By Héctor Mario Carril, Coordinator of the Workshop
CITEL shall be organizing a workshop in San Salvador aimed at examining the impacts stemming from non-ionizing electromagnetic emissions.  

The growing installation of wireless systems in the Americas has led to increased public concern; governments must therefore consider conducting rigorous scientific studies to avoid any uncertainty and make it possible to take sustainable decisions to protect public health and maintain clear communication between citizens, providers and authorities.

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By José Costa, Coordinator of the Seminar
The Seminar on Terrestrial Spectrum for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) will be held on Monday, 16 April 2007, in San Salvador, El Salvador,  the day before the IX meeting of The Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications including Broadcasting, PCC.II . 

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The IX Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee II, Radiocommunications including Broadcasting will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 17 to 20, 2007.  There are several relevant subjects that will be considered, particularly we draw attention to:

• Limit meeting to prepare CITEL for the WRC-07.

• Broadband Power Line Communications (BPL).

• RLAN in 5 GHz on board aircraft.

• Refarming of 700 MHz band.

• Low-power devices.

• General guidelines for licensing global mobile personal communications system networks (GMPCS).

• Procedures to be followed for authorization of earth stations on board vessels (ESV).

• Harmful interferences by non authorized transmissions in satellite networks.

• Implementation of Digital Terrestrial TV.

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By Regina Maria De Felice Souza, Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações
Brazil has just started a two-year program focused on Telecom Critical Infrastructure Protection. Its objectives are: i) to identify the critical points of Brazil's telecom infrastructure; ii) to propose recommendations intended to prevent security incidents and to guarantee service and business continuity if they happen; iii) to elaborate strategies and policies to protect Brazil's telecom infrastructure; iv) to analyze interdependence among different infrastructures. This program is developed by Anatel, Brazilian telecom regulator and by CPqD, a private R&D telecom center, and is sponsored by Fundo para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico das Telecomunicações (Funttel).

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By Guillermo Diaz Civran, GSM Latin America Association
The increase in fraud caused by the theft of terminals in Latin America, is a problem that has affected operators as well as governments and final users, generating millions in losses. On other hand, preventing by the way of blocking handsets in the country of the theft, far away from stopping or decreasing the problem, have made the handsets to cross the borders.

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By Oscar Messano, Cámara Argentina de Base de datos y servicios en Línea
The history of IP addresses, as everything in Internet, is rich in events and is the generator of new technologies. In these paragraphs we will give a screen shot of this history referred to the IP address management, starting in March 1972 when Vint Cerf and Jon Postel established the “Socket Registry” based on RFC 322, later on published in December that same year, 1972, giving birth to IP history. (RFC 322, RFC 433)

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By Fernando Fontán, ANTEL-Uruguay
These video and multimedia transmission services shall in general be supported on ADSL or ADSL2+ broadband access, on the current pair copper line that reaches the customer site.  Maximum downloading speeds of 8 Mbps in the case of ADSL and 24 Mbps in the case of ADSL2+ can theoretically be achieved, although in reality these speeds can be diminished by effects such as interferences with other data services or attenuation due to the length or condition of the cables, etc.

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By Colombian Association of Engineers 
MPEG is the Motion Picture Expert Group team designated by ITU to develop compression tools for DTV Tx. and Rx.

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The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru and the Andean Community are organizing the Andean Forum on Digital Terrestrial Television that will be held in Lima, , Peru  on April 24 and 25 2007. (Ministry of Transport and Communications, 29 March 2007)

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Brazil’s 5,561 municipalities, with a population of 186.7 million, now have a regulatory solution for the provision of access by cities to a municipal telecommunication community network with low-cost wireless (WiFi) technology. (ANATEL, 26 March 2007)

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Nearly 97 million Brazilians, 52% of the country’s population, will be able to enjoy the benefits of number portability, the right of users to change providers while retaining their telephone numbers. (ANATEL, 21 March 2007)

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One step closer to digital integration of areas of Chile’s far south, was how Pablo Bello, Assistant Secretary for Telecommunications, described the opening of bids for the Austral Fiber Optics project, an initiative that includes a state subsidy of 1,349,392,000 Chilean pesos (CLP) for execution of these works.(SUBTEL, 20 March 2007)

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"… there is no convincing scientific evidence that the weak RF signals from base stations and wireless networks [mobile telephony antennas and mobile phones] cause adverse health effects.”  Fact Sheet No. 304 May 2006 of the World Health Organization (WHO). Conclusions such as these of the WHO are included in Circular 270 signed by the Minister of Communications, María del Rosario Guerra, on March 6, 2007. (Ministry of Communications, 13 March 2007)

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The Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversión) has announced the approval of the terms and conditions for a call for proposals to award the fifth mobile telephony band, and set May 7, 2007 as the date for receipt of investor financial proposals. (OSIPTEL, 5 March 2007)

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On March 8, 2007 Inmarsat of USA became an associate member of PCC.II.

Inmarsat is the pioneer of global mobile satellite communications and delivers broadband communications solutions to land, maritime and aeronautical users around the globe.   Inmarsat owns and operates a constellation of 10 geostationary satellites that extend mobile phone, fax and data communications to every part of the world.  End-users can dial into the international telephone network and send data over the Internet at any time, from anywhere, simply by connecting to an Inmarsat satellite.  Clients include ship owners, TV broadcasters, international aid workers, national governments, commercial airlines, banks and other financial institutions.  Inmarsat-based services are sold by a network of hundreds of Inmarsat Partners in more than 80 countries around the world. Inmarsat is the wholesaler and provider of the satellite airtime.  Inmarsat is headquartered in London and its shares are traded in the London Stock Exchange. Inmarsat is present in two locations in the United States.  The Washington DC office hosts Inmarsat's Government Solutions and Business Development teams.  An additional office in Miami hosts the sales and marketing team for the Americas, which serves the U.S. and Canada markets (non-government), as well as the Latin American and Caribbean countries.

On March 8, 2007 Research in Motion of USA became an associate member of PCC.I and PCC.II.

Research In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market.  Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, text messaging (SMS and MMS), Internet and intranet-based applications.  RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data.   RIM was founded in 1984. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, and has offices in North America, Barbados, Europe and Asia Pacific.

On March 15, 2007 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. of Mexico 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.

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Seminar on Spectrum for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)
IX Meeting of PCC.II
Critical telecommunication infrastructure protection project
Fraud control and handsets theft
IP address block management in the Americas region
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