APT Newsletter

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

January 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE


All members are requested to inform APT Secretariat of any changes in the contact details to ensure effective communication.

 

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Interview with Ms. Aileen Chia
Deputy Chief Executive, Policy, Regulation & Competition Development and Director General, Telecoms & Post of the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore

Work-from-Home of APT Secretariat

 

Given the emergency situation caused by the resurgence of the COVID-19 situation in Bangkok and many other provinces, the Royal Thai Government has announced several preventive measures on 3 January 2021 aimed at curbing the current and relentless surge of COVID-19 infection in the country. Such measures include inter-provincial travel restrictions, working outside the workplaces, introducing staggered shifts or hours, etc. in order to reduce the number of people travelling for work. 

 

In addition, the Cabinet of Thailand on 5 January 2021 approved the extension of the period of the enforcement of the Declaration of an Emergency Situation in all areas of the Kingdom from 16 January to 28 February 2021 in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

 

In light of this and in order to reduce the risk of the staff members of the APT to be exposed to the virus while allowing the regular operations to continue in the best possible way, APT Secretariat implements the partial work-from-home measure starting from 5 to 29 January 2021.

 

During this period, APT Secretariat continues its operation to serve the members. APT members could contact APT Secretariat in regular manner.  

 

Upcoming Events

 

The 2nd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-2)

24 - 26 February 2021, Virtual Meeting

 

The APT will organize the 2nd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-2) from 24 to 26 February 2021 as a virtual meeting.

 

APT WTDC21-2 will discuss the issues of interest to the region for the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2021 (WTDC-21) and provide input to the Regional Preparatory Meeting – Asia and the Pacific (RPM-ASP), in particular draft Regional Initiatives of Asia and the Pacific. APT WTDC21-2 is expected to conduct the following activities:

 

·         To discuss on issues for the WTDC-21 and identification of potential topics for APT Common Proposals

·         To prepare APT inputs to RPM for the Regional Initiatives

·         To review of the Structure and Work Plan of the Group.

 

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The 27th Meeting of the APT Wireless Group (AWG-29)

22 - 30 March 2021, Virtual Meeting

 

The APT will organize the 27th Meeting of the APT Wireless Group (AWG-27) from 22 to 30 March 2021 as a virtual meeting.

 

At its 27th meeting, the AWG will report on the progress of its activities and discuss the relevant topics and issues further.

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Tentative Calendar of APT Events for the year 2021 (as of January 2021)

 

No.

Title

Duration (day)

Tentative Schedule

Venue

Remarks

1

The 2nd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-2)

3

24-26 February

Virtual Meeting

 

2

The 27th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-27)

7

22-30 March

Virtual Meeting

 

3

The 2nd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG23-2)

5

19-23 April

Virtual Meeting

 

 

 

List of APT Training Courses for 2020-2021 (as of January 2021)

 

No.

Training Course

Duration

Schedule

Training Center

APT Training Courses under EBC-J 2020-2021

1

Latest Wireless Communications Technology Trends and Planning of Effective Utilization of Frequency Spectrum (Online Training Course)

4 days and 4 days

18-21 Jan. 2021 and 25-28 Jan. 2021

JTEC,

Japan

2

Online seminar/workshop course for the effectiveness of radio broadcasting in rural areas where the limited broadband network (Online Training Course)

8 days

TBD

(After Jan. 2021)

KDDIF,

Japan

3

Radio Spectrum Management and Monitoring for Wireless Broadband Infrastructure (Online Training

Course)

9 days

TBD

(After Jan. 2021)

TELEC,

Japan

4

Cybersecurity Technologies -- Recent Trend of Risks and Countermeasures to them -- (Online Training Course)

16 days

TBD

(After Jan. 2021)

BHN,

Japan

5

ICT Services to Achieve SDGs and Digital Transformation (Online Training Course)

3 weeks

2-22 Mar. 2021

BHN,

Japan