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Recent News |
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 PCC.II
prepares more than 450 inter-american proposals for WRC-07 |
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The X meeting of PCC.II that took place in Orlando,
Florida, July 31 to August 3 finished with the great success of
achieving more than 450 inter-american proposals for the next World
Radiocommunication Conference to be held October 22 to November 16,
2007.
World
radiocommunication conferences (WRC) are held every two to three years.
It is the job of WRC to review, and, if necessary, revise the
Radio Regulations,
the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency
spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite
orbits. The general scope of the agenda of world radiocommunication
conferences is established four to six years in advance, with the
final agenda set by the ITU Council two years before the conference,
with the concurrence of a majority of Member States.
More details on the proposals will be provided in
next issues.
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Upcoming events |
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ITU
– CITEL PCC.I Seminar on “Bridging the Standardization Divide” |
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By Oscar Avellaneda, Coordinator of the event
for PCC.I/CITEL
Telecommunication standardization continues to evolve and grow in
importance as a result of the challenge of interconnecting increasing
numbers of operators providing multiple services using a variety of
technologies over competing networks, using equipment from a
proliferation of equipment manufacturers. Recently, the emergence of
new technologies and technological convergence among Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created major standardization
challenges for all stakeholders, particularly in areas such as Next
Generation Networks (NGN), multimedia, Voice over IP (VoIP) and
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). A
Seminar on "Bridging the Standardization Divide"will
take place on 24 September 2007 in Mendoza, Argentina,
and is open to participation of all
interested parties in addition to ITU Member States, Sector Members
and Associates.
more information |
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Second
Workshop on the impact of fraud on the
provision of telecommunication services in the Americas:
Operators and providers working together to prevent situations of
fraud |
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By Giovani Mancilla Gaona, Coordinator of the event
Considering the impact of the forms of fraud identified, which
affect everyone in the sector, participation by technology providers
has been deemed highly important. They should have direct knowledge
of the problems and their devastating consequences and thus be able to
offer possible technology solutions that could minimize losses due to
fraud or security situations. This could optimize the use of
technology, which in various scenarios has been limited by security
and/or fraud situations. A possible example of this is e-commerce,
which has been strongly curtailed by cyber-fraud and cyber-crime.
The Second Workshop
on the impact of fraud on the provision of telecommunication services
in the americas: Operators and providers working together to prevent
situations of fraud will take place in Mendoza,
Argentina on September 27, 2007.
more information |
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Important issues |
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Results
and challenges of economic regulation in fixed telephony of Brazil |
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By Gerência Geral de Competição -
Superintendência de Serviços Públicos - Anatel
The present document provides a summary of the main results
obtained from Switched Fixed Telephone Service (Serviço Telefônico
Fixo Conmutado—SFTC) concession contracts in Brazil, as well as some
of the challenges that have currently emerged for regulation.
more information |
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Helping
Peru because of the earthquake in August 2007 |
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By Alonso Picazo, ViceChair, Working Group Relative to Satellite
Systems to Provide Fixed and Mobile Services
A major earthquake of a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale
shook central and southern Peru on August 15, 2007 at 23:40:57
UTC (18:40:57 local time).
Lasting close to 210 seconds, it was one of the most violent
earthquakes in Peru in recent history.
more information |
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ENUM |
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By Karen Mulberry, Advanced Services - Technology Initiatives
 Electronic
Numbering is a standard developed by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF). It is a protocol (RFC 3761) that converts standard E.164
international telephone numbers into Internet addresses using the
Domain Name System (DNS) so that resources associated with a telephone
number can be resolved in the IP domain.
more information |
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Training |
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Implementation
of ETHERNET/MPLS network aggregation for the provision of multiple
services – MPLS and VPN |
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By Gustavo Sandler and Javier Emicuri, Universidad Católica de Uruguay
MPLS is able to combine the characteristic intelligence properties
of routing with the speed typical of the concept of switching. It
provides a significant benefit both for pure IP based networks and for
those that use IP jointly with ATM.
