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 WRC-07
finishes with excellent results for the Americas |
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The World Radiocommunication Conference 2007
(WRC-07) concluded its deliberations with the adoption of an
international treaty to meet the global demand for radio-frequency
spectrum. Over 2800 delegates representing 164 Member States and 104
Observers attended the four-week Conference, marked by intense
negotiations on the future of wireless communications. Rapid
technological developments and growth in the information and
communication technology (ICT) sector have fuelled the demand for
spectrum. The international treaty, known as Radio Regulations
governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits
were revised and updated by WRC-07 to achieve the global connectivity
goals of the 21st Century.
CITEL submitted 468 inter-american proposals to the
Conference and during the meeting, spokespersons were established to
submit and to defend these proposals. Please click
here for more
specific details on the structure of CITEL at the Conference. During the Conference CITEL had
24 work meetings, circulated 76 updates of the status of the agenda
items done by the excellent spokespersons and circulated 174
documents. During the Conference, new proposals by groups of countries
were developed and submitted. In addition we had informal meetings
between the regions on the more critical issues. Please find attached
a summary of the excellent results obtained by CITEL regarding to the
agenda items.
more information
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Important issues |
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Telecommunications
and Other Preparations for Disaster Response |
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By Adrian R. Garner, Chief Information
Officer, United States National Weather Service
The National Weather Service was founded by congressional
resolution in 1870. Since then, the National Weather Service has
learned that weather, water, and climate forecasting are critical
inputs to every resident of our planet when confronted with personal,
local, regional, or national catastrophic emergencies.
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The
Potential of Telecommunications in Disaster Relief: The Case of Peru |
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By Carlos R. Valdez Velásquez-López,Ministry
of Transport and Communications Peru
As a result of the earthquake that hit the central Peruvian coast
on August 15, 2007, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications
(MTC) has adopted a series of measures for communications in affected
areas.
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Regional
and global focus on telecommunications for disaster mitigation |
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By Jerry Freibaum, Course Director, USTTI
Disaster Management
Disasters have and will continue to profoundly affect the public
health, transportation, public safety, education, commerce and,
consequently, the economic growth of many countries. Improving the
telecommunications infrastructure of a country and intelligent use of
newer but widely available ICT tools will greatly mitigate the adverse
effects of disasters.
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Introduction
to the Power Line Communications (PLC) technology |
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By Jorge Zavleon, Rapporteur, Advanced
Services
The history of a system which allowed power
companies to control consumption, street lighting ignition and the
value of electricity rates using a low frequency signal (100 Hz) that
travelled one-way through network cables is known since the 50s.
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Training |
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The
sectoral public policies and the information and communication
technologies (ICT) |
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By Héctor Rodríguez,
Honduras
The human being is gregarious and looks for the
company of his/her kind. From the beginning, the human being has got
in groups in different social formulas: tribes, villages, cities and
nations. As a difference with other species, the human being combines
being sociable with deliberate changes in the behavior and the social
organization through time. Therefore, the guidelines of the human
society are different from one place to the other, from one era to
other and from one culture to other, making the world very complex and
dynamic.
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Types
of interconnection |
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By C. Herrera, Colombian
Association of Engineers
In many countries all
the operators of public telecommunication services have the obligation
to provide interconnection to the operators that so request, and have
the right of requesting it, and there is no difference between fixed,
mobile, value added services, trunking operators,
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What's
happening in the region? |
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Chile:
95% of Chile’s rural areas will have internet and telephony by 2010
thanks to historic state investment |
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Work by SUBTEL in conjunction
with the Ministries of Agriculture, Education, and Health, the
Sernatur and Sercotec services, and the Foundation for Agricultural
Innovation has made it possible to assign priority to the rural sites
in greatest need of connectivity. Those most benefited will be
schools, accident and emergency centers, homes, small and medium-sized
tourism businesses, and agriculture. (SUBTEL, 22
November 2007)
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Colombia:
Public Consultation to Define Policy for the Identification of Radio
Spectrum Bands for IMT |
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Colombia’s Ministry of
Communications is reviewing the spectrum policy to be used to select
from among candidate bands for International Mobile Telecommunication
(IMT) systems. As part of that process, a public consultation has been
launched to enrich the respective decision-making and to ensure that
all interested parties have an opportunity to duly express their
comments and analysis. (Ministry of Communications,
22 November 2007)
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Colombia:
Minister of Communication Today Presented New Draft Radio Statute |
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Today,
Minister of Communications María del Rosario Guerra outlined the new
Radio Statute in Colombia, a proposal seeking to strengthen the right
to information, give impetus to broadcasting’s social responsibility,
guide radio programming, and promote its development. (Ministry of
Communications, 21 November 2007)
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Brazil:
Anatel Extends Public Consultation No. 833 |
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The National Telecommunication
Agency (Anatel) has extended Public Consultation No. 833, on the Draft
Regulations on Channel Assignments and Conditions of Radiofrequency
Use for Auxiliary Broadcasting and Related Services (SARC), Special
Television Relay Regulations (RpTV), and Special Regulations on Closed
Circuit Television Using Radio Link (CFTV). (ANATEL,
19 November 2007)
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Peru:
Number portability will be mandatory for mobile telephony
operators |
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To promote
