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2007
an year of important results for CITEL |
Year 2007 was full of remarkable achievements for
CITEL. It submitted 468 Inter-American Proposals to the International
Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference and
witnessed nearly 26% growth in the number of scholarships used for
courses in its telecommunication program. It approved a number of
recommendations for coordinating more effective standards to ensure
interoperability and timely introduction of advanced technologies,
particularly standards for the protection of critical infrastructure,
spectrum harmonization, regulatory issues, problems associated with
telecommunication convergence, and economic aspects of
telecommunications. Finally, it organized a number of seminars and
workshops on issues of high-priority concern to the countries.
CITEL wishes every one of the nearly 10,000 that
receive our e-mail electronic bulletin, a joyous,
healthy, and safe holiday season. In the future CITEL will continue
its activities to raise public awareness about its mandate, mission
and activities, as well as improving access to information on matters
of concern to the members.
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Upcoming events |
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Calendar
of events of CITEL for 2008 |
2008 will be another year
loaded with activities for CITEL. Please find below the calendar of
events.
more information |
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Important issues |
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Review of ANTEL’s
Information Security Management System (SGSI) |
By Eduardo Carozo, ANTEL
This document will review the implementation of an ISO
17799:2000-based information security management system in the
National Telecommunication Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL) and its
subsidiaries.
more information |
Next
Generation Networks |
The architecture and implementation of the Next Generation Network (NGN)
must be based on open, standard-based interfaces and protocols. This
is essential to achieve multi-vendor interworking and to accelerate
the rate on innovation. It is also well accepted that the NGN must
also be based on a distributed architecture that helps greatly to
reduce the implementation costs while giving flexibility in the actual
deployment.
more information |
Technological
solution for the development of sustainable telecenters in rural and
remote areas |
By CONATEL-Venezuela
The telecenter’s technological platform makes it possible to
integrate the various types of teleservices into one single network (multiservice
network). In this network solution, a packet switching infrastructure
(IP) is used to enable voice transmission.
more information |
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Training |
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Balanced
Scorecard supported by the information and
communication technologies (ICT) |
By Ricardo Martínez Rivadeneira
Information and communication
technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly important; the Internet
boom along, ease of access by all, and the widespread use of computers
at all levels, especially in education and business, highlight the
ever-greater impact of ICTs in all fields.
more information |
Initial
training program in telecommunications of CITEL for 2008 |
Following Resolution COM/CITEL RES. 204 (XVIII-06)
fellowships were granted in 2007 for 26 courses: 17 distance learning
courses and 9 attendance-based courses. The courses were selected by
CITEL taking into account training requirement priorities of the
countries in the region. CITEL provided a
total of 307 fellowships for 27 countries, which means a 26% increase
as compared to 2006. Please find below the initial
training program in telecommunications of CITEL for 2008 that was
approved during the XIX meeting of COM/CITEL held on December 2007.
Other courses may be selected the next months,
please check the CITEL webpage.
more information |
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Guatemala:
National Agenda towards the Information Society |
The government
of Guatemala has officially received from a group of experts
that were supported by the National Program of Competitivity the
"National Agenda towards the Information Society” that has guidelines
and proposals developed and considered the last three years that look
for the promotion of a national strategy for the reduction of the
digital gap. A copy of the Agenda and an Executivfe Summary may be
found at the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones of Guatemala
website:
http://www.sit.gob.gt/sit/docs/GUATE_CSM_FINAL.pdf
(SIT, 17 December
2007)
more information |
Venezuela:
CONATEL Updates List of Approved Makes and Models of Equipment and
Devices |
Through the
update process, 76 additional new equipment models were added to those
already published in previous updates. Those interested in the list of
Approved Makes and Models of Equipment and Devices can access it at
the following address:
http://www.conatel.gov.ve/homolog/Homologacion_Marca_Modelos.htm.
(CONATEL, 13 December
2007)
more information |
Colombia:
Ministry of Communications Extends Deadline for Comments on IMT |
In response to different requests
made by operators and unions, the Ministry of Communications has
extended until January 31, 2008, the deadline for comments on the
document on the spectrum policy to be applied to the candidate bands
for the International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) systems.
(Ministry
of Communications, 13 December 2007)
more information |
Venezuela:
Public Consultation Will Open in January on the Amendments to the
Organic Telecommunication Act |
Minister for
Telecommunications and Information Technology Jesse Chacón has
affirmed that by January 2008, a public consultation will be launched
on the amendments to the Organic Telecommunication Act (LOTEL).
(CONATEL, 13 December
2007)
more information |
Colombia:
Connecting the Senses – Pilot Digital Inclusion Project for the
Hearing/Visually Impaired |
"From the level of the state and
based on the understanding and assimilation of the fact that
disability is a human rights issue, we are promoting standards and
actions tending to generate equal opportunity and better quality of
life for all persons with disabilities." This was the statement made
by Minister of Communications María del Rosario Guerra at the launch
of the pilot project for the implementation of technologies enabling
individuals who are both visually and hearing impaired to use
computers.
(Ministry of
Communications, 11 December 2007)
more information |
Brazil:
ANATEL Publishes Regulations on the Rights of Cable Television
Subscribers |
On the first Monday of June 2008, the relationship between the users
of Brazil’s 28.6 million households with cable TV – Cable TV,
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), direct-to-home
broadcasting (DTH), and Special Cable TV (TVA) – and the providers
thereof, will be governed by the Regulations on the Protection and
Defense of the Rights of Cable Television Subscribers. The
Regulations, published today by the National Telecommunication Agency
(ANATEL), will become binding in 180 days, since a period is needed
for service providers to adjust to the new
rules. (ANATEL, 5 December 2007)
more information |
Colombia:
CRT Defines New Charges for Interconnection Among Telecommunication
Operators |
The
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (CRT) has established new
rules defining the conditions in which telecommunication operators
will compensate one another for the use of their networks for
interconnection.
(Ministry of Communications, 5 December 2007)
more information |
Chile:
Government and telecommunication industry sign historic agreement to
bridge the digital divide |
"This a digital social
contract under which private enterprise, the state, and organizations
such as the Fundación País Digital join forces in pursuance of a
common aim: to bring connectivity and communications to Chile’s every
corner by 2010," said Pablo Bello, Under Secretary of
Telecommunications. (SUBTEL, 5
December 2007)
more information |
Brazil:
Public Consultation Launched on the Relay Center Regulations |
From 2:00 p.m. today, the
Regulations on the Relay Center (CIC) for the Hearing and/or Speech
Impaired will be open for contributions from society. Approved last
week by the Governing Council of the National Telecommunication Agency
(ANATEL), Public Consultation No. 846 will define the CIC’s
characteristics and minimum structural, operational, and service
requirements, as well as tariffing criteria. The text will be
available via the Public Consultation Monitoring System until
midnight, January 7, 2008.
(ANATEL, 3 December
2007)
more information |
Chile:
The change to digital TV is an historic opportunity to develop local
and regional TV in Chile |
Pablo Bello emphasized that the
government would promote a regulatory framework that encouraged and
promoted audiovisual production, "to which end, public budgetary
allocations for content development need to be increased and technical
cooperation targeted at local television-related SMEs stepped up.”
Subtel’s head reaffirmed that “for a successful transition, also
required is a public channel as an engine to develop the digital
supply." (SUBTEL, 28 November 2007)
more information |
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