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First meeting of
International
Telecommunications
Associations at the Regional
Telecommunications Congress
July 30, 2013
The inaugural meeting of
International Associations
of Telecommunications was an
initiative of the
Ibero-American Association
of centers for research and
telecommunications companies
(AHCIET). It included the
Association of
telecommunications companies
from the Andean Community
(ASETA), the Caribbean
Association of
telecommunications, (CANTO),
the European Satellite
Operators Association
(ESOA), The European
Association of
telecommunications operators
(ETNO), GSMA LA, the Pacific
Telecommunications Council
(PTC) and SAMENA (South Asia
Middle East North Africa)
Telecommunications Council,
all important associations
of Latin America and the
Caribbean, United States,
Europe, Africa, Asia and
Middle East.
The participating executives
agreed to define and promote
common areas of interest for
the development of
Information Society, to put
in place a contact network,
and to maintain regular
coordination meetings, with
at least one annual
face-to-face meeting.
Participants highlighted the
importance of this event and
agreed that these meetings
are an opportunity to learn
about the different
orientations and activities
of each association, unify
and standardize criteria’s,
identify areas of
cooperation on matters of
common interest, as well to
facilitate the exchange of
ideas and experiences and
the knowledge of the
directors of each
associations.
"ESOA is very happy to have
participated in this
inaugural event. Satellite
has an essential enabling
role in future telecoms
eco-systems; networks will
become congested as demand
for bandwidth hungry video
content continues to
increase. Consumers want a
quality viewing experience
on all devices everywhere.
Satellite will help relieve
network congestion by
bringing quality content to
network edges and, as new
standards emerge, they will
bring satellite TV content
to all devices at home as
well. The future is hybrid,
where different technologies
are played to their
strengths so such discussion
between all telecoms
associations is welcome and
timely” noted Aarti Holla,
Secretary General of ESOA.
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