The first meeting of the working group organised by ANACOM was held on 6 February 2018, at ANACOM's head office in Lisbon, with the objective of studying and proposing measures for the protection and resilience of electronic communications infrastructure.
This working group intends to continue studying and developing the recommendations set out in the document approved by ANACOM's Board of Directors on 19 October 2017: "Forest fires - Measures for the protection and resilience of electronic communications infrastructurehttps://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1421363" and includes representatives from the following 18 organisations:
- ACIST - Associação Empresarial de Comunicações de Portugal (Portuguese Business Communications Association)
- ANACOM - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações
- ANAFRE - Associação Nacional de Freguesias (National Association of Parish Councils)
- ANMP - Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (National Association of Portuguese Municipalities)
- ANPC - Autoridade Nacional de Proteção Civil (National Authority for Civil Protection)
- APRITEL - Asssociação dos Operadores de Comunicações Eletrónicas (Association of Electronic Communications Operators)
- DGEG - Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia (Directorate General for Energy and Geology)
- DSTelecom
- EDP - Energias de Portugal
- ERSE - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Energy Services Regulatory Authority)
- Fibroglobal - Comunicações Eletrónicas
- Infraestruturas de Portugal
- Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications Institute)
- MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia
- NOS Comunicações
- NOWO Communications
- REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais
- Vodafone Portugal - Comunicações Pessoais
The proposed measures, which will be further developed by the working group, seek to improve the security and integrity of electronic communications networks and services and the formulation, approval and establishment of a new legal and regulatory framework to govern the planning, construction, reconstruction, reconversion and installation of electronic communications infrastructure and infrastructure suitable for carrying electronic communications. For this purpose, it is also important to set up technical standards and regulations aimed at the construction and protection of infrastructure, to withstand fire and other natural disasters, in accordance with best practice and recommendations.
Meeting participants: ANACOM, ACIST - Associação Empresarial de Comunicações de Portugal, ANAFRE - Associação Nacional de Freguesias, ANMP - Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses, ANPC - Autoridade Nacional de Proteção Civil, APRITEL - Associação dos Operadores de Comunicações Eletrónicas, DGEG - Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia, DSTelecom, EDP - Energias de Portugal, ERSE - Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos, Fibroglobal - Comunicações Eletrónicas, Infraestruturas de Portugal, Instituto de Telecomunicações, MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, NOS Comunicações, NOWO Communications, REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, Vodafone Portugal - Comunicações Pessoais.
