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APT Newsletter Asia-Pacific Telecommunity |
November 2020 |
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The Meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’
Council (SATRC) Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services (WG PRS) 5 October 2020 APT organized a virtual
meeting for the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC)
Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services (WG PRS) on 5 October 2020.
The meeting was attended by 34 participants from SATRC Members, other APT
members and APT Secretariat. This meeting was a part of
the activities of SATRC Action Plan Phase VII, which was adopted by the 19th
Meeting of SATRC (SATRC-19) held in Islamabad, Pakistan, in December 2018.
SATRC-19 agreed that the meeting of the WG PRS would be hosted by
Communication Authority of Maldives. However, considering the COVID-19
pandemic situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT Secretariat in consultation with
the head of the regulators of SATRC Members, considered the necessity to
organize this meeting virtually. The meeting discussed the
interim reports of three work items that were assigned by the Council to WG
PRS i.e. regulatory approaches to enhance QoS of mobile operators, digital
financial services, harmonizing ICT indicators in SATRC. The meeting also
discussed proposal for new work items. The next meeting of the
SATRC WG PRS will be held in Q2/Q3 2021. |
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7 October 2020 APT
organized a virtual meeting for the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’
Council (SATRC) Working Group on Spectrum (WG SPEC) on 7 October 2020. The
meeting was attended by 37 participants from SATRC Members, other APT
members, and APT Secretariat. The
meeting was a part of the activities of SATRC Action Plan Phase VII adopted
by the SATRC-19. SATRC-19 agreed that the meeting of WG SPEC would be hosted
by Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic
situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT Secretariat in consultation with the head
of the regulators of SATRC Members, also considered the necessity to organize
this meeting virtually. The
meeting discussed the interim reports of three work items that were assigned
by the Council to WG SPEC i.e. assessment of current practices in spectrum
management and developing spectrum roadmap, spectrum re-farming, Spectrum
consideration for the deployment of IoT. The meeting also discussed proposal
for new work items. The
next meeting of the SATRC WG SPEC will be held in Q2/Q3 2021 |
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Virtual Interim Meeting of
Working Groups of APT WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-WGS-IM-3) 13-16 October 2020 The Virtual Interim Meeting of Working
Groups of APT WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-WGS-IM-3) was held from 13 to 16 October
2020. The followings were the summary of Working
Groups discussion and outcomes. Working Group 1 (ITU-T Working Methods): WG1 reviewed the proposal made at APT
WTSA20-2 and WTSA20-3 to revise ITU-T A Series Recommendations (A.1, A.7 and
A.8) as well as relevant input contributions to TSAG Meeting held in
September 2020. WG1 agreed to create an email reflector of WG1 ([email protected])
for further offline discussion among key APT Members on possible development
of candidate draft PACPs on ITU-T A Series Recommendations. Working Group 2 (ITU-T Work
Organization): WG2 reviewed the proposals made at APT
WTSA20-2 and APT WTSA20-3 and discussed on various restructuring proposal and
proposed APT View for ITU-T SG Restructuring principles as well as relevant
proposals made at TSAG meeting in September 2020. WG2 developed two temporary
documents on Summary of the various restructuring proposals and candidate
draft APT View for ITU-T Restructuring Principles for further discussion at
APT WTSA20-4. Working Group 3 (Regulatory/ Policy and
Standardization related Issues): WG3 reviewed and discussed on proposed
revision to WTSA Resolutions made at APT WTSA20-3 and APT WTSA20-WGS-IM-2
meeting as well as revised temporary documents submitted by Drafting Chairs,
WG3 finalized five candidate draft PACPs (Proposals to revise WTSA
Resolutions 50, 98, 84, 77 and 88). The 4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory
Group for WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-4) will be held from 16 to 20 November
virtually and all APT members are requested to submit contributions. |
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The 20th APT Policy and
Regulatory Forum (PRF-20) 20-22 October 2020 The 20th APT Policy and Regulatory Forum
(PRF-20) was held from 20 to 22 October2020 as a virtual meeting. The PRF-20
was attended by 121 participants representing Members, Associate Member,
Affiliate Members, other organizations, and the APT Secretariat. Since there
was no host country, the current Chairman, Mr. Wangay Dorji, continued his
role as the Chairman of PRF for another year. Given the time constraint for organizing the forum with a
shorter period, the programmes of this year’s PRF included a Roundtable,
Business Dialogue and thematic sessions addressed certain issues in the
Singapore Statement. The Roundtable on Lesson Learned from
