{"id":168543,"date":"2023-06-11T13:17:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T18:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=168543"},"modified":"2023-07-19T08:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:34:53","slug":"spectrum-management-task-force-and-workshop","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/events\/spectrum-management-task-force-and-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectrum Management Task Force and Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"event_venue\"><b>Venue:<\/b><\/div>\n<p>The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) invites you to attend a scheduled meeting of the Caribbean Spectrum Management Task Force via Zoom videoconferencing from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. eastern Caribbean time (UTC-4) on the 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regional\u00a0harmonisation\u00a0of spectrum management policies and practices as well as relevant\u00a0capacity\u00a0building initiatives are being coordinated regionally by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) through the work of the Spectrum Management Steering Committee (SMSC) and the multi-stakeholder Spectrum Management Task Force (SMTF).\u00a0The\u00a0harmonisation\u00a0work\u00a0continues to be guided by\u00a0tenets of\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Caribbean Spectrum Management\u00a0Strategic Plan\u00a0<\/strong>developed by these two groups,\u00a0which\u00a0seeks to achieve the following goals across the region:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harmonisation of national frequency allocations and band plans, including common frequencies and international protocols for disaster management and emergency telecommunications<\/li>\n<li>Minimisation of cross border interference<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of common approaches to digital broadcasting switchover, TV white spaces regulation and spectrum pricing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to focusing on these goals, the\u00a0ongoing work\u00a0of the SMTF and SMSC\u00a0also\u00a0creates and leverages capacity-building opportunities and\u00a0addresses important current matters arising, such as regional preparations for the\u00a0ITU\u00a0World Radiocommunication Conferences\u00a0(WRC-23\u00a0is upcoming).<\/p>\n<p>During the last meeting of the SMTF, which was held virtually in May 2023, the Task Force refined their 2023 Action Plan based on feedback received from the SMSC and also received information on the status of various WRC-23 agenda items following the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM2) from staff from the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau. This July meeting will maintain focus on WRC-23 agenda items towards enhancing Caribbean Member States\u2019 preparation for the 42 CITEL PCC.II in late August 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spectrum Management Task Force (SMTF) Meeting Objectives: 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0&amp; 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2023\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main objectives of this meeting, which will be held in two parts, are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Part 1, 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July,\u00a0open to\u00a0representatives of the Caribbean Spectrum Management Task Force,\u00a0Steering\u00a0Committee\u00a0andother resource personnel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to engage and discuss views with industry stakeholders on matters relevant to the agenda items of WRC-23<\/li>\n<li>to note\u00a0overall status of CITEL proposals on WRC-23 agenda items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Part 2, 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July, open to representatives of the SMTF and SMSC only:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to review Caribbean priority items for WRC-23<\/li>\n<li>to consider Caribbean common positions on priority matters<\/li>\n<li>to consider appropriate approaches for non-priority matters<\/li>\n<li>to review plans and meetings for 2023 in the run-up to WRC-23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUsf-6spjooGdPscpJ9N0UzS0L0rqy1PJU0#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctu.int\/event\/spectrum-management-task-force-and-workshop-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venue: The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) invites you to attend a scheduled meeting of the Caribbean Spectrum Management Task Force via Zoom videoconferencing from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. eastern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[286],"tribe_events_cat":[238,239,241,158],"class_list":["post-168543","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events","tribe_events_cat-caribbean","tribe_events_cat-telecoms-2","tribe_events_cat-wireless","tribe_events_cat-workshop-event","cat_caribbean","cat_telecoms-2","cat_wireless","cat_workshop-event"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/168543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/168543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168726,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/168543\/revisions\/168726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168543"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=168543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}