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X
Meeting of PCC.II |
The X Meeting of the
Permanent Consultative Committee
II, Radiocommunications including Broadcasting (PCC.II)
will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 31 to
August 3, 2007.
We would like to emphasize that the X meeting of PCC.II is the FINAL
meeting to prepare for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07)
and several documents are already included in the Electronic Forum of
CITEL. Also, other relevant topics will be considered such as the
following:
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Broadband Power Line Communications (BPL).
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Procedures to be followed for authorization of
earth stations on board vessels (ESV).
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Broadband wireless access (BWA).
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Implementation of regulations providing for the
deployment of satellite services.
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Harmful interferences by non authorized
transmissions in satellite networks. Implementation of Digital
Terrestrial TV.
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Digital Radio.
more information |
Forum
of CITEL
“Convergence: Transition of traditional networks and services in the
Americas ” |
With the aim of providing a space for discussion
where CITEL Members can have access to the ideas of the most important
sector experts, a FORUM of CITEL
will be held on “Convergence: Transition of traditional
networks and services in the Americas” on August 21, 2007, in San
José, Costa Rica.
We especially wish to underscore that, bearing in
mind the objective of helping countries benefit from opportunities
afforded by the Information Society, and in accordance with the
principles arising from the World Summit on the Information Society,
the Summits of the Americas, the OAS mandates, and the Millennium
Development Goals, on this occasion an agreement will be signed
between CITEL and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to
cooperate in implementing the regional project entitled “Reducing the
Digital Divide and Advancing the Information Society in the Americas.” Mr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General, International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), will sign the
Agreement for the ITU.
more information |
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Important issues |
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CITEL
and the CEPT Radio Amateur Licence |
By Bob Whelan, IARU Region 1,
CEPT ECC Working Group “Regulatory Affairs”
The CEPT Radio Amateur Licence, introduced in
1985 as CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01, makes it possible for radio
amateurs from both CEPT and some non-CEPT countries to operate amateur
radio during short visits without obtaining an individual temporary
amateur radio licence. Since its introduction this recommendation has
worked very effectively. The numbers of radio amateurs who are now
making vacation, business and other visits and who wish to operate
during their stays has increased dramatically. For this reason the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) strongly supports efforts to
simplify the issuing of radio amateur licences.
more information |
International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 106 |
By R. C. Petersen, Chairman, 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,
over the frequency range of 0 Hz to 300 GHz. Methods of assessment
include measurement and numerical analysis. Included are basic
(horizontal) standards and product (vertical) standards for the
assessment of exposure to the fields produced by specific sources (in
so far as this task is not carried out by specific IEC product
committees). TC106 does not develop mitigation methods (these are
dealt with by the relevant IEC product committees), nor does it
develop safety limits. However, TC106 standards may be used to assess
compliance with the basic restrictions and derived limits (i.e.,
maximum permissible exposure and reference levels, such as incident
electric and magnetic fields, RF power density, induced and contact
current) found in international safety standards and guidelines, such
as IEEE Standard C95.1-2005 and the 1998 ICNIRP guidelines.
more information
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IEEE
RF Safety Standard: Relevance to Base Station and Mobile Phone Safety
Concerns |
By C-K. Chou, Ph.D, Chairman, Technical
Committee 95, IEEE
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. The
document includes a comprehensive review of about 1300 references,
including studies that involve low level exposures where increases in
temperature could not be measured or were not expected (i.e.,
“non-thermal” effects). The revised standard reflects new insights
gained from improved experimental and numerical methods and a better
understanding of acute and chronic radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic
field exposure effects on animals and humans.