COVID-19 and Policy and Regulatory measures for Post-COVID-19 discussed the
lesson learned from COVID-19 pandemic, policy and regulatory measures for
post-COVID-19, and how digital technology had become a part of the New
Normal. High level government officials from Republic of Korea, Singapore,
and Thailand have joined in this session. Business dialogue discussed the industry
contributions in coping with COVID-19 and policy and regulatory
considerations for Post-COVID-19 era. Thematic sessions included online
well-being and safety to
discuss the
policies, regulations and strategies, and initiatives to address secure and
trusted ICT services; new context in connectivity
to discuss new technologies to provide low cost global
connectivity and its impact; and update on 5G deployment to discuss
the update on the latest market developments, including actions being taken
by APT members in terms of policy and regulatory issues, national action
plans, etc. The Forum also discussed the revised
Working Methods of PRF to include the virtual/online meeting opportunity. The Forum ended successfully with active participations
and contributions from all delegates. The date and time of PRF-21 will be
decided during the 44th session of APT Management Committee to be held in
December this year. |
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The 21st
South Asian Telecommunications Regulators’ Council Meeting (SATRC-21) 27-28 October
2020 APT
organized a virtual meeting for the 21st Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-21) from 27 to 28 October 2020.
SATRC--21 was attended by 78 participants from SATRC Members including all
head of the regulators, other APT members, International Organizations, other
Organizations, and the APT Secretariat. SATRC-21
was supposed to be held in November 2020 in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
However, considering the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT
Secretariat in consultation with the head of the regulators of SATRC Members,
considered the necessity to organize this meeting virtually. SATRC-21 was supposed to approve the
outcomes of Action Plan Phase VII. However, due to the delay of
implementation of Action Plan Phase VII caused by COVID-19, the meeting
decided to extend the implementation period for Action Plan Phase VII to
2021. The meeting also revised the Working Methods of SATRC considering the
online meeting opportunity of the SATRC. SATRC-21
arranged Regulators’ Roundtable and Regulator-Industry dialogue. At the
Regulators’ Roundtable, the heads of the regulators exchanged opinion and
share experiences on regulatory initiatives for connected digital future,
lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic, challenges, and way forward for last
mile connectivity in rural areas. The Regulator-Industry dialogue facilitated
the exchange of opinions among the regulators and industry leaders to
identify how to enhance cooperation between regulator and industry on policy
and regulatory framework including spectrum roadmap for the deployment of 5G
in South-Asia. The meeting also discussed the progress reports of the two
Working Groups including all the work items. Secretary General presented a
report of the implementation of SATRC Action Plan Phase VII in the meeting. The
next meeting of the SATRC (SATRC-22) will be held in Q4 2021. |
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32nd APT Standardization Program Forum
(ASTAP-32) APT will organize
the 32nd APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-32) from 10 to 11 November
2020. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT
Secretariat in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the
Management Committee of the APT considered the necessity that ASTAP-32 will
be organized virtually. The main objectives of
ASTAP-32 are to elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of ASTAP, review the
outcomes of the 43rd Session of the Management Committee of the APT (MC-43)
relevant to ASTAP, review the APT Members’ Responses to Questionnaire on
Requirement on ICT Standardization and review the ASTAP Working Group
activities and its Work Plan. Click here for more details. |
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The Extraordinary Meeting of the APT
Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 The virtual meeting of the
Extraordinary Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-e)
will be organized on 12 November 2020. Click here for more details. |
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The 4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group
for WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-4) APT will organize a
virtual meeting for the 4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-20
(APT WTSA20-4) from 16 to 20 November 2020. The main objective of the meeting
is to review, discuss and finalize Preliminary APT Common Proposal (PACP) for
WTSA-20 based on input contributions from the APT Members. APT WTSA20-4 will
also update the Work Plan and Timeline of APT WTSA-20 and discuss
coordination arrangement during WTSA-20. Click here for more details. |
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Calendar of APT Events for the year 2020 (updated 26 October
2020)
List of APT Training Courses for 2020-2021 (updated
31 October 2020)
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