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World Assembly heralds new era
in setting global ICT standards |
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The World
Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-08)
drew to a close in Johannesburg, South Africa,
October 30, 2008, with decisions on a wide range of
issues that will impact the future direction of the
information and communication technology (ICT)
industry. 768 delegates, including 13 Ministers or
Vice-Ministers from 99 countries participated.
Delegates at the
ten-day meeting in Johannesburg, spanning the global
ICT industry and administrations from across the
world, asked for increased emphasis on key areas
such as ICTs and climate change, the deployment of
IPv6, accessibility to ICTs for persons with
disabilities, conformance and interoperability
testing and agreed on restructuring ITU’s standards
work to be able to tackle these important areas of
study.
OEA/CITEL submitted
40 inter-american proposals to the Assembly and held
nine regional meetings to do a follow-up of the most
important issues so as to be able to make a decision
on the way to move forward. Each proposal had a
coordinator and an alternate coordinator for its
presentation and negotiation during the several
working meetings, |
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Upcoming events |
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Technology Forum on “NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY”
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This forum will take place on December 2, 2008, in
San José, Costa Rica and has been done in
coordination with the Asociación Hispanoamericana de
Centros de Investigación y Empresas de
Telecomunicaciones (AHCIET) and the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). From the debates in
the three round tables it will be possible to study
the work being carried out by the three entities to
promote the knowledge and the use of new
technologies for the achievement of the millennium
goals. |
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Important issues |
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Licensing of Fixed
Satellite Services in Canada
By Chantal Beaumier, Industry Canada |
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With its large land mass, Canada is dependent on
satellites for the delivery of communications
services. Canadian satellite policy objectives
include ensuring there is sufficient capacity to
meet the needs of Canadian telecommunications and
broadcasting services, including those for Northern
Canada. The development of a Canadian satellite
infrastructure to allow satellite operators and
service providers to advance their offerings in
Canada and beyond is also an important objective.
The development of fixed-satellite service (FSS)
spectrum and the regulatory framework supporting FSS
licensing activities are critical to achieving these
objectives. |
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Regulation of the
Telecommunication Sector in Honduras
By Javier Hernández Flores, CONATEL-Honduras |
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Almost 13 years have
elapsed since the promulgation of the Framework Law
for the Telecommunication Sector, Decree-Law 185-95,
and its amendment through Decree-Law 118-97. It
marked the beginning of a new era in that sector and
ushered in major changes, due to the fact that a
regulatory framework lays the groundwork for
striking a balance between the core
regulator-operator-user protagonists of
telecommunication services of various kinds with
different technologies, whereby telecommunication is
regarded as a key factor in, and indicator of, the
economic development of Honduras. |
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Work done after WRC-07
By Osvaldo Javier Ayala, CONATEL-Paraguay |
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When the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference
finished, we got new frequency bands allocated in
particular for mobile systems. Here we have to
highlight what was indicated at the opening of the
Conference by Mr. François Rancy, Chair of WRC-07:
"The goal of WRC-07 is that each country may be able
to use the spectrum for its own needs, if it does
not have an effect on the capacity of the other
countries to share this resource". |
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The Co-existence of Satellite
C-band and Broadband Wireless
By Robert W. Ames. Jr., Satellite Users
Interference Reduction Group |
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Satellite interference is a costly problem for
operators around the world. Interference comes from
many sources although the majority are human error
and accidental. In the last year, however, there has
been a growing controversy over the deployment of
broadband wireless access (BWA) services such as
WiMAX and International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)
systems and the potentially devastating outcome on
the C-band frequency. |
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Training |
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The Radioelectric Spectrum
By Ruben Kustra, Instituto Tecnológico de
Buenos Aires |
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We
all know that our radios tune different "frequency
bands"that we designate as: AM, shortwave, FM (VHF),
etc. These bands are divisions of the "radioelectric
spectrum" that by convention were done to distribute
the different telecommunication services. Each of
these ranges of frequencies have particular
characteristics that allow different possibilities
of reception (quality and range among others); this
is the reason that we need to know the main
characteristics of each of them. |
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What's happening in the
region? |
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Colombia: Innovative "Open School," Wireless
Network, and Virtual Classroom Project Launched by
Minister of Communications in Quindío |
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Minister of Communications María del Rosario Guerra
inaugurated the first two of ten "Open Schools" in
municipalities of Quindio Department that are to
have wireless networks, computers, e-mail platforms,
and other technological tools, a strategy included
in the Quindío Regional Digital and Armenia Digital
City agreement she launched today, together with
other connectivity projects for the people of that
region of Colombia. (Ministry of Communications, 31
October 2008) |
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Colombia: Ministry of Communications Launches an
Invitation to Bid to Digital Micro, Small, and
Medium-Size Enterprise for Improvement of Their
Competitiveness |
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Minister of Communications María del Rosario Guerra
has launched an invitation to bid to digital micro,
small, and medium-sized enterprise for the
development of a comprehensive strategy for
Colombian MiSMEs to adopt information and
communication technologies (ICTs), achieving true
ownership thereof, with a view to generating impact
on their productivity and competitiveness. The
invitation to bid was officially launched on
Thursday, in Bogotá, at the fair “Colombia Global,”
held in Corferias [an international business and
expo center]. (Ministry of Communications, 23
October 2008) |
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Brazil: The Number of Mobile Telephony
Subscribers Exceeds 140 Million
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With 2,367,663 new activations (an increase of
1.71%), September 2008 marked the year’s fourth
highest month for activations, after August
(3,089,919), May (2,815,604), and June (2,162,434).
With this result, Brazil now has 140,788,562
Personal Mobile Service (SMP) subscribers. Of the
total number of accesses, 114,164,195 (81.09%) are
prepaid, and 26,624,367 (18.1%) postpaid.
The number of SMP subscribers increased by 16.37%
in nine months. The 19,808,459 new subscription
figure in that period is 54.34% higher than the
12,834,643 subscription figure recorded in the same
period in 2007.
The consolidated monthly mobile telephony
subscription data is available via the portal of the
National Telecommunication Agency (www.anatel.gov.br),
on the “Sala de Imprensa” tab, "Anatel em dados"
link [left side], under "Telefonia
móvel." (Anatel, 16 October 2008) |
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