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Seminar on spectrum
requirements for broadband deployment |
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The day before the PCC.II meeting, on November 9,
2009, will take place the Seminar on Spectrum
Requirements for Broadband Deployment. Please find
attached a draft agenda. At this Seminar, the
following topics will be discussed:
• Status of mobile broadband deployments: A
current market update will be provided on North,
Central and South America networks as well as a
worldwide snapshot.
• Mobile broadband spectrum requirements: The
seminar presenters will discuss how the increasing
demand for mobile broadband applications and the
great variety of powerful mobile devices require a
quick response from the wireless operators that will
need to maximize the spectrum available. Seminar
presenters will also discuss the spectrum
requirements and recommendations for the near future
found in ITU-R Report M.2078, “Estimated spectrum
bandwidth requirements for the future development of
IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced”.
• Market Analysis: We will study the effects of
spectrum policy and regulations including spectrum
licensing, the spectrum caps impact, the effects of
regulations on innovation and technical efficiency
of networks and some spectrum practices outside the
Americas. |
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XIV Meeting of PCC.II:
Radiocommunications including Broadcasting |
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The
XIV Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee
II: Radiocommunications including Broadcasting (PCC.II)
will be held at the OAS headquarters in Washington,
DC, United States of America, from November 10 to
13, 2009. In this meeting, among others the
following aspects will be considered: continuation
of preparation for the World Radiocommunication
Conference of 2012, Broadband Power line
communication, Implementation
of digital divide in the 700 MHz band, Harmful
interference from non authorized satellite network
transmissions, technical and Regulatory Aspects
Related to the Effects of Electromagnetic
Non-ionizing Emissions (NIR), available frequencies
for emergency situations and use of Integrated
Systems as an emerging element of Next Generation
Networks (NGN). |
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OAS Hemispheric
Workshop on the Development of a National Framework
for Cyber Security |
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The “OAS Hemispheric Workshop on the Development of
a National Framework for Cyber Security,” will be
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 16 to
18, 2009.
The workshop will thus provide a
discussion-oriented forum for exchanging expertise,
information, experiences, ideas, and innovative
approaches for more effectively addressing cyber
security at the national level. Each national
delegation will be encouraged during the course of
the workshop to prepare a draft action plan for
establishing, developing and/or implementing a
national framework or strategy for cyber security in
their respective country. |
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Important issues |
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Security risk management
By Oscar Avellaneda & Magdoly Rondon,
Industry Canada |
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The explosive growth in the use of the information
and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure
has increased the reliance of organizations and
individuals on the protection of the information
transmitted and stored over telecommunications
networks. This has led to a heightened
awareness of the need to protect the
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Confidentiality of information
by ensuring that information is accessible only to
those authorized to have access;
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Integrity of the information by
safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of
information and processing methods; and
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Availability of information by
ensuring that authorized users have access to
information and associated assets when required.
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Experience of México
in disaster prevention and mitigation
By Telecomunicaciones de México,
Subsecretaría de Comunicaciones |
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The inhabitants of isolated and
far-off areas (generally persons of low income) are
the most vulnerable and exposed to catastrophes, so
international attention has focused in the least
developed countries and in the small island states
in development.
The access to the information and
communication technologies (ICTs) is fundamental to
facilitate the information of early warning, and to
intervene quickly after a catastrophe with health
assistance and restoration operations. |
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Critical
Telecommunication Infrastructure Protection in
Brazil: Results of methodology for identifying and
analyzing threats (MIdA2)
By Sérgio Luis Ribeiro, Brasil |
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The co mplexity
and the extent of modern infrastructures, their
interdependencies and the need to use scarce
resources in a cost-effective manner require a
systematic approach to identify and protect critical
infrastructures (CIs). This process should determine
critical elements, identify threats and
vulnerabilities, assess impacts and evaluate risks.
Following these steps, actions can be taken to
mitigate vulnerabilities and reduce risks. Finally,
government policies and strategies can be defined. |
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Ecos indigenas [ Indigenous
echoes] the voice of diversity: The first
multicultural radio in the world
By Comisión para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos
Indígenas de México |
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In 2004 the initiative PI-MEDIA
(Pueblos Indígenas – Medios Digitales- Indigenous
people- digital media) was created with the goal of
designing and developing information projects to
circulate information on the indigenous people of
Mexico, using the Information and Communication
Technologies. One of the results of the initiative,
is the creation of an indigenous radio station of
global impact in Internet that was called “Ecos
Indígenas. La Voz de la Diversidad "Indigenous
echoes: the voice of diversity". In 2008 the project
was launched from Durango, México, with the
participation of the President Mr. Felipe Calderón
Hinojosa. In its first phase 10 stations are
transmitting. In 2009 9 stations have been added to
the system and the signal of "Indigenous echoes" is
strengthened. |
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Training |
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Number portability implementation scenarios
By Germán González Rozo, ACIEM |
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Number portability enables:
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Fixed telephony users to switch
from one geographical are to another;
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Fixed and mobile telephony
users to change service providers without changing
their phonebook number (for fixed telephones) or
their cell phone number or their MSISDN.