more information |
RF
Safety and Risk Communications – The Wi-Fi industry perspective |
By John Roman, Chair, Task Group on Health and Science, Wi-Fi
Alliance
Wi-Fi® is a very low powered technology that uses radio waves to
develop a local area network (LAN) among computing and consumer
electronics equipment. Wi-Fi is being widely used to provide wireless
internet access in public places such as airports, hotels and coffee
shops, as well as in the office and homes. An estimated 300 million
people worldwide use Wi-Fi. Recently some
people have raised questions about the impact on human health from the
use of Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi Alliance
takes any such concerns seriously. Although questions have been raised,
a range of scientific research undertaken to date concludes
that there is no confirmed evidence that
RF electromagnetic fields below the current international
safety guidelines (ANSI/IEEE C95.1-2006 and ICNIRP 1998 Guidelines)
cause adverse health
effects Wi-Fi technology
must be designed and tested to meet all national and international
safety requirements. Wi-Fi networks emit signals that are typically
hundreds to thousands of times below the required safety limits.
more information |
The
experience of mobile telephony and antenna structures in Argentina |
By Norberto Capellán,
Chair, CICOMRA
As a rule, communications have grown substantially in the past
decades, and cell phones in particular have become the form of
communication chosen by more than 2.5 billion persons in the
world. Argentina has not been the
exception, and mobile telephony has grown substantially over the past
years. Today, in our country, we have more than 34 million users,
that is, about 85% of the population of all ages and social strata,
using this technology.
more information |
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Training |
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Quality
of Service (QoS) - Parte 1 |
By Jaime Rubio,
Associate expert, CINTEL Colombia
Quality of service for multi-service
IP networks (IP QoS) is a resource used widely among operators in
order to be able to guarantee that the demands are met of each and
every type of service and application to traverse their networks. In
this article, we seek to explain succinctly IP QoS and how the
different existing techniques for its implementation are applied.
more information |
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Honduras:
Call For International Bid -
International Public BID CNT-L001/2007 |
The National Telecommunications
Commission (CONATEL) invites all national and foreign companies,
interested in the grant of a concession for provision of Personal
Communications Services (PCS) as part of the Service of Mobile
Telephony in the entire territory of the Republic of Honduras, to
participate in the process of International Public Bid CNT-L001/2007,
by means of which the following range of frequencies will be licensed:
Band:
PCS
Frequencies of Assignment: 1,870–1,890 MHz y
1,950–1,970 MHz
Covering: Nation-wide
The Terms for the Pre-Qualifying
Round will be available to interested parties at CONATEL headquarters,
located at Colonia Modelo, 6th Avenue S.O., Comayagüela, HONDURAS,
during business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., from July 2nd to July
27th 2007. In order to be inscribed in Participants Registry, a fee
should be paid on the amount of US $500.00 by all interested parties.
- The above mentioned Terms are also available for information
purposes at CONATEL Web page (www.conatel.hn).
(CONATEL, 25 June 2007)
more information |
Venezuela:
MPPTI and CONATEL Begin Digital Television Trials in Caracas |
The Ministry of
Telecommunications and Information Technology (MPPTI) is promoting a
project to foster and encourage the development of digital television
and digital radio in Venezuela, reported Minister Jesse Chacón at the
inauguration of the digital terrestrial television trials to be
conducted in Caracas in the framework of the Americas Cup.
(CONATEL, 25 June 2007)
more information |
Brazil:
Anatel Launches National Campaign to
Disseminate Minute-Based Tariffs |
To help users understand changes in fixed
telephony local calling charges and select the plan most suited to
their profiles, on Sunday, June 24, the Agência Nacional de
Telecomunicações [National Telecommunication Agency] (Anatel)
launched a campaign to disseminate the minute-pulse conversion. The
Agency is also making available on its website,
www.anatel.gov.br , a page containing
questions regarding the new tariffs that are most frequently asked by
users of the customer service center (0800
33 2001).(ANATEL, 25 June 2007)
more information |
Chile:
Government Establishes Committee of Ministers for Innovation |
Composed of seven ministers of state, the
Committee’s objective is to ensure the implementation of the
Innovation for Competitiveness Strategy and to coordinate state action
to that end On June 21, 2007, the Governmental Committee for
Innovation for Competitiveness was formed, composed of seven
secretaries of state. Its fundamental mission is to advise the
President in this area and to coordinate actions related to the
development of human capital, scientific development, and the
development of entrepreneurial innovation in Chile. The Committee
members are the Ministers of the Treasury; Foreign Affairs; Education;
Public Works; Transportation and Telecommunications; Agriculture; and
Economy. (SUBTEL, 22 June
2007)
more information |
Colombia
Connects: A Seminar to Promote ICT Use |
Under the theme “Colombia Connects,” from June 19 to 23, a seminar
directed by the Ministry of Communications will be held, which will
seeks to encourage citizens to know how to use the Internet as the
basic information and communication technology (ICT) platform.
