On Sunday, October 21, 2007, the first work session of the Working Group that is preparing CITEL for the World Telecommunication Conference of 2007 (WRC-2007) was held. From that time up to now fifteen working meetings were held to do a follow-up of the status of the inter-american proposals. Also, spokespersons were designated that inform about the development of the work to the 21 delegations that are attending the Conference (more than 100 documents were circulated). Please remember that CITEL submitted 469 inter-american proposals. To do a follow-up of the CITEL activities please click here. For this Conference are anticipated more than 3200 delegates.
 

On October 16, 2007 was held the Regional dialogue on “capabilities of telecommunications for disaster relief” that allowed to connect by videoconference: Washington DC (United States of America), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Guatemala city (Guatemala), Tegucigalpa (Honduras),  Lima (Peru), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago). This event was done with the  United States Telecommunications Institute (USTTI) and was sponsored by the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) of the World Bank.

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By Efrain Guevara, Co-Rapporteur Group on Mutual Recognition Agreements
The purpose of the MRA on Conformity Assessment for Telecommunications Equipment is to promote trade among participating member states (parties), by facilitating compliance with the technical regulations of the importing party.

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By Paolo Rosa, ITU-T
The development and design of the telecommunication network, and information technology did not take into account either their eventual convergence or the need for security. Now, cyberspace - software, computing devices, users, applications, services, equipment and infrastructure - experiences daily threats by attackers, hackers and intruders that are more and more shifting to crime.

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By Luis  Becerra Ravaschio, ANTEL-Uruguay
One could say that the issue of fraud in telecommunication, as a particular manifestation of social crime, has accompanied the development of the sector from its earliest days. In varying degrees, it has been perceived and fought by both operators and users, but it appears that only in the last 30 years have actions against it by operators been formalized. At the same time, international organizations have been constituted for the purpose of pooling efforts to monitor and minimize economic losses due to fraud.

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By Luis Valle, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA)
Wireless Access Systems are the systems that replace wired networks to connect the installations of clients with the core of the telecommunication networks.

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The National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel) has launched a public consultation to hear views of the public regarding the fulfillment by public fixed telephony operators of universalization targets.  The General Universalization Target Plan (PGMU), established in Decree No. 4.769, of June 27, 2003, sets down the service expansion obligations as of January 1, 2006. (ANATEL, 25 October 2007)

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Public Consultation No. 829 has been opened on the “Proposal to Maintain the Allocation to the Space Research Service (Space-to-Earth) of the 143.60 MHz to 143.65 MHz Band and the Use Thereof by the Private Limited Service for Space Research Applications.”  Under this proposal, via this band, earth stations would receive signals and information from space for use in studies and research.  The consultation will receive comments and suggestions from the public until 12 midnight, November 19, 2007, via the portal of the National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel), www.anatel.gov.br.  (ANATEL, 22 October 2007)

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Since the Convergence Decree was issued (July 31, 2007), the Ministry of Communications has received 55 applications for convergence licenses, of which 18 are to provide long distance telephony and 37 to provide value added services, such as Internet and data transport. (Ministry of Communications, 11 October 2007)

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The National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel) today adopted the Regulations to Protect and Defend the Rights of Pay Television Subscribers, which covers users of cable television, the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), Direct-to-Home (DTH) television, and special subscriber television [TEVECAP S.A.](TVA). (ANATEL, 11 October 2007)

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Permits to operate point-to-point and point-to-multipoint distribution services for wireless broadband access in the 3400 MHz to 3600 MHz frequency band were awarded for the fixed radio service. (Ministry of Communications, 11 October 2007)

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The 2007 National Survey of Telecommunication Service Users showed expansion in the country’s households of Internet, pay television, and cellular telephony coverage. Eighty percent of users said they were satisfied with the services received, and 20% indicated that they had had some problem with their services. Meanwhile, 95.6% were in favor of establishing a Superintendency of Telecommunications. (SUBTEL, 2 October 2007)

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Meeting of the Working Group of CITEL to prepare for the World Telecommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-2007)
Regional dialogue on “capabilities of telecommunications for disaster relief”
A tutorial of MRA
ITU’s commitment to cybersecurity
The experience of ANTEL on the problem of fraud
Why WiMAX?