more information |
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Peru:
ITU sends satellite equipments to Peru to
collaborate in the area affected by the earthquake |
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The ITU
has lent to Perú
50 INMARSAT satellite
equipments to be used in the villages that are without communications
due to the problems of the earthquake. The equipments are portable and
can be put in a backpack and they allow transmission of voice and
data. Each equipment comes with US$ 4,000
for the usage of the space segment. The equipments were brought to the
Peruvian government by Mr. Roberto Bastidas, Representative
of the ITU for
Central America, the equipments were tested
by a group of engineers of the Ministry. Two
voluntaries from Nicaragua from assisted in the activity. (Ministry of
Transport and Communications)
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Colombia:
Telecenters Most Used by the Low-Income Rural Population |
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Most
users of the Internet at Compartel Program Telecenters of the Ministry
of Communications are residents of low-income rural areas. Among
Colombians using the telecenters, 53% earn less than one minimum
monthly wage. (Ministry
of Communications, 29 August 2007)
more information |
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Venezuela:
CONATEL Launches Phase II of Digital TV Standard Tests |
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On
Wednesday, August 29, 2007, the National Telecommunication Commission
(CONATEL) will launch phase II of the field measurement tests for the
European and Japanese Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) standards.
(ANATEL, 28 August 2007)
more information |
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Brazil:
Anatel Approves Terms of Use for FUST Resources |
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On Wednesday, August 22, the
National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel) adopted the Universal
Service Obligation Terms, for signature by the five fixed telephony
licensees. The terms provide for the use of the Telecommunication
Services Universalization Fund (FUST) in implementing the Plan of
Universalization Targets for Fixed Switch Telephony in Organizations
Serving the Hearing Impaired (PMU I), adopted in
Decree No. 6.039, of February 7, 2007. (ANATEL,
24 August 2007)
more information |
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Colombia:
Proposed Models for Administration of Dominio.co |
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With
a view to successful promotion of the transition to a new operating
scheme for administration of the dominio.co name registration, the
Ministry of Communications is inviting interested parties to consult
the document “Proposed Models for the Administration of dominio.co,"
and to forward their comments, by September 10, 2007, to the following
e-mail address:
[email protected].
(Ministry of Communications, 24 August 2007)
more information |
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Brazil:
Anatel Publishes New Cellular Telephony Rules |
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The new Personal Mobile Telephony
(SMP) Regulations, adopted in Resolution 477, of August 7, 2007, were
published this week in the Diário Oficial da União [Official
Gazette of the Union]. The document establishes the general rules
for mobile telephony provision and rights and obligations (of users
and providers), as well as types of service provision. The main
amendments adopted by Anatel would expand and consolidate user rights
and impose additional duties on providers. (ANATEL,
15 August 2007)
more information |
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Venezuela:
MPPTI Promotes Projects for Social Inclusion and Access to
Telecommunication Services |
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With
the aim of strengthening participation, [Minister of
Telecommunications and Information Technology] Chacón has indicated
that work is being done by his office with technical
telecommunications boards composed of Communal Council members. This
participatory method seeks to ensure that organized communities
establish, with support from CANTV, telecommunication companies of
social ownership, and that the
profits generated in such processes may be reinvested in the same
locale. (CONATEL, 3 August 2007)
more information |
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Brazil:
Anatel Launches Mobile Telephony Bid |
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On July 31, the National
Telecommunication Agency (Anatel) issued a request for proposals to
provide Personal Mobile Telephony (SMP). The RFP will enable licenses
to be issued to provide this service throughout the country and
existing operators to expand their services. In total, 105 blocks in
23 service areas will be put out to tender. (ANATEL,
1 August 2007)
more information |
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Colombia:
Convergence Decree Issued: Barriers to Investor Entry Reduced |
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The national government has
issued Decree 2870 of July 31, 2007, known as the “convergence decree,”
whose main provisions are for a reduction in investor entry barriers,
the establishment of the obligation of dominant operators to provide
wholesale services, and the reorganization of radio spectrum
management. (Ministry of Communications, 1 August
2007)
more information |
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Peru:
Special Telephone Network for Emergency Communications to be Created |
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The Ministry of Transportation
and Communications reports that at 12:00 p.m. noon,
on August 1, it obtained the commitment of all telephony
operators to create a special network to guarantee telephone
communications in emergencies which, in cases of disaster, will bring
together the Office of the President, the Fire Brigade, Civil Defense,
Health, the National Police, and others entities.
(Ministry of Transport and Communications, 1 August 2007)
more information |
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