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PCC.III/REC.49 (XII-99)

Facilitating the Trans-border Circulation of GMPCS Terminals in the Americas

The XIIth Meeting of Permanent Consultative Committee III: Radiocommunication,

CONSIDERING:

1. That at the first World Telecommunication Policy Forum (Geneva, 1996) developed the Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite Memorandum of Understanding ("GMPCS-MoU");
2. That Implementation Arrangements were then developed to facilitate type approval and the circulation of GMPCS terminals across national borders;
3. That the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Valetta, 1998) adopted Recommendation 8 on "The Timely Implementation of GMPCS" to encourage implementation of the GMPCS-MoU and Arrangements;
4. That Council adopted Resolution 1116 (1998) concerning the "Role of the ITU Secretary-General in the Implementation of the GMPCS-MoU Arrangements";
5. That the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) confirmed the Secretary-General’s continuing role as the Depositary of the GMPCS Arrangements, and
6. That the Secretary-General has invited Administrations to participate in the Arrangements;

CONSIDERING FURTHER:

1. That, as of February 1999, there were 128 signatories to the MoU, including 62 administrations;
2. That eleven CITEL Administrations have joined the GMPCS MoU;
3. That, in accordance with the GMPCS-MoU Arrangements, the Secretary-General has begun issuing system specific implementation letters, and
4. That the ITU GMPCS mark has been affixed to the terminals of at least one GMPCS service operator and that that operator is now providing service;

RECALLING:

1. That the Tenth Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee III: Radiocommunication in Natal adopted Recommendation 40 (X-98) on "The Timely Implementation of ITU GMPCS Arrangements", and
2. That Recommendation 40 recommended that CITEL Administrations implement the GMPCS Arrangements, and, where necessary adopt national licensing procedures or regulations, to introduce GMPCS services and associated terminals as early as possible,

RECOGNIZING:

That the Administrations of CITEL will benefit from the early implementation of GMPCS services in all countries and from the unhindered trans-border circulation of GMPCS terminals,

RECOMMENDS:

1. That CITEL Members and Associate members should implement the GMPCS MoU-Arrangements and so notify the Secretary-General.
2. That CITEL Members should respond to the Secretary General’s system specific implementation letters.
3. That CITEL Members should coordinate with their Customs Authorities to facilitate the circulation of GMPCS terminals through their borders.
4. That CITEL Members that have not signed the GMPCS MoU should consider the advisability of initiating procedures in their own countries permitting the free circulation of GMPCS terminals cross-border, and in such case, inform the ITU Secretary General of this circumstance.
5. That the CITEL Executive Secretariat develop and maintain a list describing Region 2 participation in the GMPCS MoU and Arrangements so that the continuing progress of GMPCS implementation in the Americas can be easily reviewed and analyzed.

INSTRUCTS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT:

To elaborate and maintain a list describing the participation of Region 2 in the Memorandum of Understanding and Provisions of the GMPCS, so that the on-gong process of deploying GMPCS in the Americas can be easily reviewed and analyzed.

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