The XIX Meeting of the  Conference Preparatory Working Group to Address Regional Preparations for World Conferences and Meetings at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) began on May 23, 2010, , Hyderabad, India.  

The objective of WTDC-10 is to identify priorities for the development of telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICTs), taking into account contributions made by Member States and Sector Members, and to adopt the Hyderabad Action Plan (HAP) setting the future of activities of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) over the next four-year period.

CITEL presented inter-american proposals on the following subjects:

• Support for non-profit entities providing telecommunication services in underserved suburban and rural areas
• Modification to Resolution 53 – Strategic and financial framework for the elaboration of the Hyderabad Action Plan
• Evaluation of the ITU-D Study Groups
• Support for studying the impact of telecommunications on the environment and climate change and the effects of non-ionizing radiation
• Integrating assistance to indigenous peoples within the activities of BDT and its various programmes
• Revision of the work of ITU-D Study Groups 1 and 2
• America's regional initiative on digital broadcasting
• Protecting and strengthening users of telecommunication services / information and communication technologies
• Consolidation of national telehealth systems
• Support for continuation of cybersecurity studies in ITU-D Question 22/1: Securing information and communication networks: Best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity
• Strengthening coordination and cooperation between ITU-D and ITU-T on matters of mutual interest and concern
• Creation of the compendium of public policies on the digital terrestrial radio and television transition
• ICT and the environment

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The Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola. In turn Haiti has approximately 27.750 Km2 of territory with a population of 9,035,536 inhabitants, and the territory of the Dominican Republic has approximately 48, 670 km2 with a population of 9, 650.054.

Haiti's earthquake was registered on January 12, 2010 at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) with epicenter at 15 km from Port au Prince, Haiti's capital. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake had a magnitude of 7.0 degrees and was generated at a depth of 10 km. There has also been a series of aftershocks, the strongest being the 5.9, 5.5 and 5.1 degrees. This earthquake was the strongest recorded in the area since 1770. The quake was felt in nearby countries such as Cuba, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic where it caused fear and precautionary evacuations. It is believed that approximately more than 300,000 people died from the direct or collateral effects of this natural disaster.

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The seminar on “The Internet Access Ecosystem and Network Neutrality”, co-organized by CITEL PCC.I and Internet Society (ISOC), was held in the city of Ushuaia, Argentina, on May 10, 2010.

The main purpose of this seminar focused on three areas, which are in turn closely connected: the way in which the Internet environment operates (the Internet Model), the various actors and processes that compose it and permit access to the Internet (the Internet Access Ecosystem) and the relation between these factors and one of the most prevalent factors today: the concept of Network Neutrality, which is now being substituted in discussions by Open Inter-Networking. These three areas were the titles of the panels that were presented.

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