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Upcoming events |
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Workshop on “International Roaming Services:
regional action plan and lessons learned”
By Jose María Díaz Batanero, Inter-American
Development Bank |
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On May 4, 2009, the day before the PCC.I meeting
opens, a workshop will be held on “International
Roaming Services: regional action plan and lessons
learned,” jointly organized by CITEL and the Second
Technical Working Group of the Initiative for
Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South
America (IIRSA) before the XIV meeting of PCC.I. The workshop will provide an excellent
opportunity to bring together regional players that
are interested in the issue: government officials
from the communications and economic areas,
operators, and consumer associations.
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XIV Meeting of PCC.I
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The XIV Meeting of the Permanent
Consultative Committee I, Telecommunications will
take place from May 5 to 8, 2009 in Cusco,
Peru. PCC.I serves as a telecommunication advisory
body of CITEL with respect to: coordination of
standards for telecommunication networks and
services with the aim of achieving the
interoperability of such networks and services
within the region; policy and regulatory matters
arising as a result of the rapid evolution of
telecommunications; initiatives for the introduction
of technologies and services; conformity assessment
procedures for telecommunication equipments;
economic aspects and tariff principles of
telecommunications services and coordination of
regional preparations for specific ITU events, as
appropriate, including the preparation of
inter-American proposals (IAP) and common positions,
and to conduct interregional consultations in
preparation for such events. |
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Spectrum 20/20 Symposium
By Marc Girouard , Industry Canada |
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One June 1, prior to the XIII
PCC.II meeting, a one-day radiocommunication symposium will be held
in Ottawa Canada. Spectrum 20/20, organized by a
body known as the Radio Advisory Board of Canada ("RABC"), is a well attended event from both
the private and public sector aptly billed as the
"premier radio communications event in Canada
drawing senior spectrum, radio and
telecommunications officials from around the
world."
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XIII Meeting of PCC.II
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The XIII Meeting of the Permanent
Consultative Committee II, Radiocommunications
including Broadcasting will take place in Ottawa,
Canada, from June 2 to 5, 2009. PCC.II serves
as a technical advisory body of CITEL with respect
to: coordination and harmonization of standards
related to spectrum use; stimulation and fostering
of the development of radiocommunication and
broadcasting services; assistance in planning and
efficient use of the radio spectrum and satellite
orbits for radio services including broadcasting and
coordination of regional preparations for specific
ITU events, as appropriate, including the
preparation of inter-American proposals (IAP) and
common positions, and to conduct interregional
consultations in preparation for such events.
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Important issues |
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Amateur Radio, Modalities,
and Emergency Communication Networks
By Cesar Pio Santos Andino, IARU Region II |
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Oftentimes we observe how natural disasters
adversely affect the economy, the population and
communication facilities, with even more severe
consequences for the rural areas of developing
countries. They also remind us that their impacts
are not confined by borders. |
more information |
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Next Generation Networks – CDMA2000: evolving to
continue the expansion of the wireless world
By Celedonio von Wuthenau, CDG |
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In
today’s highly-competitive 3G market, wireless
broadband drives future growth while voice remains
an essential element. The trend is to evolve beyond
mobile voice and offer affordable, personal
telephone, Internet and multimedia access without
wires to urban, sub-urban and rural areas. These
services require a reliable and mature technology
that offers a long-term evolutionary path - like
CDMA2000, the world’s most widely-used 3G technology
with more than 463 million subscribers worldwide,
276 commercial networks and 24 more networks in
deployment. |
more information |
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ICTs and climate change: a key challenge for the
future
By Bruce Gracie, Industry Canada |
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One of the more important
outcomes of the World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly (WTSA) held in
Johannesburg, South Africa in October 2008 was the
adoption of Resolution 73 on the subject of
“Information and communication technologies and
climate change”. The Resolution highlighted the need
to continue, as a matter of high priority, to
further develop the ITU-T work programme launched in
late 2007, in order to contribute to the wider
global efforts to moderate climate change as part of
a concerted overall effort by the United Nations. |
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Training |
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Costs related to the use of
the transmission network
By Aldo Castagna, Catholic University of
Uruguay |
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The transmission network provides carrier facilities
for many services. Because of this, it is necessary
to learn about the costs related to this
transmission network and how to calculate the cost
of a transmission “unit” which would make it
possible to subsequently calculate the transmission
cost of a service. On certain occasions,
termination costs may involve costs of this kind. |
more information |
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What's happening in the
region? |
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Colombia: Colombian Social Satellite: A Reality
in 2012 |
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By means of document CONPES 3570, the Colombian
satellite project, SATCOL, which will make it
possible to provide universal access to information
and communication technologies (ICTs) and ensure
broadband connectivity to close to 40,000 offices of
government institutions throughout the country’s
territory, was declared to be a strategic priority
for the country. (Ministry of Communications, 31
March 2009) |
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Colombia: Dominio.co: a country resource for the
development of Internet in Colombia and the world |
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On March 31, the Ministry of Communications is
opening the bidding process to select the
administrator of the domain “dominio.co”, to be in
charge of promoting, administering and operating the
technical aspects of this domain. A domain is a
combination of letters and numbers facilitating
identification of an Internet address. This
initiative is aimed at reducing the number of
procedures and also the price of acquiring a domain.
(Ministry of Communications, 31 March 2009) |
more information |
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Brasil: Deferment of suspension of articles of
the Regulations for pay TV |
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The Board of Directors of the National
Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de
Telecomunicações—Anatel) deferred for 30 days, as of
March 30, 2009, the deadline for suspending the
entry into force of articles 29, 30 and 32 of the
Regulations for the Protection and Defense of the
Rights of Subscribers to Pay Television Services,
ratified by
Resolution 488, of December 3, 2007. The
decision was taken by means of Deliberative Circular
1,763, of March 27, 2009, and published in today’s
Official Register as
Resolution 526, of March 27, 2009. (Anatel, 30
March 2009) |
more information |
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Colombia: Up 5 positions in the rankings of the
World Economic Forum’s Networked |
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Colombia now belongs to the group of countries with
a performance that is higher than average in terms
of the Networked Readiness Index Rankings, according
to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its Global
Information Technology Report 2008-2009. Last year,
Colombia rose from position 69 out of the 127
countries included in the sample to position 64 out
of 134 countries ranked in 2009. (Ministry of
Communications, 27 March 2009) |
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Colombia: Ministry of Communications provides
free courses for administrators of Telecenters |
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The Ministry of Communications invites all the
administrators of the Compartel Telecenters and
other centers that have public access to ICTs to
register for the virtual courses that shall be
delivered free of charge via Internet from March 24
to April 24, 2009. (Ministry of Communications, 27
March 2009) |
more information |
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Brazil: Anatel adopts a new indicator to measure
the quality of service provided to users |
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Anatel established a new indicator to measure
provider service quality for users, on the basis of
requests made to the Agency’s Customer Service
Center. The Service Performance Index (Índice de
Desempenho no Atendimento—IDA) is aimed at
motivating providers to improve their handling of
complaints, so they will become more efficient in
resolving problems filed by service users. The
higher the performance in terms of meeting the goals
set by Anatel, the higher the score given to the
provider. The IDA is available on the website of
Anatel (www.anatel.gov.br),
on the page entitled “Espaço do Cidadão” (Citizen
Forum), on the tag “Informações e consultas”
(Information and Queries), under the item “Ranking”
and it shall be updated every month. (Anatel, 3
March 2009) |
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