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APT Newsletter Asia-Pacific Telecommunity |
October 2020 |
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The 26th Meeting of the APT Wireless Group
(AWG-26) 14 - 18
September 2020 APT organized a virtual meeting for the 26th Meeting of APT
Wireless Group (AWG-26) from 14 to 18 September 2020. AWG-26 was attended by
450 participants from APT Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members,
International Organizations, other organizations and
the APT Secretariat. The office bearers elected at AWG-25 conducted their very first
meeting of AWG. The current office bearers are as follow: Chairman of AWG: Mr. Le Van Tuan Vice-Chairmen of AWG: Dr Dae Jung Kim
and Dr Eng. Khoirul Anwar Chairman of WG on Spectrum Aspects: Mr. John Lewis Chairman of WG on Technology Aspects: Mr. Wang Hu Chairman of WG on Service & Applications: Mr. Takashi
Yamazaki During AWG-26, there were sessions of Working Groups,
Sub-Working Groups and Task Groups to discuss the work progress on various
work items. The work items are related to various work areas including
spectrum arrangement and harmonization, spectrum monitoring, spectrum sharing
studies, IMT, High Altitude Platform station (HAPS), fixed wireless systems,
Internet of Things (IoT), intelligent transport system, wireless power
transmission, modern satellite applications, aeronautical and maritime, PPDR
and railway radiocommunication. An Ad-hoc Group was also formed to discuss revision on Working
Method of AWG, revision on Document Approval Procedures of the AWG, necessity
to pursue the MoU with ETSI, AWG Master plan for the period of 2021-2023, and
establishment of Correspondence Group on Restructuring. AWG-26 considered 82 contributions and developed a number of outcomes. Among those were establishment of
the Correspondence Group on Restructuring, 4 new APT Reports, revision of
Working Method of AWG, revision of Document Approval Procedure of AWG,
revisions of 1 APT Recommendation, revisions of 2 APT Reports, 1
Questionnaire, 3 Liaison Statements to ITU-R, 3GPP RAN, 3GPP RAN4 are
significant. The next meeting of the AWG (AWG-27) will be held in Q1/Q2 2021.
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The 1st Meeting of APT Conference Preparatory Group for
WRC-23 (APG23-1) 24-25 September 2020 APT organized a virtual meeting for the 1st
Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for World Radiocommunication
Conference 2023 (APG23-1) from 24 to 25 September 2020. APG23-1 was attended
by 448 participants from APT Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members,
International Organizations, other organizations and
the APT Secretariat. The objective of the APG23-1 was to initiate the
preparatory process of the APT for the World Radiocommunication Conference
2023 (WRC-23) and Radiocommunication Assembly 2023 (RA-23). The APG23-1 elected the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
of the APG-23, formed the structure of the APG-23, appointed the Chairmen of
Working Parties and adopted the work
plan of the APG-23 for the preparation of RA-23 and WRC-23. The structure of the APG-23 is based on the
five CPM-23 Report Chapters with some modifications. The following table
shows the APG-23 structure with the respective office bearers. The table also
shows the WRC-23 agenda items that have been assigned to the respective
Working Parties. Chairman: Dr. Kyu-Jin
Wee (Rep. of Korea) Vice-Chairmen: Ms. Zhu Keer
(People's Republic of China) and Mr. Muneo Abe
(Japan) Chairman of Editorial Committee: Mr.
Christopher Hose (Australia)
APG23-1 unanimously appointed Mr. Kavouss Arasteh as a Special
Senior Adviser to the APG-23. According to the adopted work plan of
APG-23, two APG meetings will be held in 2021. Furthermore, as recognition and
appreciation for the individuals who contributed to the work of APT,
Secretary General expressed heartiest congratulations and appreciations to
Dr. Kyu-Jin Wee, Mr. Kavouss
Arasteh, Mr. Christopher Hose, Ms. Zhu Keer, Dr. Tommy Chee, Mr. Huang Jia, Dr. Jaewoo Lim, Mr. Muneo Abe, Dr. Atmadji Wiseso Soewito, Mr. Bui Ha Long and Mr. Taghi
Shafiee for their excellent leadership and
contribution to the work of APG-19. The next meeting of the APG (APG23-2) will
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The 13th APT Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP-13) 29-30 September 2020 The 13th APT Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP-13)
was held from 29 to 30 September 2020 as a virtual meeting. PRFP-13 was attended by 78 participants from Members,
Associate Member, Affiliate Members, International Organizations, other organizations and the APT Secretariat. This year’s Forum was shortened to 2 days with limited
agenda. However, the programme included a special
Roundtable of high-level policy makers and regulators to share experience and
exchange views on latest updates on policy and regulatory issues. High-level
officials from Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Cook Islands
participated in this session which discussed recent policy and regulatory
updates, lessons learned from the COVID-19 outbreak, and the initiatives
taken. Other thematic sessions included the sessions on Connectivity
in the Pacific, Managing Disaster and Climate Change in the Pacific, and
Outcome of World Radicommunication Conference 2019
(WRC-19) and Impacts on the Pacific. PRFP-13 elected Mr. John Jack from Vanuatu as the new
Chairman of PRFP, Mr. Talatalaga Mata’u Matafeo
from Samoa as the new Vice-Chairman for the next two years term. Mr. Criden Appi from Nauru was elected as the Vice-Chairman