As a result of this
liberalization of the telecommunications market,
number portability makes it possible for these
numbers to belong to the subscriber. |
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WiMAX IEEE 802.16
By
Natalia Pignataro, National Telecommunications
Administration of Uruguay |
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The main characteristics of IEEE
802.16/WIMAX are the following:
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Carrier frequencies low at 11
GHz. At the moment the frequency bands considered
are: 2.3GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 5.7 GHz.
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OFDM. The specifications of
802.16 are basically built on the transmission
technique OFDM known because of its high
efficiency in the use of radio resources.
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Data speed. A reasonable value
regarding the speed is 10 Mbps. Some reports give
more ambitious data achieving 70 Mbps and 100Mbps.
These values are reached in ideal conditions of
the radio channel and for systems with very low
load. So this makes these values very optimistic.
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Range. Up to 20 Km, a little
less for indoor equipments.
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Program of fellowships on
telecommunications
By Carol Dolinkas, General Coordinator of Human
Resources of CITEL |
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The OAS/CITEL has in 2009 already provided 167
scholarships to 20 courses of telecommunications
distributed to 26 countries. Please be informed that
we will offer the following telecommunication
courses with the scholarships as indicated: |
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What's happening in the
region? |
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Colombia: Satellite Audiences |
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The Ministry of Information and Communications
Technology hereby informs all those interested in
Public Bid No. 003 of 2009 of the Information and
Communications Technology Fund, whose purpose is the
“design, manufacture, launch, and evaluation of the
performance in orbit of the media satellite system
of Colombia (SATCOL),” that on September 25, 2009,
the above-mentioned process was opened with the
publication of the terms and conditions of bidding.
(Ministry of Information and Communication
Technologies, 29 September 2009) |
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Colombia: Entities to Upgrade to E-Government:
Office of the Prosecutor General |
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The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Nation
is ordering all Colombian governmental entities to
comply with the phases and deadlines established for
the adoption of the E-Government Strategy, whose aim
is to help build a more efficient, transparent, and
participatory state that provides citizens and
companies with better services through the use of
information and communication technologies.
(Ministry of Information and Communication
Technologies, 25 September 2009) |
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Chile: Government Will Fast Track the Internet
and Net Neutrality Act to Protect Users’ Rights |
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This initiative has already been passed unanimously
by the Chamber of Deputies and approved in principle
by the Senate. An attempt is now being made to step
up the enactment process. The bill would enshrine
the rights of web users to surf freely without
content blocking or content discrimination, and to
demand service quality. The neutrality concept is
in keeping with the measure recently proposed in the
United States. "We want a free, open, and
competitive Internet." With this statement, Deputy
Secretary of Telecommunications Pablo Bello
confirmed that the government would fast track the
Internet and network neutrality bill now before the
Senate, to enshrine the rights of users to surf the
Internet freely without content blocking or content
discrimination by Internet service providers. (SUBTEL,
22 September 2009) |
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Brazil: Anatel Proposes Improvements to its Radio
Amateur Regulations |
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The National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel) is
submitting to the public for comments and
suggestions the draft amendments to the
Regulamento do Serviço de Radioamador [Radio
Amateur Service Regulations], adopted by Resolution
449, of November 17, 2006. The aim is to extend the
period for radio amateurs holding a Radio Amateur
Station Operator Certificate to migrate from Class D
to Class C. (Anatel, 15 September 2009) |
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Bermuda: WITSA Global Public Policy Summit |
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On November 1-3, 2009 the World Information
Technology Services Association ‘Global Public
Policy Summit’ takes place at the Southampton
Princess in Bermuda.
The Summit, being hosted by WITSA and the Business
Technology Division of the Bermuda Chamber of
Commerce, is a flagship event for WITSA and has the
theme ‘Business Technology: An Enabler in your
Economy’. The Summit will
be preceded by a pre-conference Workshop
concentrating on the Caribbean and
Latin American regions and dealing with innovation,
incubators, venture capital and the role of
associations in developing the IT sector. The Summit itself
has speakers from the OECD, WTO, APEC, UN, ICANN and
many other international organizations., both public
and private sector. Please see www.gpps2009.bm for
further information. |
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