITEL organized a Workshop on the Technical and Regulatory Aspects Related to the Effects of Electromagnetic Non-Ionizing Emissions in Lima on June 19, 2006 to analyze the potential effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru has made available the video of this Workshop at: http://65.254.44.14/~vmc.mtc/. Please find below some special articles on the subject.

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International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 106

By R. C. Petersen, IEC TC106
IEC Technical Committee 106 (TC106) was established in 1999 to develop international standards for the assessment of human exposure to electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields.  The task includes: characterization of electromagnetic environments with regard to human exposure; measurement methods, instrumentation and procedures; calculation methods; assessment methods for exposure produced by specific sources (in so far as this task is not carried out by specific IEC product committees); basic standards for other sources; assessment of uncertainties. It covers the frequency range of 0 Hz to 300 GHz.

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New IEEE RF safety standard C95.1-2005

By C-K. Chou, Ph.D, IEEE, International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety Technical Committee 95,Subcommittee 4
This new “IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz” published on April 19, 2006 is a revision of C95.1-1991 (1999 edition) and C95.1b-2004 “Amendment 2: Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Limits for the Pinna.”  The revision is based on scientific and medical literature published through December 2003, but several 2004 and 2005 papers are included.

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Introduction to Measurements of Non-Ionizing Emissions

By Alfredo F. Debattista, Consultora Federal de Comunicaciones (Argentina)
Today, there is growing concern among users of communication equipment, particularly cellular telephony users, and nongovernmental organizations and the community in general regarding the effects of non-ionizing emissions on human health, concern spurred by the growing numbers of wireless sources of non-ionizing emissions.

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Research on non-ionizing emissions in telecommunications in Peru

By Víctor Cruz Ornetta, INICTEL
Over the past few years, telecommunication services in Peru have grown considerably.  According to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones—MTC) and the Organization Overseeing Private-Sector Investment in Telecommunications (Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones—OSIPTEL), in terms of amount of infrastructure and number of beneficiaries, nationwide the principal services consist of AM-OM radio, with 644 broadcasting stations, FM radio with 1,686 broadcasting stations, television with 1,110 broadcasting stations, and mobile services with 1,556 base stations and 6,092,382 users. This growth has triggered concern about the electromagnetic fields used for wireless transmission. 

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RF Safety and Risk Communications – The Wi-Fi industry perspective

By John Roman, Task Group on Health and Science, Wi-Fi Alliance
There has been a significant amount of scientific study over the past fifteen years regarding whether there are health hazards associated with the use of RF based technologies.  Scientific panels from more than 16 countries have reviewed the data and have made consistent findings: that there are no health hazards associated with RF based technologies when used within established safety guidelines.  

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Cooperation initiatives to promote the harmonious and orderly deployment of mobile network infrastructure

By David Gómez Campal, Telefónica Móviles Corporación España
The problems associated with the deployment of the mobile network in general, and the location and functioning of mobile telephone service antennas in particular, are causing growing concern among the different agents involved (sector, government, regulator, local administrations and the population). This article summarizes the principal causes of this conflictive situation and the negative repercussions that it gives rise to, and then describes a proposed solution for the Latin American region, based on best practices at the global level.

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  Training
Why is there a need to consider next-generation networks?

By Aldo Castaña, Catholic University of Uruguay
Among the driving principles behind innovation toward converging networks, we shall examine the following five:

  • Portability of the development of added-value applications

  • Broadband needs

  • Service provider differentiation

  • Customer cost reduction

  • Existence of data backbone with capacity for  converging traffic with service quality

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  What's happening in the region?
LACNIC: Contributions on activities and ways of participation

LACNIC invites all players of the regional Internet community to send contributions on its activities and ways of participation. These contributions may be sent till Tuesday July 25, 2006 at [email protected]. For more information: http://www.lacnic.net/sp/consulta2006.
 

Brazil: Anatel opens up bidding process for broadband in the ranges of 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz

On July 17, the National Telecommunication Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações—Anatel) has opened up the bidding process aimed at granting authorization for the use of radio frequency blocks in the bands of 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz. Likewise, selection of those interested in operating broadband in these ranges shall begin. The concession shall be granted for a 15-year period, with option to extend it only once. (ANATEL, 17 July 2006)

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Peru: Piura now has wireless telecommunication infrastructure

Piura is the first city of the country’s hinterland that now has a private virtual multiservice network with wireless infrastructure; in other words, this new platform shall bring together voice transmission, Internet and videoconferencing under one single connection. This network uses WiMax technology and is aimed mainly at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which can benefit from a variety of value-added services such as broadband on demand, advanced traffic reports, and managed security services.(Ministry of Transports and Communications, 17 July 2006)

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Colombia: Deadline for submitting requests for use of the spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band in the department service area has been changed

The Ministry of Communications changed the deadline for submitting requests for use of the Radio Spectrum in the Department Service Area for the 3.5 GHz band by means of Resolution 1616 of July 11, 2006. The new date is August 14, 2006.(Ministry of Communications, 12 July 2006)

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Peru: Deputy Minister of Communications of Peru inaugurates rural Internet Project in the district of Acos Vinchos

On Wednesday, July 5, the people of the district of Acos Vinchos in the Region of Ayacucho happily and eagerly welcomed implementation of the Rural Internet Project, which they will be able to use to promote social, economic, and cultural development. The Deputy Minister of Communications, Dr. Juan Antonio Pacheco-Romaní, traveled to this district to inaugurate this State initiative, which shall also be extended to other localities of the department.(Ministry of Transports and Communications, 6 July 2006)

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Colombia: General Guidelines for Drawing up a National ICT Policy

The Ministry of Communications has published the paper "GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DRAWING UP A NATIONAL ICT POLICY" which defines the eight action elements needed to develop a national ICT policy, as well as the various work fronts on which each must focus. (Ministry of Communications, 6 July 2006)

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Unless otherwise indicated, the materials published on this web site, including opinions expressed therein, are the responsibility of the individual authors/compilers and not those of the Organization of American States (“OAS”), GS/OAS, CITEL and the OAS Member States or its member countries.

  Summary 

XI meeting of WGCP
Nicholas Negroponte - Fourteenth lecture of  the Lecture Series of the Americas
Workshop on electromagnetic radiation
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 106
New IEEE RF safety standard C95.1-2005
Introduction to Measurements of Non-Ionizing Emissions
Research on non-ionizing radiation in telecommunications in Peru
RF Safety and Risk Communications – The Wi-Fi industry perspective
Cooperation initiatives to promote the harmonious and orderly deployment of mobile network infrastructure
Why is there a need to consider next-generation networks?
 

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IX meeting of PCC.I
Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 12 to 15, 2006
 
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