for the second term. Vanuatu originally proposed to host this year PRFP-13,
but due to COVID-19 pandemic it was decided that the PRFP-13 to be held
virtually. The meeting welcomed Vanuatu’s proposal to host PRFP-14 in 2021,
and Palau proposal to host PRFP-15 in 2022. |
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The Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) Working Group on Policy,
Regulation and Services APT will organize a virtual meeting of the meeting of the South
Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) Working Group on Policy,
Regulation and Services on 5 October 2020. The meeting is a part of the
activities of SATRC Action Plan Phase VII adopted by the 19th Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-19) held
in Islamabad, Pakistan. The objective of the meeting is to conduct the Working Group
activities on the work items assigned by the Council. This meeting will be
the second meeting of the Working Group under SATRC Action Plan Phase VII and
is expected to discuss progress of the work items assigned to the Working
Group. Originally, the SATRC-19 agreed that this meeting would be
hosted by the Communication Authority of Maldives. However, given the
COVID-19 pandemic situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT Secretariat in
consultation with the head of the regulators of SATRC Members considered that
this meeting will be organized virtually . Click here
for more details. |
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The Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators' Council (SATRC) Working Group on Spectrum APT will organize the Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators' Council (SATRC) Working Group on Spectrum on 7
October 2020. The 19th Meeting of SATRC (SATRC-19) held in Islamabad,
Pakistan agreed that this meeting would be hosted by Nepal Telecommunications
Authority. However, given the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the
Asia-Pacific, APT Secretariat in consultation with the head of the regulators
of SATRC Members considered that this meeting will be organized virtually. The meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Spectrum is a part of
the activities ofSATRC Action Plan Phase VII which
was adopted by the SATRC-19. The objective ofthe
meeting is to conduct the Working Group activities on the work items assigned
by the Council. This meeting will be the second meeting of the Working Group
under SATRC Action Plan Phase VII and is expected to discuss progress of the
work items assigned to the Working Group. Click here
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Virtual Interim Meeting of Working Groups of
APT WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-WGS-IM-3) The 3rd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTSA20 (APT
WTSA20-3) held from 13 to 17 July 2020. APT WTSA20-3 agreed that Working
Groups of the APT WTSA-20 would have two virtual interim meetings in August
and October 2020 after the APT WTSA20-3 and before the 4th Meeting of the APT
Preparatory Group for WTSA20 (APT WTSA20-4) in November 2020. In this connection, the Virtual
Interim Meeting of Working Groups of APT WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-WGS-IM-3) will
be held from 13 to 16 October 2020. During this virtual meeting, Working
Groups of APT WTSA-20 will continue to review the temporary documents
developed at APT WTSA20-3 and further discuss possible development of draft
Preliminary APT Common Proposals (PACPs) to be submitted to the APT WTSA20-4. Click here
for more details. |
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The 21st Meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication
Regulators’ Council (SATRC-21) APT will organize the 21st Meeting of the South Asian
Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-21) from 27 to 28 October 2020.
Given the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the Asia-Pacific, APT Secretariat in
consultation with the head of the regulators of SATRC Members considered that
the SATRC-21 will be organized virtually with specific agenda items. The SATRC meeting is held annually to discuss and coordinate
regulatory and other related issues in the area of
telecommunication and ICT that are common for the regulators of SATRC
Members. The meeting will be attended by the heads of telecommunication
regulatory bodies of SATRC Members and designated senior level officers.
High-level representatives from industry will also attend the SATRC-21. SATRC-21 will discuss the key
policy and regulatory trends in South Asia and review the progress of the
implementation of SATRC Action Plan Phase VII. The meeting will convene
regulators’ roundtable, regulator-industry dialogue and sharing regulatory
experiences to facilitate the development of the telecom/ICT sector in South
Asia. The regulators’ roundtable will be held exclusively for the head of
regulators to discuss and share thoughts on important regulatory issues that
require regional collaboration specifically for the SATRC Member countries.
The Regulator-Industry Dialogue will facilitate the exchange of opinions
among regulators and industry on the challenging issues of regulation and
ways to overcome the challenges collectively. The Concept Note and
Information for Participants are attached herewith for your kind information. Click here
for more details. |
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Calendar of APT Events for the year 2020 (updated 14
September 2020)
List of APT Training Courses for 2020-2021 (updated
10 September 2020)
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