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Summary

Organised alongside ANE, ITU and CITEL the 4th Annual Latin America Spectrum Management Conference, provided a meeting point for spectrum stakeholders to come together and discuss topical issues relating to the management and coordination of spectrum policy across the region. 

The conference is part of The Global Spectrum Series, the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of regional Spectrum Management policy conference. 

The conference took place alongside ANE'S 7th International Spectrum Congress and an ITU workshop on Cross Border Frequency Coordination, More information on the weeks events can be found here.

 

Please view pictures from the event here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm8DbStT

Speakers include

David Luna Sánchez

ICT Minister

Government of Colombia

Martha Suarez Peñaloza

Director General

ANE

Mario Maniewicz

Deputy Director, BR

ITU

Carmelo Rivera

Chairman of the WG for preparation of WRC-19

CITEL

Franklin Merchan

PCC.II Chair

CITEL

Hector Huici

Secretary of Information Technology and Communications

Ministry of Communications, Argentina

Hector Bude

Head of Spectrum Management Department

URSEC

Agostinho Linhares

Manager of Spectrum, Orbit and Broadcasting Division

ANATEL

Allan Ruiz

Executive Secretary

COMTELCA

Lucas Gallitto

Public Policy Director LatAm

GSMA

Gilles Brégant

Director

ANFR France

Melesia Sutherland

Director

CANTO

Jose Ayala

Head of Government and Industry Relations for Latin America

Ericsson

Wilmer Azurza Neyra

Technical Advisor, Research on Spectrum Issues

Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) of Peru

Alejandra Ornes

Global Spectrum Policy

ESOA

More Information

This year's Latin America Spectrum Management Conference brought together key stakeholders and policymakers in the region to disucss the following issues and topics:

• Regional Preparation ahead of WRC-19
• Is spectrum policy in LatAm sufficiently supporting the rollout of 4G?
• Continuing progress towards universal coverage
• The UHF Band - Discussing both the 600Mhz and 700Mhz bands
• Spectrum Auctions and Awards
• The 2.5GHz band
• Spectrum for 5G - Developing National Plans and finding the required capacity
• Meeting the challenges of managing spectrum in Caribbean and Smaller Central American countries