competition to benefit mobile telephony users, the Ministry of
Transportation and Communications today (MTC) ordered, in Supreme
Decree 040-2007, published today in the official gazette El Peruano,
that the implementation of number portability, i.e., the ability to
change operators without losing assigned numbers, will be mandatory
for public mobile telephony operators. (Ministry of Transport
and Communications, 18 November 2007)
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Venezuela:
CONATEL Meets with Internet Service Providers to Discuss CONATEL User
Provisions |
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The National
Telecommunication Commission (CONATEL) has met with the country’s main
Internet service providers to discuss matters related to compliance
with the provision on regulations, public signs, and security
mechanisms to be installed in computerized, electronic, and/or
multimedia game rooms. (CONATEL, 16 November 2007)
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Colombia:
Computers for Education Launches Pilot for the Use of Donated
Equipment |
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Tomorrow, in
San Pedro municipality (Sucre), Computers for Education will launch a
pilot project of the new M3R strategy (maintenance, recovery,
replacement, and robotics), via which donated equipment will be given
general maintenance, that not working will be collected and replaced,
and educational robotics workshops for children and teachers will be
begun using electronic parts of discarded equipment. (Ministry
of Communications, 16 November 2007)
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Venezuela:
Conatel Completes Digital Terrestrial Television Tests |
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On Friday,
November 16, the National Telecommunication Commission (CONATEL)
completed the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) tests of the DVB-T
(European) and IDSB-T (Japanese) standards to determine the system to
be implemented in Venezuela. (CONATEL, 16 November 2007)
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Peru:
Bid will be held for new band for wireless Internet |
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In accordance
with plans to expand telecommunication services nationwide, the
Ministry of Transportation and Communications will award a license for
the 2 500-2 692 MHz radio spectrum band to develop broadband Internet
and especially wireless (WiMAX) technology, announced Vice Minster of
Communications Cayetana Aljovín Gazzani. (Ministry of Transport and
Communications, 16 November 2007)
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Colombia:
From 2008 to 2011, the Government Will Promote Broad Digital Territory
Plan |
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From 2008 to
2011, 15 billion pesos will be allocated each year to promote the
creation of digital cities and territories, announced Minister of
Communications María del Rosario Guerra at the opening of the digital
city forum: toward a knowledge-based society, organized by Dinero
magazine. (Ministry of Communications, 14 November 2007)
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Peru:
Telecommunication infrastructure investment procedures will be
streamlined |
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The
Regulations to Law 29022, the Telecommunication Infrastructure
Expansion Act, were published today in the official gazette El Peruano.
The regulations adopted govern the special temporary regime that
simplifies administrative procedures and promotes investment to
promote telecommunication projects that contribute to general
governmental efforts to provide public services and infrastructure
nationwide. (Ministry of Transport and Communications, 13 November
2007)
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Brazil:
Anatel Proposes Broadband to All Brazilian Municipalities |
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Today, at its 459th Meeting, the
Governing Council of the National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel)
decided to submit for public consultation the proposed amendments to
the General Universalization Target Plan (PGMU) and the additional
provision to the fixed telephony license contract. The proposed
amendments provide for the replacement of 8,461 backhaul
Telecommunication Stations (PSTs) with broadband infrastructure in all
Brazilian municipalities, which will benefit 3,570 municipalities
without broadband. The consultation will be open for contributions
from November 8 to 19.
(ANATEL, 6 November 2007)
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Brazil:
Anatel Marks its 10th Anniversary |
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The main telecommunication sector
transformations since the launch of the National Telecommunication
Agency (Anatel) ten years ago were commemorate yesterday morning,
November 5, at a ceremony held at Anatel’s Cultural Venue. In his
remarks, President Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg recalled that the Agency’s
action was directly linked to the sector’s progress in recent years. "The
regulatory framework developed gained credibility and attracted
capital and advanced technologies, which made possible giant leaps
with telephony plant, information access, and provision of new and
better services to society," he said. (ANATEL, 6
November 2007)
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New
Associate Members of CITEL |
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Brazil:
NextWave Wireless Inc. |
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On November 9, 2007
NextWave Wireless Inc. of
Brazil became an associate member of PCC.I.
NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ:
WAVE) develops next-generation wireless broadband products and
technologies for mobile device and network equipment manufacturers and
for wireless service operators. The company’s products and
technologies are designed to make wireless broadband faster, more
reliable, more accessible and more affordable. Through its NextWave
Broadband subsidiary, the company is developing a family of
semiconductor and network component products based on WiMAX and Wi-Fi
technologies. Its PacketVideo subsidiary provides device-embedded
multimedia software for mobile phones and converged devices to many of
the largest wireless carriers and handset manufacturers in the world.
Its GO Networks subsidiary offers commercial and municipal service
providers around the globe with carrier-class, mobile Wi-Fi systems
optimized for wide-area deployment. Its IPWireless subsidiary is a
global provider of TD-CDMA based mobile broadband and mobile broadcast
products and technologies.
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United
States:
Telarix, Inc |
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On November 1, 2007
Telarix, Inc of United States became an associate member of PCC.I.
Telarix is recognized as the
leader in providing innovative interconnect business optimization and
settlement solutions to carriers across the globe with three of the
world’s five largest telecom providers using iXTools to optimize their
interconnect business. Telarix’s client base is diverse and includes
traditional incumbents, emerging global carriers and dominant regional
players in both the fixed and mobile industry. With customers in Asia,
Europe, North America and South America, Telarix is strategically
positioned to provide comprehensive interconnect solutions and
services to customers worldwide.
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