(Ministry of Communications,
19 June 2007)
more information |
Brazil:
Call for Bids for Frequencies and Call for Bids for 3G are
Anatel Brasília Priorities |
The Agência Nacional de
Telecomunicações [National Telecommunication Agency] (Anatel) on June
14
defined the rules to govern the call for bids for frequencies and the
call for bids to provide third generation (3G) services in mobile
communications. (ANATEL, 14 June 2007)
more information |
Peru:
A Million Peruvians Will Have Internet Access |
Over a
million Peruvians outside Lima will be able to connect to the world
after today’s award of the Rural Internet Project, prepared by the
Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) and tendered
through the Agencia de Promoción de la Inversión Privada [Agency
for Private Investment Promotion] (PROINVERSION).
(Ministry of Transport and
Communications, 14 June 2007)
more information |
Colombia:
“Capital
Cities” Community Radio: Preparations Begin for a New Call for Bids
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The Ministry of Communications
has begun the procedure for the Community Radio Public Call for Bids,
No. 01 of 2007, in Colombia’s departmental capital cities, whose
initial opening is planned for the Departments of Boyacá, Chocó,
Guajira, Vaupés, and Vichada. Calls for
bids are also scheduled soon for the remaining departmental capitals.
(Ministry of Communications, 13 June 2007)
more information |
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New
Associate Members of CITEL |
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United
States of America: Mobile Satellite Ventures |
On June 27, 2007
Mobile Satellite Ventures,
LP (MSV)
of USA became an associate member of
PCC.II.
Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP (MSV) is at the forefront of the
development of the first integrated satellite-cellular communications
network, which will provide seamless, transparent, interoperable and
ubiquitous wireless coverage of North America using conventional
handsets. It has extensive patents on the technology and holds the
first U.S Federal Communications Commission license to provide these
services. The company took a lead role in the regulatory process that
led to a regime, which allowed an ancillary terrestrial component (ATC)
to mobile satellite services, and recognized it as an efficient,
effective and forward-thinking use of scarce spectrum resources. As a
result, MSV has pioneered the underlying technology necessary to
deploy and operate a satellite/terrestrial hybrid network. Through the
development of intellectual property and next generation system
designs, the company has established the best approaches for spectrum
sharing, interference cancellation, hybrid chipset-based devices and
other techniques essential to the operation of an economic hybrid
network.
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United
States of America: SOMA Networks Inc. |
On June 27, 2007
SOMA Networks
Inc.
of USA became an associate member of
PCC.I and PCC.II.
SOMA Networks was the first, and
continues to be the only, broadband wireless company to deliver the
industry's only all-IP Multimedia Application System for service
providers. By taking a systems level, holistic network approach, SOMA
makes the mobile WiMAX Standard better for service providers. Revenue
(POTS) quality VIP, multi-megabit broadband data and video
applications are key components of the SOMA solution, in addition to
award winning macro base stations and subscriber gateways. In addition,
SOMA's all IP architecture makes it easy to integrate with other IP-based
application servers, billing and provisioning systems, breaking down
many of the barriers to rapid deployment and service availability. And
by doing this, SOMA Networks delivers the industry's best business
case through low entry costs, greater coverage, higher subscriber
density, higher revenue per subscriber, and lower overall subscriber
costs.
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