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Forum Global
Forum Global specializes in policy-focused conferences and events, providing a platform for discussion and debate on topical issues across a variety of different sectors. These events are organized with clients and partners and aim to progress ideas and actions on important issues, all within a balanced and neutral setting.
Forum Global is the international arm of Forum Europe, which was founded by Giles Merritt, columnist for the International Herald Tribune, and is widely recognized as the leading EU dedicated event provider.Headed by a team of events specialists with over 19 years of experience, Forum Global works successfully with businesses, institutions and governments alike. Its strategic services can maintain and develop your key policy networks, and also deliver forums where key issues can be aired and debated.
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ANATEL
ANATEL has been an important player in Brazil through the 18 years of its operations in the country. A year after its foundation, the agency established the regulations that were the basis for the privatization of the companies, which were formerly part of the Telebrás system. The action was crucial in the following years to prepare the Brazilian telecoms sector to get investments and proper technology to expand.
ANATEL was also important in the regulation of mobile telephones and broadband internet access systems. Some recent examples of their role in regulating these services include the management, along with Telebrás, of the National Broadband Program, also known as PNBL, and the auction of a new spectrum for the 4G network. ANATEL is also responsible for regulating the adoption of the IPv6 protocol in Brazil.
In 2014, ANATEL certificated and homologated 5,400 pieces of telecoms equipment and interrupted the operations of 663 non-authorized companies. The agency collected BRL 5.2 billion with the auction of the 700 MHz spectrum for 4G mobile network operators. In the same year, the country registered around 280.7 million subscriptions of mobile services.
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ITU
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.
Founded in 1865 to facilitate international connectivity in communications networks, we allocate global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develop the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly interconnect, and strive to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide. Every time you make a phonecall via the mobile, access the Internet or send an email, you are benefitting from the work of ITU.
ITU is committed to connecting all the world’s people – wherever they live and whatever their means. Through our work, we protect and support everyone’s right to communicate.
In line with its mandate and the WSIS outcome documents, the ITU continues playing a key role in WSIS implementation and follow-up.
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CITEL
The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) is an entity of the Organization of American States established by the General Assembly in its resolution AG/RES. 1224 (XXIII-O/93), in keeping with Article 52 of the Charter of the Organization. CITEL has technical autonomy in the performance of its functions, within the limits of the Charter of the Organization, the Statute of CITEL, and such mandates as the General Assembly of the Organization may assign to it.
The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) have undertaken to unote efforts to promote and achieve economic and social development with equity. They have also recognized the vital role of telecommunications as a tool to achieve that objective. They have thus placed special emphasis on the need to consolidate and promote telecommunication modernization and coordination in the region. (OAS Charter, Articles 30 and 41).
Contributing to the region’s economic and social development is the objective of all elements of the work of CITEL, whether it is coordinating the rules needed to facilitate infrastructure deployment and telecommunication service delivery; harmonization of the radio frequency spectrum to reduce the cost of providing wireless services; information and communication technology (ICT) training; or helping countries devise telecommunication development strategies.