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Upcoming events |
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Workshop Seminar Global Portal of
Telecommunications for Indigenous People - An
important initiative supported by CITEL-OAS
By Marta Isabel Serna Nieto, Consultant ICT
for indigenous people |
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The Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
through its Regional Office of the Americas
headquartered in the city of Brasilia, has organized
the Second Regional Indigenous Seminar on
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),
at which training shall be provided for the use of
the Global Portal of Telecommunications for
Indigenous People, with which the OAS Inter-American
Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) has become
associated. At this event, the Indigenous Portal,
which was developed jointly by the ITU and
indigenous representatives of the Americas Region,
shall be formally delivered. |
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Seminar on
“Regional infrastructure and interconnection”
By Ruth Puente, LACNIC |
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Improvement of regional infrastructure and
interconnection conditions has been identified as
one of the priority topics among the needs to be
addressed by the Americas agenda, and in recent
years it has become increasingly important at
various international forums including the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The
seminar proposes the challenge of exploring the
different elements linked to infrastructure
development and peering agreements, identifying the
different players and the influence of
infrastructure costs on Internet access services. It
will also identify the potential areas of
improvement where significant impacts can be
achieved, facilitating the interaction of all
relevant players in the matter, which will
contribute positively to the debates that the
Administrations are holding in topics related to the
above-mentioned subject. |
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Seminar on spectrum requirements for broadband
deployment
By Erasmo Rojas, Coordinator of the Seminar |
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The XIII CITEL PCC.II meeting at Ottawa, Canada
agreed to hold a half-day seminar during the
afternoon of the day before the XIV meeting of
PCC.II, on
“Spectrum Requirements for Broadband Deployment”;
the purpose of the seminar is to provide a complete
status to CITEL Member States and PCC.II Associate Members
of the spectrum needs for mobile broadband systems. |
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Important issues |
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Telecommunications for natural disaster
prevention, response, and mitigation
By Ministry of Communications of Peru |
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At 6:40 p.m. on August 15, 2007, an earthquake
measuring 7.9º (modified Mercali) struck, with
epicenter located on the coasts of Ica. It affected
mainly the regions of Chincha, Cañete, Pisco, Ica,
and several communities in the department of
Huancavelica.
Besides the heavy human toll, the
quake damaged several houses as well as public
utilities such as transportation, energy, water, and
telecommunications. |
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Highlights on IMT Radio Standardization in ITU-R
By José Costa, Coordinator of CITEL on the
work of ITU-R on IMT |
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The
term “IMT”, which stands for International Mobile
Telecommunications, is the root name that
encompasses both IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced
collectively. Following successful IMT-2000
deployments for almost 10 years that will continue
well into the future with enhancements, ITU-R has
now established the IMT-Advanced standardization
process, with candidate proposals for radio
interface technologies due by 9 October 2009. In
this article IMT-Advanced is described in Part I and
the ongoing IMT-2000 enhancements in Part II. |
more information |
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Wireless healthcare systems
and networks in Canada
By Dr. Salim Hanna, Industry Canada |
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Shortage in healthcare
workers and facilities, medical malpractice,
healthcare at home and hospitals, delivery of
healthcare to remote communities, and soaring
medical cost are among the factors that are driving
healthcare growth and demands. Healthcare
information and communication technology (ICT) is a
major growth area as governments try to control
soaring healthcare costs. ICT systems and networks
are increasingly being used for the automation and
management of patient records, medical appointments,
prescriptions, detection of patient conditions
(breathing, heart-rate, etc.), equipment and patient
tracking and location determination, and home and
community healthcare delivery. These developments
will increase the demand for spectrum and create new
applications, markets, and business opportunities
and increase demand for radio spectrum. |
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Training |
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Course on Harmful Interferences to Satellite
Systems
By Angeles Gallego - Raúl Infante, SATMEX |
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As part of the 2009 OAS/CITEL training program, a
Course on Harmful Interferences to Satellite Systems
will be held in Mexico City during the week of
September 7 to 11, 2009. The aim of this Course is
to explain the concepts and tools needed to detect
and handle harmful interference caused by earth
transmission stations and terrestrial systems as
well as signals from other satellites. |
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What's happening in the
region? |
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Colombia: Compartel launches strategy to open
education facilities as community Internet access
centers. |
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The Compartel program of the Ministry of
Communications open 1,669 new community Internet
access centers to bring to 3,062 the total number of
telecenters nationwide. Their aim is to promote
meeting and communication places for marginalized
communities to be able to take advantage of the
benefits of information and telecommunication
technologies (ICTs). (Ministry of Communications, 28
July 2009) |
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Brazil: Cell phone subscribers reach 159.6
million in June |
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There are now 159,613,507
Personal Mobile Services subscribers in Brazil,
2,111,694 of them newly activated in June 2009,
representing a 1.34% increase in the number of
subscribers. Of the total number of subscribers in
the country, 130,596,366 (81.82%) are prepaid, with
29,017,141 (18.18%) postpaid. (Anatel, 20
July 2009) |
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Brazil: Anatel extends deadline for consultations
on radiofrequencies |
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The National Telecommunications
Agency (Anatel) has extended the deadline for public
comments and suggestions on the four proposals
relating to the allocation, channelling, and terms
of use of the radio frequency spectrum. The deadline
was extended to 12 midnight on August 14, 2009.
(Anatel, 13 July 2009) |
more information |
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Colombia: Communications Minister proposes
creation of public policy on digital content |
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The Minister of Communications, María del Rosario
Guerra, has said that the government will produce a
blueprint for a public policy on digital content,
which will enable the country to encourage digital
content production and create a global positioning
industry. (Ministry of Communications, 7 July 2009) |
more information |
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