Electronic Bulletin / Number 34 - April, 2007

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  Recent News
Preparation for WRC-07

The IX meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee II, Radiocomunications including Broadcasting took place in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 17 to 20 2007. This was the limit meeting to prepare for WRC-07. On May 7, 2007 the CITEL Secretariat will be sending the documents that are the result of the meeting and that include several inter-american proposals on several Agenda items.

Administrations can send new draft proposals for the WRC-07, to be considered at the X meeting of PCC.II, before midnight of Saturday June 16, 2007 (EST, Washington DC, United States of America). The X meeting of PCC.II will take place from July 30 to August 2, 2007 in Orlando, Florida, United States of America.
 

Report on the Seminar on terrestrial spectrum for IMT (WRC-07 agenda item 1.4)

By José Costa, Coordinator of the Seminar
A seminar on terrestrial spectrum for IMT was held on 16 April 2006, in San Salvador, El Salvador, in line with Resolution PCC.II/RES. 38 (VIII-06) . The seminar was sponsored by an industry group and with the support of SIGET.

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  Important issues
Evolution of network architectures

By Maria Josefina Cano de Ahrens, COPACO, S.A
Telecommunications has undergone one of the most intensive and significant processes of changes thus far known. Since 2004, a major crisis factor has arisen in large telecommunication companies, especially for those that have been operating principally as telephone operators or POTS.

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National electronic certification infrastructure

By CONATEL
In Venezuela, progressive efforts have been made in the information security area to consolidate online government and e-commerce in our country. To be noted in that connection is the establishment of a legal framework governing data messages and electronic signatures, and of the Superintendency of Electronic Certification Services.

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Advances on digital radio in the Dominican Republic - First International Forum on digital radio

By INDOTEL
The broadcasting in Dominican Republic began in 1926 when the Eng. Frank Hatton Guerrero as President of the Radio Club in Santo Domingo, built a small AM transmitter of few watts to transmit the first broadcasting emission of the country, which was afterwards designated as HIRC.

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Results of the first hemispherical study on Fraud regarding the rendering of telecommunication services

By Dora Inés Moreno Castellanos, Claudia Marcela Carrillo Herrera, Giovani Mancilla Gaona
The general impacts of telecommunications fraud may be seen in companies, the States and the users.

 

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  Training
TCP-IP: The management-functional areas

By  Alvaro Sánchez, ANTEL-Uruguay
The network management includes diverse functions that contribute to the detailed knowledge of the state of his components, which allows the trigger of suitable preventive and corrective actions.

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  What's happening in the region?
Colombia:  In Emergencies: Free Calls from Compartel Telephones

Free telephone calls may be made to the following emergency numbers from all Compartel rural telephony points in Colombia.  (Ministry of Communications of Colombia, 25 April 2007)

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Brazil: Mobile Telephony Grows by 2.2% in First Quarter

With in excess of 965,000 new activations, over 102 million cell phones are now in service. With 965,726 new mobile service activations for the month, 102,152,437 cell phones were in service in Brazil in March.  Of these, 82,166,834 (80.44%) were pre-paid and 19,985,603 (19.6%) post-paid. (ANATEL, 23 April 2007)

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Chile:  Government Introduces a Bill to Authorize Municipalities to Regulate Telecommunication Tower Installation

Seeking to harmonize Chile’s telecommunication industry development and connectivity with the greater urban environment, the Government has introduced in the Chamber of Deputies a bill to regulate the urban impact of the installation of mobile telephony, radio, and/or televisions towers. (SUBTEL, 20 April 2007)

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Peru:  Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) Publishes a Bill to Add Additional Digits to Mobile Telephony Numbering

Owing to the steep rise nationwide in the number of mobile telephony lines and ongoing demand (57% higher in 2006 than in 2005), the MTC has issued a provision for a digit to be added to cellular telephony numbering for Lima and Callao users, and for two additional digits for numbering for users in the rest of the country. (Ministry of Communications and Transport, 16 April 2007)

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Colombia:  Ministry of Communications:  Territorial E-Government, a Pilot Project for Latin America

Ms. María del Rosario Guerra de la Espriella, Minister of Communications, underscored the outcome of the Territorial E-Government strategy under which, thus far, 620 websites have been provided to the same number of Colombian municipalities, and noted that the project promoted by the Agenda for Connectivity may be considered a pilot project for Latin America. (Ministry of Communications of Colombia, 13 April 2007)

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Brazil: Public Consultation Launched on an Invitation to Tender for SMP Licenses

April 5 saw the relaunch of Public Consultation No. 756, on the proposed invitation to tender for licenses for use for Personal Mobile Service (SMP) of radiofrequencies in D and E subbands, the new radiofrequency subbands recently allocated to SMP, and the extended radiofrequency subbands. The proposed bid would enable the Agency [ANATEL] to issue licenses for nationwide service provision and current operators to expand their services. (ANATEL, 5 April 2007)

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  New Associate Members of CITEL
Brazil: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

On April 3, 2007 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. of Brazil became an associate member of PCC.I.

Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications network software and services for IP, wireline, wireless, and cable. As the industry continuously evolves, Telcordia has the experience and reach to deliver the critical elements of success to help communication providers worldwide deploy innovative and profitable new services via any network or device while helping carriers aggressively reduce costs and grow revenues. Among its market leading positions, Telcordia has the most number portability deployments worldwide and offers carriers an end-to-end Number Portability solution complete with consulting and advisory services, software systems and managed services. It also offers a robust Service Inteconnection Solution that is helping carriers worldwide deliver on the promise of converged services. Telcordia is headquartered in Piscataway, N.J, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Central and Latin America.

Colombia: Intel Tecnología de Colombia S.A.

On April 10, 2007 Intel Tecnología de Colombia S.A. of Colombia became an associate member of PCC.II.

USA: Intel Corporation

On April 11, 2007 Intel Corporation of USA became an associate member of PCC.II.

Intel constantly pushes the boundaries of innovation in order to make people's lives more exciting, more fulfilling, and easier to manage. Their unwavering commitment to moving technology forward has transformed the world by leaps and bounds. They are a company that's always in motion, fueling an industry that never rests. They inspire their partners to develop innovative products and services, rally the industry to support new products, and drive industry standards. They do this so that they can collectively deliver better solutions with greater benefits more quickly.

Their job is to find and drive the next leap ahead—in technology, education, culture, social responsibility, manufacturing, and more—to continuously encourage their customers, partners, consumers, and businesses to join them as they continue to take exciting leaps forward.

In the end, it's not just about making technology faster, smarter, and cheaper—it's about using that technology to make life better, richer, and more convenient for everyone it touches.

CITEL invites Administrations and associate members to send us news or notices to include in this section.

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  Summary 

Preparation for WRC-07
Report on the Seminar on terrestrial spectrum for IMT
Evolution of network architectures
National electronic certification infrastructure
Advances on digital radio in the Dominican Republic - First International Forum on digital radio
Fraud regarding the rendering of telecommunication services
TCP-IP: The management-functional areas
 

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